The easy way out?

As everyone else said  this will not be the last time you hear that. However, I liked LaVerne's statement.  I think it was easier for me to defend because I had my core support group (husband, parents, and brother) who knew I had really researched and deliberated and saw me struggle with my weight so when everyone else would say that I wuld say I still have to watch what I eat, work out and exercise to keep it off.  Plus yoou know you got hatahs! For those that are uneducated you will educate through your journey and for those that are hating you'll give them mroe things to hate about after the weight begins to fall off.

Why are people so down on "Fat" people for getting help. Hell, the Drug Rehab Industry is BOOMBING because people can't control their addictions; Companies are making BILLIONS off of people who can't stop smoking on their own; The wt loss supplement Industry is making multi-billions. People are DYING from ALL of these Addictions, why the hell should I be another statistic because some judgemental ******** are too stupid to see the relationship with Obesity and other addictions. No one can out do me relative to self control, will power and determination, but those only work to a point on this "disease."  I'll bet they would not say that going to Alcoholic Annonymous was the easy way out for an Alcoholic, it's just IGNORANCE, and the world is full of Ignorant people. You gotta let them talk to the hand and move on!

Think of WLS like this: It is the Affirmative Action Tool for Obese, Morbidly Obese and Super Morbidly Obese People who choose to Utilize It!

Was/Is Affirmative Action the "Easy" way out for AA, Women and other Minorities>>>NO, it was/is just a little help when MOST factors are against you; It gets your "foot" in the door but it is up to YOU to DO the Work and Maintain your position. If you don't do a "job well done" in your Position, you lose it; if you don't "work" your WLS Tool you REGAIN the weight (just look at all tthose *****gain wt after losing it with WLS, if it was "easy" they would have maintained their wt loss.)

Hi,
 If someone were to say it to me I would look them right in the eyeballs and say...

"I work the job, I don't let the job work me." since they refuse to believe that even wls requires much
work .

IMO that statement is so off the wall because in any other aspect of life, humans complete tasks in the easiest way possible, so why should getting healthy be any different?

LMAO - see - an ignant bastid say some **** like that to me, they get:

You damn right I did!  Now - YOU obviously chose the HARD way - and it's not working for you.  thanks for inspiring my choice!


Umm - I'm a lil anti-social......

I am currently writing a persuasive argument in my composite class.  Weight loss surgery: It's not easy.

Honey I have pulled a ton of literature and these are doctors explaining it is not easy. 

I have told people if you think it is easy to go to a doctor, fill out papers  and  asked about every diet and exercise program you have ever done and the results, if you have taken test after test to see how healthy you really are.  If you have been interviewed by a psych doctor to determine your level of competency to see if you can handle having your guts rerouted. To tell you about the difference between head hunger and real hunger.  If you think standing in front of the mirrow seeing thing fall down lower and lower . If you go through all of this just to get approval and then listen to a nutritionist tell you the rest of your life requires a certain amount of vitamins fluids exercise protein and you cannot afford to take a break from any of it.  To have to go to the surgeon to be monitored and then once you reach goal a couple of times a year to be checked.  If you take the risk to have hernias, and other issues why because you want to live a few years longer than you would being the fat chick that could not breath that was choking in your sleep then yes I am taking the easy way out and yes I am glad it is available to me because the hard way was literally killing me.

You are not taking the easy way out.... no way.. but its very hard for normal skinny people to understand.  They can't wrap there head around the whole surgery thing... But I have had one comment pre-op from a co-worker... she didnt mean it in a bad way.. but now that she sees all the pre-op and now post-op dieting that I had to do and the liquids ect.. she realizes that its not as easy as it looks.  So basically I didnt have to say anything.  My actions spoke louder then my words.  She now tells me all the time that she doesnt know how I do it... especially at xmas time with all the goodies around.