Rebounding and Feeling Sad
Hi, letting you know I am aware of two WLSers who praise & found success with Profile by Sanford's health program; wishing you the same.
OP, please avoid these programs. there's no such thing as a miracle cure. only hard work and dedication. don't waste your time or money on these scams to take our money!
Please share how you know Profile by Sanford is a scam? At more than one of our WLS support groups, Profile by Sanford has made a guest appearance since they exist within our local Sanford Hospital system whi*****ludes weight loss surgery. From listening, my take away is Profile helps people by reinforcing lifestyle changes like protein-forward nutrition, and activity. I also have listened to a couple of WLSers say the extra support Profile provided helped them lose their regain. I did not hear them say they felt it was a money or time-wasting scam. Again, please share how you know Profile by Sanford is a scam.
my reaction to this program is the same one i have to any in the "diet industry" such as nutrisystem or jenny craig or slimfast. they promise miracle weight loss in exchange for money and prey on the desperation of fat people.
and don't get me started on the economic inequality issues at play here.
if any of these programs actually worked, there would be no more fat people in the world. but they sell a dream instead of the reality which is the hard work of careful food choices and a moderately active lifestyle.
also, the fact that your hospital created this and is now trying to sell this to bariatric patents really grinds my gears from an ethics standpoint. all that said, i believe that there are folks who were helped by this and did get them back on track. good for them.
I have mixed feelings about Profile. I don't like the idea of just buying their products. I been thinking about the economic inequality as well. I know I am very privileged to even have the RNY in the first place let alone having the income to spend on the Profile foods.
The thing is that I know people who this has worked for. I figure it's worth a try. It's expensive, but I am comparing that to buying new clothes every few months.
What I feel like I need the most is a coach. I've seen the dietitian that works with my surgeon and I don't feel like I'm getting what I need.
Hi - you can do this. I am glad you are posting the truth about your experience. I too have a weight regain and I am going to do a meeting a day for a while. I do overeaters anonymous online and this OH. Being alone with someone you don't like (yourself at the moment) is hard. Today I make a food plan on OH promise to walk 5 minutes and will try again. I think about what someone said yesterday in a meeting. What would like be like if you believed you could do it. It would be a journey. Face life as best you can one day at a time, because that's really all we get. One day and it sounds like a piece of relief to me right now. Face your truth good and bad and reach out because the isolation with ourselves is bad company.
