This Is Who People Magazine Should Put On Their WL Cover

Raze
on 3/21/15 3:01 pm, edited 3/21/15 3:02 pm

A young man with more courage then most, including myself at his age. Is there such a thing as a WLS Hero? For me, there is now. 

Find him on Facebook and elsewhere on the 'net. Let him now he is awesome.

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a37985/guy-posts-v ideo-of-270-pounds-of-excess-skin-to-make-beautiful-point-ab out-body-image/?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1440_158553721

 

IMO

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version

on 3/21/15 3:25 pm - OH

He did the video to get attention for his efforts to get people to give him money for plastic surgery.  You know, the same plastic surgeries that so many of the rest of us scrimped, saved, and/or took out loans to be able to afford....

That hardly makes him a hero in my book!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Laura in Texas
on 3/21/15 10:35 pm

Exactly. Many if us here share our stories to actually help others but did not expect money.

I guess I did this all wrong, dammit!! 

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Han Shot First
on 3/22/15 1:06 am - Flint, MI
RNY on 10/06/14

I can't stand this constant begging that happens now.  Gofundme is great for some situations.  I've contributed who have undergone catastrophic situations, like a child stricken with cancer or a house that burns down.  I would never give money to someone who wants plastics after WLS.  

I want to replace my old Yamaha with a new Harley.  I guess I'll start my own gofundme!

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150 lost and maintaining!

Oxford Comma Hag
on 3/22/15 7:17 am

 Maybe I'll start up a gofundme for a new kitchen

I fight badgers with spoons.

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Gina 22 years out
on 3/23/15 9:56 am - Burleson, TX

BILL-when you get that Hog..gimme a holler...I'll FUND the gas, and we can ride, by the beach, with MY skin flapping, because I REFUSE to beg for $$$, and haven't been able to save enough......yet

RNY 4-22-02...

LW: 6lb,10 oz SW:340lb GW:170lb CW:155

We Can Do Hard Things

Han Shot First
on 3/24/15 12:05 am - Flint, MI
RNY on 10/06/14

Road trip!  

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150 lost and maintaining!

Paul C.
on 3/23/15 2:57 am - Cumming, GA

Yes you did

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op  (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03      
      First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (
PR 2:24:35)   
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
Paul C.
on 3/23/15 2:57 am - Cumming, GA

And now people will probably give him the money.

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op  (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03      
      First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (
PR 2:24:35)   
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
Raze
on 3/21/15 4:26 pm

yes but he is a young man and was a teen when he chose to have surgery, and obviously emotionally overwhelemed. if he wants to ask for money and people want to give it i see no reason to resent him for it because others "scrimp and save." any of us are free to do the same on the web for whatever reason we want. if people give, they give.  and his steps, at least for him, are bold. i think he is a good example for WLS for young people, and its effectiveness

IMO

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