There are those that, when confronted with "Wow, you are losing weight fast! How are you doing it?" respond, or plan to respond with... "I'm eating less and exercising more." OK Athiests... Is this an "Honest" reply? I will reply with the Definition of "Honest": hon·est ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nst) adj. 1. Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer. 2. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight. 3. Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work. 4a. Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting. 4b. Sincere; frank: an honest critique. 5a. Of good repute; respectable. 5b. Without affectation; plain: honest folk. 6. Virtuous; chaste. While factually correct, "I am doing it with diet and exercise" is incomplete, intended to cause people to draw a false conclusion (ie, deceptive). It is a lie. Being a functional Athiest, one of the foundations of my moral compass is treating others as I would be treated. I want to be told the truth, so I tell the truth. In this case, I would feel deceived, lied to, therefore it is not an approach I would choose. I think people that lie about how they are losing weight are also lying to themselves. The only reason to tell this lie is so they can get credit for losing weight, rather than giving credit to their WLS. They want credit for having willpower and/or character that they don't have. The more vocal people are about their faith, the less I trust them. The "faithful" have forgiveness of all sins from their God, even for lies they tell me. Its these people that focus on the truth of their facts, and use them to convey lies. Tek

The boards have been SNAFU all week. Tek

Posts are being pulled before I can even read them. I know I saw a post by Willby and now it is gone.

Good Morning Willby, Was hoping to hear more about the outcome of your daughter-in-laws diagnoses? Any news on the type of cancer? And how are they both doing? Let us know, we care for you. Sally C.

Hello, Very sorry to hear about this. It is hard to understand sometimes why things happen. I was in a similar situation before, and because I was able to overcome it by turning back to my former faith and religion, and God healed me. Here is a great uplifting story that should inspire you regardless where you are in your beliefs. Because I was where you are all now, I feel I can add something here. Please read here: http://www.apostolicfaith.org/foryou/articles/davis.asp Good Luck, Please don't think that I am forcing my views, but only sharing my experience to help you and your family find a way through this W.