Yahoo's story about WLS

Yahoo is running a story about WLS.  What annoyed me is the morons that make comments at the end of the story about how fat people just need to get off their ass and exercise and put down the fork.  I hate these ignorant dumbasses.  If they got to know some people that had WLS (specifically LapBand) and talk to them maybe they would learn that it isn't that easy.  If it were that easy then there would be no fat people. 

I still watch my calories and carbs and exercise like people that don't have surgery.  The way I look at it is a lot of people that don't have surgery take diet pills or some weird thing they saw on an infomercial.  How is that different from surgery...they are seeking help to lose weight....so are we.   

Obesity has been viewed by society as a choice not a diagnosis. Do people tell an alcoholic to pull their drunk asses away from the bar? No! That's because every other addiction has been accepted by society as an illness that requires treatment hence addicts such as drug abusers, gambling addicts and even sex addicts receive society's sympathy. But when it comes to food addiction and obesity, society only points their "shame-on-you"  fingers and judge. Obese adolescents are bullied and adults only scold the obese child saying, "well if you don't like being picked on, do something about it". It's sad but verbal abuse towards the obese has become an accepted norm in this society and it has been for centuries. And the ignorance is passed on from generation to generation, it's a sad scenario.

 AMEN!

You can't fix stupid, even with duct tape! I can barely move because of serious arthritis so I can eat as little as anybody but without being able to exercise weight loss is still elusive, even with the band.

Try to remember that there are scores of "people" out there who make it their daily duty to make terrible comments on stories - no matter what the topic is!  I've found that especially true for the Yahoo site.  They have nothing better to do, and are trying to goat people into flipping out.  Just ignore them, girl! 

Whenever someone has made a snide comment about my size, I just think that they are not paying my bills, keeping my hubby happy, or raising my son - so they don't matter!  Don't waste your time even thinking about the small-minded!