WHY DO PEOPLE SAY WLS IS CHEATING

I was in a store and to make a long story short I was talking to a lady about my WLS and she said oh honey you look great even if you cheated a lil ... I am soooooo sick of people saying that WLS is cheating . From this day on I will not tell anyone cuz I am will go off if I hear you cheated again . Sorry yall had to vent sara

I think that they say that cause they are jealous! It has been very funny to see the reaction of people when they know you had WLS and when they did not! At work, few people know that I have had surgery and they brag and brag, but I really wonder how they would react if they knew the truth??? Fact is, I was very ill before surgery, my body was coming apart due to so much weight. I hurt all over all the time. I could not breathe! Could not climb steps and I lost a very good teaching job because I was just too heavy..... WLS is not cheating. It is for people who are morbidly obese, who cannot get rid of the weight and who need surgical intervention. I can say it is the best 25 thousand plus dollars I have ever spent! Let me at 'em! I will tell all of them off! LOL! Cheryl

It is so NOT cheating! From what I understand it is still hard work!!!! People can be so RUDE!!! ~Danielle

Girl if this is cheating I DON'T want to follow a strict diet. This surgery is harder than any diet i have ever been on. You just can't cheat and over eat the next day or you will be puking 5 min after you eat. I have been fortunante I have alot of support from work. Steph

Hey Sara, I agree with Cheryl , I think they are jealous.They have no idea what any of us who have decided on WLS as a last resort have went through,I would have had to tell her though if you knew what the surgery entailed you would never have said that.Just let those ignorant comments flow off you like water off a duck's back because, they have no idea what it is like.I know it is easier said than done...........Hugggggggggs..........Sherry

Hi. I used to think the same thing. I thought it was the 'easy way out'. Of course now I know better but at that time I was going to Weigh****chers & it was working. I was so excited that I had finally found the key. I thought if 'I' could do WW , anyone could. I always liked watching the show "I Lost it" on Discovery Health, but I'd get irritated when it was all WLS stories. So I was guilty in the past of the same thing. I lost almost 30 #s w/ WW & then my excitement & will power kinda went out. I started feeling crappy & gaining weight back. I think thats when my thyroid started giving up on me. So here I am having lost that 30 gaining almost 40 since & losing 23 & now gained 14 or so back. Can Anyone say "yo yo"? So my opinion of WLS has changed & I know WLS will probably be the most difficult . But instead of feeling now that WLS is cheating, I'm thinking the people *****ally need it but don't have it is cheating themselves out of alot. Sorry, I blabber almost 24/7!

OMG did you hurt her? you need me to come bail you out of jail? hehe WE both know that this aint cheating , is very hard to follow these stinking rules, so dont let other peoples comments bother you! I have got to were i dont tell anybody anymore , im sick of dealing with the comments, i wish i had NEVER told anybody expcept my family and ya'll ! DAWN~~

Hi I don't know about you but if these people have been through everything we have they wouldn't think it was cheating. I am 51 and my body it falling apart. I hurt so bad every day I can't breath when I walk. My lower back hurts so bad at times I can't stand for very long. I have been an diets since age 11, you name it I've been an it. Sorry, I know alot of you have been going through it all to. It isn't cheating when you have tried everything and nothing worked. That makes me mad almost as bad ad a skinny person saying they gained 5 lbs. and have to not eat for 2 days to lose it. Kathy Dearing

My husband thought it was the "easy way out" at first. He kept saying, "You lost weight before, I know you can do it again." That just wasn't the case. I eat to fill full, but "full" doesn't come until a hamburger and french fries later. I need this WLS to help me make a life change for good. When you have the surgery, you HAVE TO make the changes, or you will be very sick. It's the same sort of thing when I took Xenical. I didn't want to overeat on fatty things, because it would cause very embarassing, difficult, and uncomfortable side effect. I'm debating the same thing about telling people. I either have to tell everyone, or not tell anyone. If I only tell certain people, it will get around or I will forget who I've told and who I have not. I found out yesterday that my hubby was telling people at work. I wasn't too happy about it, but what can I do now.......:~l

Sara... Just saw your new photo! WOW! You look gorgeous!