My rant for the day
UGH!!!!!!!!!! If I hear one more thing about The Biggest Loser, I swear I'm gonna start throwing the people talking about it. For the most part, people I know/encounter are very supportive of my WLS. I have a few classmates who ask me about my weight loss, my eating habits, how I'm doing, etc. It's so great that they're excited, because it keeps me excited too.
However.............there are some people who go straight from "How are you?" to "OMG, the biggest loser is the coolest show. I can't believe how much these people lose by diet and exercise!" It's like they're judging me for my decision to have weight loss surgery. They look at me like I should have done that instead. Believe me, If I could have had success with diet and exercise, I wouldn't have had WLS. If that worked, I would have been thin and healthy before surgery. UGH.
And realistically, If I exercised 8 hours a day, ate only what someone allowed me to eat, and lived in a plastic bubble, I could have lost a significant amount of weight. Not as much as WLS, but a decent amount. I would have had to continue that for the rest of my life, but I probably could have done it. Without that regimen, however, the weight would just pile back on. Hello, people, we live in the real world.
I'm not bashing those on The Biggest Loser or those who have success with diet and exercise. That's great!! I'm just pissed because people keep judging me for doing something beneficial for ME. Something that WILL work. UGH.
People suck. End of rant.
However.............there are some people who go straight from "How are you?" to "OMG, the biggest loser is the coolest show. I can't believe how much these people lose by diet and exercise!" It's like they're judging me for my decision to have weight loss surgery. They look at me like I should have done that instead. Believe me, If I could have had success with diet and exercise, I wouldn't have had WLS. If that worked, I would have been thin and healthy before surgery. UGH.
And realistically, If I exercised 8 hours a day, ate only what someone allowed me to eat, and lived in a plastic bubble, I could have lost a significant amount of weight. Not as much as WLS, but a decent amount. I would have had to continue that for the rest of my life, but I probably could have done it. Without that regimen, however, the weight would just pile back on. Hello, people, we live in the real world.
I'm not bashing those on The Biggest Loser or those who have success with diet and exercise. That's great!! I'm just pissed because people keep judging me for doing something beneficial for ME. Something that WILL work. UGH.
People suck. End of rant.
I think it might be also since most people in general don't know much about WLS, the go to the thing they do know about weight loss....reality TV (sad, isnt' it?). I wouldn't dig too deep into it as a direct put down to you. It sounds to me like they are just trying to make conversation.
I agree with you. If I lived on a ranch in the middle of no where with those trainers screaming at me, I'd lose weight too...probably out of fear.
People don't get that after surgery is where the work begins. It really angers me *****fer to WLS surgery as "the easy way out" .....Oh, I want to high-five them in the face.
Just keep on keepin on and ignore the lesser educated.... ;-)
~Emily~
I agree with you. If I lived on a ranch in the middle of no where with those trainers screaming at me, I'd lose weight too...probably out of fear.
People don't get that after surgery is where the work begins. It really angers me *****fer to WLS surgery as "the easy way out" .....Oh, I want to high-five them in the face.
Just keep on keepin on and ignore the lesser educated.... ;-)
~Emily~
"Tis better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not"
I know it sucks, but remember that a lot of people is ignorant about WLS. you can´t expect that everyone is agreed with your decisions. try not TO think about what other people think about your chooises. I know is dificult but its your life, its your body and what everybody else have to say is just worthless. so don´t listen to bad comments just to people that love you.
and about the biggest loser. only God know how many times we have been those people. excercising alot and eating well to lose weigh and then after a 30 lb you start gaining all over again. and you know also that a lot of people who of that show have gained all the weight back. I bet if you ask anyone of the contesters they would die to have wls. all this people don´t know what we have been thru.
so be confortable with your decision and try to ignore everyone else.
hugs
mariana.
and about the biggest loser. only God know how many times we have been those people. excercising alot and eating well to lose weigh and then after a 30 lb you start gaining all over again. and you know also that a lot of people who of that show have gained all the weight back. I bet if you ask anyone of the contesters they would die to have wls. all this people don´t know what we have been thru.
so be confortable with your decision and try to ignore everyone else.
hugs
mariana.
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