How do you explain why you are choosing to do this?

The other day at work, in the newspaper there was an article about gastric bypass surgery. A co-worker, who I have talked with about my plans to have this done, saw it and read it and then proceeded to tell me that she thought I was just trying to find an easy way out. That if I just disciplined myself, that I could lose the weight on my own. She was under the impression that the only people who needed this surgery were the ones who could not walk or was invalid. She did not realize the people who can walk or are not confined to a wheelchair or bed are still considered morbidly obese. My question is: how do we explain why we are choosing this when there are so many people out there who view this surgery as a copout and and easy way instead of doing it on our own? When you have people telling you that, at least for me, it gets me to thinking. I would love some advice for the next time someone slams me for choosing this "easy way out".

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