My 600 pound life

 Wow watching this show tonight has first of all made me really see how truly Blessed I am my starting weight was no where near that I didn't require any reconstructive surgery So now I'm like why can't I take the gift/tool an utilize it to the max come on I have too much going for myself to cloud my mind and path with all these bad foods/choices it a struggle I know but wow if a 600 pound person can do it I can WE ALL CAN USE YOUR TOOL FOR GOOD MAKE IT WORK! Don't give up its a life time struggle

There are a lot of smo folks out there.  Many are too large to qualify for surgery yet they are so large that without surgery they will die.  A hell of a catch 22 for the highest risk patients. 

Those of us that have come through wls safely are blessed.  We will not all loose quickly and we may struggle for every pound.  However, we must appreciate and honor this blessing bu doing the best we can.  Thanks for the reminder. 

 Wow Msw I'm so moved love u 4 that well said see if everybody post daily with words of wisdoms like that it will carry me thru because I do feel so bumbed with this gain but looking at the big picture I'm blessed looking at where some people come from who would have known keeping it off after the surgery I'd have so many issues which if u think about it I really don't I just need to leave the snacks alone cookies an chips. An here I am did absolutely NO RESEARCH ON WLS JUST WENT TO THE DR did my 6 month evaluation an bam surgery was scheduled they called me on a Monday an it was done the next day no problems no complications only dumped 5 times in the whole 5 years goin on 6 now so I am truly grateful and blessed I just gotta work a little harder because people think this is easy by no means its more of a struggle now keeping it off then with anything else thanks fan for listening

Great point, I seen that show the other day with the worlds biggest women 900 I think she was 29 years old or something ...I can see why someone could get to that point. I saw my weight escalating the bigger I became the harder for it to come off. That's why I'm pushing myself to the limit with my insurance requirements so I can have it done asap!

I have nothing of substance to add to this post.  I just wanted to say that I watched it eating oreos and a cup of coffee.   I think I even had the nerve to say once or twice that that chick needs to take her WLS more seriously.   HOW FREAKING SAD IT THAT.

 I wasn't eating at the time but I'm sad to so don't feel bad Lee

i watched the one with the girl who's mom kept making smart comments and she moved out at one point. its hard enough to be SMO and your family is no help at all! i know its totally up to her to use her tool but when you have negative people in the way even after surgery that make the journey that much harder. sometime you have to tune people out but its hard! it took a health scare and a lot of job rejections to get me going so i can only imagine how hard it can be for someone 600 pounds! i agree its a up hill battle. i going to kept at it so i can stay in my skinny jeans and healthy!

Among the biggest problems faced by wls patients is overcoming the inaccuracies these programs spread. 

-They showcase failure although over 90% of us accross all surgery types succeed in keeping off 50% of the excess weight long term. 
-They portray us as unwilling and weak in character where changing out behavior is concerned. 
-They refuse to adress the issues of addiction, up bringing, culture, habits, metabolism, etc;  all of which contribute to our diverse reasons for obesity, except in the most superficial and condescending manner. 

As a result we step out of surgery into a society expecting us to fail inspite of the high success rate.  This is in part why we need good support systems.  It is so unfortunate that oh is fast becoming just another garbage diet site. 

Just once I would like to see a program that respects the subjects as individuals.  Each is dealing with the same resulting condition but, their details differ as does the path to their long term success after wls.  

Alright, putting soap box away now.