Stranger Here -- the WLS book that has been under discussion here

*sigh* I love Dr C and wish I lived there and he was doing my surgery.  Instead I will have to settle for hanging with his peeps here and following his plan :) 

It really is extraordinary to me that he comes to the support group meetings and is so very engaged in them.  I also love how immersed he is in current research. 

I haven't gotten to that point of the book and also haven't seen her interviews so didn't know she claimed not to have had any aftercare.

I haven't read the book, I might.  I am generally interested in WL stories.  I have read some of her blog and find her very witty and irreverent, which I like.

I just think way too much was read into the article that was posted.  It is her experience and she took the time and effort to write it.  More power to her.  I think most of us have some thing in common with her.  I would think that many single women would be able to identify with her because of body issues and dating.  One of her blogs was about online dating and was quite entertaining, but made me so glad I am not looking for love in all the wrong places.

I am generally very forgiving of other's WLS experience.  Mine hasn't been perfect, especially since I have an ongoing love affair with food that I can't shake.  I just want to eat what I want to eat when I want to eat it!!!  Luckily, I do like healthy food and prefer it over junk, most of the time.  I go out of my way not to be judgmental.  It doesn't make me feel good to lecture or chastise.   Like I said, I am in no way holier than thou and I don't appreciate it in others.

I really don't care what kind of impression it gives others of WLS.  WLS is not without it's problems and I see no reason to pretend like it is a walk in the park.

I think the issue many of us had was that she DID make it seem like it was a walk in the park--the weight loss part, at least.  Most of us would agree that there is a "head" component to this that we all must struggle with at some point.

I think.  I don't want to speak for everyone.  So maybe I should say that was MY issue with the article--that she wrote you could disregard what your doctor says, eat what you want, and still lose all the weight and then some.  I eat 600 calories a day and the weight is not coming off as quickly as I or my dr. would like!

I haven't gotten that far into the book yet and haven't read the article. It's probable that she's simply describing her experience and that's the way it was for her, but it IS frustrating when people make something that we're struggling with and very proud of into no big deal, isn't it?

Yes, but our doctor has high standards. In fact, most people on this forum lose no matter what for the first 6 months. In fact that's kind of a WLS "meme" and a source of frustration to a lot of us long-timers when people in that first 6 months report how they do this and that and "they are losing weight just fine" when we know most likely they'll have problems later on.

I realize it's realy annoying when people talk about their WLS experiences which are personal as if they are universal and it's particularly annoying when what they are saying doesn't match our experience much at all but, from what I've seen, this gal's experience has been pretty mainstream and a lot of WLS peeps can relate.

I'm liking the book so far, finding it easy to read and she has a strong, interesting style of expressing her experiences.