This will all be worth it in the end....

To put it simply there are people in my family who feel my only option to lose weight is to have weight loss surgery.  I have nothing against people who do the surgery, because it is a lifestyle change, and it's not a quick fix.  I've talked a lot with a close friend and she has to work just as hard as I do, sometimes harder for the results to see.  Well I am trying the best I can, and I know people can see it so I'm going to continue to do that.  Someone that has been a huge inspiration to me is my step-dad who had his 2nd heart attack last summer, and underwent open-heart surgery.  I saw everything it did to him, and he had to make lifestyle changes.  He lost right around 50lbs, and has kept it off, so he is such an inspiration to me.   So last night I called him to tell him about how I've lost 5lbs, and 10inches so far in 2 weeks, and he said to keep up the good work and he was proud of me.  Well rumor is going around that I can be put on my mom's insurance here in a few months, and the only reason she wants to put me on it is because I NEED the surgery.  Well I told her how I lost 5lbs, and the 10inches and her response was that I can't lose much because I need the surgery.  Who the hell tells there child that?  Who basically tells there child stop trying so hard and reaching new goals and such, because your only option is to have WLS?  I felt hurt and confused by that, because I can't imagine saying something like that to my child.  So I got off the phone with her, and called my stepdad, and he told me not to take it personal and to just keep on busting my ass basically and everything will be okay.


Lets say I do get to my goal weight, I truly wonder if she will still be saying to me "Oh your only option is surgery Katie."  I hope not.  I'm going to continue to work hard, and do what I know is right.  Just needed to vent for a few....