How's that working for you? Mind you business and I'll mind mine.

Thank you, Donna!! I know, for ME, when I see "blanket statements", I am immediately turned off

I'll take your 6 months, and raise you 15 years :)

You can lose weight on any diet plan. High fat, low fat, high carb, low carb, high protein, KETO, IF or any other plan. Losing weight is the easy part.

Keeping it off is the hard part. About 50% of weight loss surgery patients have regained 50% of their lost weight by year five.

About 95% of non-weight-loss surgery dieters have regained 100% of their lost weight by year five.

Your chance of keeping weight off long term is 5% of less with surgery.

In addition, re-routing your intestines is taking the easy way out. It is far easier to lose weight when you lose your hunger and can no longer eat much at a time.

You just doing the IF for 6 months.

Do it successfully for 6+ years with no major regain and then I may think you have a valid points.

I was overweight most of my life. Most, not all. Because I would work really hard do anything possible, lose ALL the excess weight.... Only to gain it back 2-3 years later. There was not one diet methods I did not try, including IF with Keto-paleo.

And every single time I would regain not only what I lost but I few more pounds.

At 47 I realized that my body got used to all of the diet, fasting, cleanses, etc etc...and I would lose 2-3 lbs only to regain it.

Did I like the idea of wls? Nope. First time I thought about it - I read and research all and decided I don't want it, that I could do it all on my own. And I did. I lost the excessive fat, and got really trim and fit, with muscles. I was very active person. But within a few years, with back issues, steroids injections, age, etc, I slowly regained what I lost.

RNY or any WLS should be the last resort. It was for me. I lost all my excess weight within 10 months and maintain it. I had a temporary weight regain, but I dealt with that.

I have some complications,- but I think that I had my WLS too late in my life. Damage was already done to my body with yoyo dieting over my 35 years ..

I have been maintaining my weight loss by following simple steps. I eat until I am full, but eat mindfully. I eat proteins and fat and some carbs.

I follow IF most of the time, but I have a freedom of eating what my body needs.

I can eat a reasonable portion. I eat cheese, and meats, eggs, good fat (butter) or nuts.

The RNY allows me to be satisfied with smaller portions. I don't need to gorge myself.

WLS is a major help for obesity. I think of WLS as major step in helping the obesity. At the present time - WLS offer people a chance of losing weight and keeping it off. It is a tool.

Like my cataract surgery that removed and replaced my lenses. Or Lasik surgery that help me see better.

I wish you well. But I am saddened by your judgement. I hope you can be one of the 5% who can lose weight by diet and exercise and maintain that long-term.

I used to be like you. Until one day my body refused to lose any weight and keeping it off. And I chose to have WLS. Because that gave me a chance to be normal weight.

You have not tried it all or done it all. Lose and maintain for at least 6 years. Then try to help others.