Uh Oh Oprah's doing another bash WLS show tomorrow

I sure wish she would get off the wls bashing train shes on. I think its a repeat.... How about one that shows how great it can be too? Dunno... just annoys me.  Even when she had Carnie Wilson on it was kinda negative.

It just goes to show how ignorant people can be. and sadly I know people that believe everything the woman says as gospel. It's a shame.

Shes kinda one sided.... its showing more and more..

Just a thought, but makes you wonder if she is not jealous of the sucess and long term affects of the surgery. She has struggled with her weight her entire life, and may not be brave enough to look at the surgery herself, so she bashes others who do take the life altering way out. And by that I mean, the hard, stressful, emotional way out!

Hey Nicole!  Lookin good.... If you think about past shows makeover wise and weightloss wise I have never seen one that lost it the WLS way....  Her attitude seems to be obvious regarding it.   Yes there are things after surgery that are serious and sad but theres also really really good to.

Ands its very very far from the easy way out. HUGS!  

I do know that she has had Stacy Halperin on there (she is in an ad on this site) who had the surgery and plastic surgery and she was nothing but positive with her.I don't know that I really think Oprah is against the surgery. Yes, I agree she is definitely pro doing it without surgery. If I could have done that I would have been too, I suppose. I know everyone thinks she is so against the surgery, I've never really seen it that way. When she has people on who have lost a lot of weight and says it was without surgery or pills, that is just a fact. I wish I could have been one of those people. If they can do it and keep it off, more power to them.

I haven't seen the ads.  What exactly is she bashing? Is she actually saying surgery is a cop out or something like that?  Does it over emphasize complications (one of those 'you're gonna die' things)?  Or is it one of those shows that talks about the real problems after surgery like addiction transfer, etc? I really only consider the first of those bashing.  Look around at how much we talk about complicaitons and addiction transfer around here.  Those things are real issues.

In my opinion, I think she thinks that just because she lost the weight that everyone should be able.  What she doesn't realize is that she has a personal chef, trainor, and whatever else that most people can't have.  Therefore, I expect nothing less then her to bash WLS people.  It would be nice how ever to see just one show that shows the benefits and positive things that WLS people have!  That's just my opinion and I refuse to watch it tomorrow and boost her ratings!!!

Thats kinda what I get from her.. like she did it the "hard" way and feels this is the easy way out. It is about addiction transfers and sexual encounters after WLS pointing out all the bad that can happen.... but I have yet to see a positive informative show about it from her.

Smoochies

I'll start by saying I don't disagree with any of you. However, if I put a neutral lense on the situation - I see a woman of extreme influence and power. Anything this woman says is considered gospel truth and can make or break anything all in only a 1 hour show. So, if she were to put a positive spin on WLS, perhaps she's concerned that people will unjustly seek WLS as the easy way out. People that haven't tried hard enough on their own or people that aren't willing to do the extreme work it takes to get to an approval for surgery and perhaps people that are susceptible to additive behaviors. Perhaps Oprah avoids a positive WLS perspective on her show to help show people that there's more to this process than an easy way out. Remember it's TV, so there's a market to consider and while I don't know the stats - the majority of her market is probably overweight but not obese and more than likely - not at all even close to qualifying for WLS. Perhaps we could pull together as an MN OH team and create a video highlighting the positives of WLS and how its impacted individual lives for the better and hasn't been an easy choice or process and yet the support is here for those who seek it. How cool would that be to send something like that to Oprah?! Anyone up for it?