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Weight loss surgery update - keeping secrets is soul destroying. This is a hard process that forcibly changes my relationship w food as entertainment, soothing, meaningful & something I can choose 1/n
These changes are visible - they impact on who I feel safe spending time with, where I go & how I prepare for each day. Iâm choosing to share my journey here & in a paper later so the others around me who are keeping their surgery secret know that I see you 2/n
I see the societal shame that has forced you into a space where you canât get support for this hugely difficult journey. I see your isolation & the cognitive dissonance that says itâs virtuous to use unhealthy diets & exercise but wrong to have surgery 3/n
Iâve been completely open with whÄnau, colleagues and random strangers as an act of resistance against the stupidity of a community who think they can judge what anyone elseâs life is. Fat can be healthy. Slim can be unwell. Mind your own damn business
Iâm grappling with what this all means as an Indigenous woman who is older - for my wairua, mana & mokopuna among others. But I can assure you that walking without pain for the first time in decades is utterly delightful
