Did anyone watch the TODAY show ?!?!?!?!? RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just saw on another board where one of the editors of PEOPLE says that WLS is 'The EASY way out'.   The TODAY show was doing a piece on there 1/2 their size issue.  Good for them one did South Beach the other LA weight loss.  I've been there done that did Jenny Crige and spent $$$$$$ many years ago and only to gain it all back once you stop eating their food!!!!!!!!!!!! Some of us NEED WLS. It just burns me up.  Here's the link http://www.todayshow.com/  go to video they lost half their size.  Ok RANT don for the day.  Robin

I didn't see it, but boy stuff like that really gets my goat! I would love to see them follow up with some of those folks!!! I lost weight before 'on my own' 110 pounds to be exact...and gained back 150!!! They get so self righteous, some of them. ARRRRRGHHHHHHHHH

You can not take it seriousely.It is that time of year when you are told that if you have enough will power you will lose weight.There are some who lose weight using different methods and are able to keep it off.And others lokie us *****gained plus some weight back. As with WLS,most peole keep it off,by the intake of food and exercising.Then there are others,like someone being on a diet,regained their lost weight.You can see that just by some of the diets that people are posting here. As long as you do what you are suppose to be doing and check your weight,than nomatter what anyone saids should not bother you. Bob

I heard the beginning of it and thankfully I had to leave for work -- otherwise I think would have blown up.  As soon as they starting saying "lost it the old-fashioned way" and not the easy way out with surgery I had steam coming out of my ears.  At this point, I hope they gain all the pounds back along with 40 more for good measure.  Do they really think that what we've done is easy ?????  I'd ask any one of them to come to the gym with me 5 to 6 days a week and work out for 1.5 hrs and tell me just how easy that is.  And then maybe too they'll want to take my diabetes meds for a while since the exercise and lost weight didn't keep that away either.... What makes them so self-righteous????   I'm sorry for my part of this rant....... We have all worked very hard for where we are... I don't need someone telling me I didn't until they walk in my shoes! Janie 275/135/158 (current)

This will be a very unpopular post but here goes.  I did take the easy way out.  I had surgery to jump start the weight loss process and to recoup my health.  I needed a fast fix to my long term goals and luckily for me it worked.  I hit the gym without excuse 5 days a week and stick to the diet program set out for me before surgery and I'm still taking off weight almost 3 years out.  This is no longer a goal but a lifestyle.  There was no way that I would have lost the amount of weight needed, as quickly as I needed to allow me to start an exercise program to insure my weight loss.  So, yes it has been an easy way out having the luxury of this tool.  I cannot eat sugars, or fats thanks to my RNY whereas without the surgery I would have been fighting that battle daily.  I've had success and for that I'm grateful which brings me to the point of "why would I care what the media is saying?"  I'm too busy living to be bothered, or that easily offended.

Agreed.  It is FAR easier to lose weight with WLS than it is by simply modifying diet and exercise--if it wasn't, many of us would have met our goals without surgery.  Do we have to work to keep the weight off? Yes. But we'd have to work to keep it off no matter what. I don't care what the Today show thinks of how I lost weight--I am sure that far more people thought I was a lazy slug before had RNY than do now. I didn't care what they thought then and now it matters even less.

Been there, done that, threw away the d****d T-shirt. Yes, there are some of us that regain most or all of the weight that they had lost due to surgery. 97% of people who use diet and exercise modifications to reduce their weight  REGAIN EVERYTHING PLUS EXTRA WEIGHT. I hate these stupid shows that try to shame people into doing things when their health is compromised by Metabolic Syndrome/Insulin Resistance.    Would they tell a person who had a heart attack to "do it the right way" rather than have arterial bypass surgery???  How about lung cancer??? Maybe these poor souls should just stop breathing until their lungs heal??? There is no question that WLS works--more and more physicians are open to the procedures that are being done.  Some doctors are even recommending WLS as a means to resolve Diabetes II. All we can do is to be  good examples of the results and to encourage others to do the research needed before making a decision about surgery.  Yay for us!!!

It IS easier to lose weight with wls ... I would 100x prefer that people lose weight with diet and exercise as wls has risks and is an absolute last resort.  Of course, I think that they should interview people who've lost weight and actually kept it off for 5+ years ... I lost 100 lbs on my own, and managed to regain 110 lbs before I had GB.  I congratulate anyone who can keep weight off, with or without surgery! Annette

Yup, I watched it and wondered why they thought they were providing a public service by discouraging people who need the WLS tool from seeking it.  I've picked up a similar sentiment from Oprah when she did her show on post gastric bypass addicitions...people who transferred one addiction (food) to another (drinking, shopping etc)  I'm a newbie...one week out and already singing the praises of this surgery...and not for the weight loss it's already brought me!  My PCP and surgeon have both told me that this is the only known cure for diabetes. I am diabetic but even in such a short time I"m feeling and seeing significant improvement.  My feet used to have shooting pains...haven't had one in four days.  My skin was cracking and peeling no matter what kind of moisturizer I used...not any more.  My blood sugar was always 158 or higher when I woke up...now its 109 or less and routinely hangs around the mid 80s.  My toes used to be deep purple in color, now they're a healthy pink.  All in less than one week.... I too have lost more than 100 lbs on my own and gained it all back over 2 years.  I know how to do the work of diet and exercise...but this time I have the help of becoming diabetes free and the fuel that my body burns will burn efficiently.  Diet and exercise alone would not have achieved this.  Too bad the media doesn't do their homework before forming opinions that they pass off as factual news.