WLS EASY WAY OUT: I'M SO LAZY!!

 Exactly!  Although my favorite sentiment from her was:

"“Before I get a ton of comments about how some people are so obese they don’t have a choice—chill, please. You’re the type of person who enables drug addicts and criminals.""

That continues to make me laugh.   :)

Whattup Ms. T?

This was my response to that article.  And I really think that she was trying to provoke a flurry of hits and responses more than anything.. It was obviously meant to cause a ruckus..  and it did..

"I don't like cheating and I don't like short cuts, especially (at least) when it comes to such a big thing (pun totally intended)."

Might I suggest, since you are not a fan of 'cheating' and/or short cuts, that you promptly turn in your washer/dryer, car, stove/oven, electricity, computer, cell phone, etc - pretty much any modern invention that has made life easier since the dark ages.  Science and modern medicine have stated that weight loss surgery is the only proven way for morbidly obese persons to lose - and most importantly KEEP OFF - the excess weight.  Diets work.. Heck I lost weight time and time again.. the problem wasn't in losing it.. it was in KEEPING IT OFF. 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but until you turn in every device or modern convenience that "cheats" or takes "short cuts" around the hard way, you are nothing but a hypocrite.  Walk the talk girlie - or STFU.

 

Shepkatt, this is almost exactly my usual response. Why should we care if someone wants to say we took the easy way? Another response..." Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn what you think about  how I'm doing it, as long as I'm feeling good and making my life longer".
I can assure you, if there were some kind of FREE, and PAINLESS with no side effects pill that would make us instantly, permenantly snap into shape after taking just one, and it was going to be given out on the corner tomorrow, it would be amazing at how many of these same people would be first in line to get it. I doubt even very many athletes trying to lose just 5 pounds would stay home!

Taunia & Beth you both are the BEST

Taunia.....EXCELLENT response!!!

Most of us have done all the gym memberships... over & over...
weigh****chers, TOPS, countless other programs...
lost and regained.
We ruined our health... ended up on numerous medications...
it wasn't until I STOPPED DIETING-
and concentrated on MAINTAINING... ok it was maintaining at 288... but it was maintaining none the less...
that I began to be open to the idea of WLS.
I DID MY RESEARCH...
Yes... I know of people that did die as a result of WLS surgery complications. But... I was heading for an early demise from complications from my obesity and multiple health issues... High Blood pressure... apnea... pre diabetes... hip/knee/ and feet issues...
WHERE would it all end???

It ended when I decided to take the RISK of WLS!!!

I made the choice for a life worth living.. instead of existing on meds.

Once i did the research... my WILLPOWER did kick in!
I followed the plan my surgeon's office set out.
I did what I was told... at the time they recommended MediFast for a month prior to my surgery.... was that EASY... NO... but I didn't have too much of a problem with it because I wanted a chance to LIVE without the complications of OBESITY...

For crying out loud... I'd been fighting this BEAST since I hit puberty!

I'm just over 2 years out from surgery..

For ME it is the best thing I've done for MYSELF...
For MY HEALTH... and whatever anyone else chooses to do...
or NOT do for themselves... FINE...

I would have died without this surgery.

I'm glad I took the "EASY WAY" out.
If these people think dealing with strictures is easy...

but all of it sure is a lot better than that other option....

you know... medically speaking.... "___________________"

flatlining....

to all the NAYSAYER'S I say

DUH! my choice was EASY the process NOT!

Loved your response. I think many of us started out feeling the way she does about WLS, though i never really believed it was the easy way out. More that it was for others, but not me. I didn't understand that I did not have to weigh 400 Lbs to qualify, and even losing 100 Lbs could make such a difference. That was because I was eating so healthy and regularly exercising without results I figured that, if nothing else, I could at least keep my many comorbidities as well controlled as possible.

What finally changed my mind was working with patients who'd had WLS, and I realized that I might really have finally found the answer. My only regret was waiting as long as I did before I understood what this could mean for the rest of my life. ALL of my comorbidities are not only under control, but my Type 1 Diabetes only requires me to cover meals with Humalog Insulin with no other type of intervention. My last A1c was 5.0%!!!! I used to work so hard to stay in the mid 6's! I'm off all meds except for my thyroid med and Insulin. I'm 52 years old, I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother, but I feel like I'm 20. RNY has literally given me the ability to start my fifth decade on this earth in the best health I've been in since, well, I don't remember when.
Lisa

I totally felt that way when a girlfriend of mine has WLS about 20 years ago.. I couldn't believe she would resort to surgery to lose weight. 

I came around, though, as the weight kept packing on and no amount of Jenny Craig or Weigh****chers would save me.. :-)

If this Fuming Foodie gal continues to lose weight while suffering on a 500 calorie/day diet then gaining it all back - I would imagine eventually we will find her here...  hat in hand.. admitting just how wrong she is/was.

She is just a fat chick in denial.  I suppose she feels superior in some way because she is doing it the hard way.  No, it just makes her stupid and in the end she will be fatter.

It is just her insecure way of looking down on someone else so she can feel better about herself.  I guess she doesn't feel right about herself unless she is indulging in self flagellation.

Guilt ridden people are always trying to put a guilt trip on everyone else.  Too bad for her that anyone with a bit of sense isn't going to feel guilt and can see right through her self deception.

We are a FIERCE group, I tell ya!  My article has received almost 1000 views.  I can't even IMAGINE how many views hers has gotten.....she's not made many friends with this article, that's for sure.

How/where are you all blocked?

I haven't seen one single response from her....which continues to make me this this was just a traffic push.  Anyone else see something in response from her?