people's reactions

People have been complimenting me a lot lately because they're so impressed with my weight loss. They know how hard it is to lose weight and they all struggle with it in some form or another. And they give me all this credit until i tell them i had surgery. And they don't say it but I can see it in their reaction that they're like "oh". As if i don't deserve the credit. Like I'm cheating. I mean I can understand them thinking that if i was eating mcdonalds and chocolate cake and candy all the time and still losing weight. but thats not how this works. i've changed my way of eating entirely. i don't even buy processed food anymore (except for canned beans and stuff), i make everything fresh from scratch. i work out. i eat low carb, high protein. i've been working on finding happiness in things other than food, and realizing what my triggers are and stopping myself from emotional eating.

so yeah i've still been putting in the work. i still deserve the credit. let me tell you, the surgery and the recovery was not the easy way out. there are things i can never eat again because they just don't go down right, and i can't gulp down water. i don't drink alcohol or soda. all the things people do to lose weight without surgery, only its easier because of my tiny tummy.

whatever its exhausting trying to explain myself. just let people think whatever they want.