Points of your ignorance:

1) I've been looking and looking and looking around these forums (the very few that are not already devoted 100% to surgery) for hours and have found maybe 2% are about things that are NOT related to surgery in some way. There are nutritional posts, yes, but they are all related to pre-op and post-op eating.

2) Whether surgery is a great way to lose wight is 100% a matter of opinion, so don't pretend it isn't I have a very different opinion than you do.

3) They have lower rates of regain because people literally CANNOT eat more. And that starts to fade over time for most people as the stomach stretches out again.

4) Well, banding does not reroute guts, but most surgery does, and banding is only for people who have to lose relative small amounts of weight. Really big people are not candidates.

5) We agree that obesity is very unhealthy!

7) Wow, you are really showing your ignorance here, and making me laugh. Fasting is normal eating because it's the way evolution made us. Do you think our ancestors had access to fast food, grocery stores, and convenience stores? Of course not. We evolved by going through frequent periods of fasting -0 that's why our bodies store fat at all, to use when times are lean and no food is available. What's NOT normal is eating 3 meals a day! Fasting has 100% of the benefits of surgery with none of the drawbacks - and it's free and simple. Nor does it necessarily involve easting nothing for months at a time. Some people just do it every other day. Finally, how could fasting be a "fad" when it's been around for as long as humans have? Millions and millions of people to this day do it constantly.

8) There are also hundreds of horror stories about complications from surgery and people regaining all the weight. Yes, bariatric surgery works sometimes for some people, and when it works, it does good things. But you can get the same benefits without having yourself cut open. I get ALL the same benefits, but I didn't have my guts rearranged. Do some research.

Wow, a whole ONE forum, compared to the 929 surgery forums? I'm impressed!

And for you information, I know PLENTY about bariatric surgery - not only form my own extensive research but from actually being in two, week-long pre-surgical classes. So I know what I'm talking about. I quit when I realized how insane it is. I realized that even AFTER I had my guts re-routed permanently, I would STILL have to at a highly controlled diet for the rest of my life, not to mention all the risks of complications.

Label me what you like, I could not care less. Just trying to bring some light to the ones who have been duped into getting this surgery.

And, hey, considering you joined the site in 2013 and are still obese.. clearly your methods haven't worked for you.

Why not whole eggs? Why just the whites? Eggs are good for you, and DO NOT raise your cholesterol. That's an old, long-disproven myth. Just eat regular eggs.

Your doctor gave you bad advice and isn't the one who will have to live with the consequences of vitamin deficiencies.