I'd be curious to know what effect it has on your bowels.

Paul (AttyDallas) posted about this a few days ago.  Sounds nuts to me. Linda

Dont laugh! I went to the informational meeting for the bypass and there you have all the sizes, 200lbs, 300, 400. and more. Some people in wheelchairs and others with limited mobility... you get the picture. Then to my surprise, and sitting right next to me mind you, was a young woman in I would say late 20's early 30's who was about 5' 6" or so and couldnt have gone a pound or two over 145!!!  She sat through three quarters of the meeting with her mom when she realized it just wasnt for her. Ya think?? LOL At that weight she was within the range for her height. And she was taking notes like a maniac and trying to see if she had any co-morbid conditions so she would qualify for the surgery! It just goes to show that no matter what your weight, you can suffer from poor body image. I have seen that full bar commercial as well by the way. I also thought that was strange...it sounded like a sponge the way you drink the water and it expands....and who knows what long term effects something like this has...and what chemicals they use to get this reaction. Kinda scary.

i remember when i was about 145 pounds - i went to what was advertised as a "wt loss program" at a local hospital - i was probably in my 20s  - mid 20s anyway - and when i got there everyone in the room was at lest 200+ pounds. they were talking about vbg - whic was "the thing" bak in the 90s i guess - and people were looking at me like i was CRAZY but, in my mind, i was as big as they were - i had this "fat" mentality.  i dont know why.  i have read though that the mind listens to what we say and responds accordingly.  so, i "became" one of "those" people - in my mind - i already was.  strange
i also remember going to a "large" womens store around that same age - and the sales lady said to me "honey, you dont belong here - just lose about5 or 10 pounds and you will feel better, you dont need these clothes" but, in my mind - i thought that i was WAY too big for "regular" clothes. 
isnt that strange - i am sure that the people in that meeting and the sales lady thought i was nuts!  i was probably a size 11 or 12 maybe? who knows - i am short - 5'3" and i thought i was huge

i guess my body did listen to my mind - because i became - what i thought i already was.  
i wonder if the people in that meeting that had the vbg are thin? i wonder if they are alive? i wonder if they have had revisions.  i wonder?

kf

 

 

Yeah they used to have pills with the same concept take 6 of these pills capsules before you eat and you'll eat less...because the pills would expand.

I posted re:  this shameless huckster and his Full-Of-It Bars, as well as a very negative independent review of the product (they contain 13 grams of sugar) earlier ..   Run like heck!

Some diet industry company already had a pill that was supposed to do exactly the same thing.  You took the pill (or 2 or 3 - however many it was) with water 30 minutes before you ate.  The pill was supposed to "bloat up" in your stomach so you felt full and wanted to eat less. If the pill really worked, we'd have all heard about it by now and every fat person in America would have bought it.  That tells me it was crap.   His bars will undoubtedly be crap too.  I hope his bariatric surgery practice (if in fact he even has one) goes under.