So, I'm taking this leap of faith. I'm revealing something I didn't think I'd reveal on my blog, and I'm not sure that I won't delete this post.
I fall into the category of people that are still ridiculed, joked about, and put down, and it's still PC and perfectly acceptable.
Blountly, I am fat. And, I hate it. I'm not extremely overweight by most standards. But I am very overweight. The medical term is obese.
And after a lifetime of fighting it, developing health issues because of it, I have finally decided that I need major help with this problem; I can't do it alone.
On February 25th, I'm having Roux En Y Gastric Bypass surgery.
I'm very excited. But I've told very few people about it, online and in my daily life.
I am afraid to post it here because people look at overweight people in a very different way. As if we have less value, and aren't taken seriously. We are overlooked for promotions, jobs, positions, friendships, relationships.....and life.
And so many people look at surgery as the easy way out, which it is absolutely NOT. Or just think that someone who "lets themself" get to this point lacks control and/or is lazy. None of those things are necessarily true.....but that's the way many people think.
So, risking all that.........here I am. Taking a leap of faith.
