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Originally Posted by MikeB  I wish you luck on your weight loss quest however I am so con surgery it's not even funny. Every person I know who's had a surgery has lost and then regained weight. It's like wow I can still eat whatever I want but my stomach won't let me. The key is a TOTAL lifestyle change. |
Your right the KEY is the lifestyle change. I have had the gastric by pass surgery I had it in 99 and lost a lot to start with and gained about 70 lbs back because I had the attitude I can still eat what I want when I want.
I am not as CON surgery as you are because I do believe that in some cases its have the surgery or die. But I believe more and more training should be done ahead of time and that surgery should only be done on the most extreme cases. An example of that is and I can use myself.
I was 427lbs my lungs where being crushed by the fat. I could not exersize I couldnt walk 5 ft without being so out of breath I had to stop and sit. I had high blood presure and my diabietes was totally out of control. I was on oxygen around the clock and a by pap machine to sleep at night. I was literally on knocking on deaths door. The surgery saved my life.
But I am con surgery for those that can still move and exersize and be trained and instilled into people that they have to make it is a lifestyle change and not a quick and permant fix. That is just not the case. I think that they should have people that have had the surgery talk to the ones that want to have it or are about to have the surgery. As well as professionals.
Just my 2 cents for what its worth.