Your thoughts on gastric bypass?

[beastman88]

ok so I started watching this show called my 600 pd life. its just crazy how people think that having a gastric bypass is their only solution for weight loss. are people nowadays just misinformed? why not put her on a healthy diet of foods? and give her a nutritionist and a physical trainer? to have surgery at that weight is ridiculous you have a good chance of dying from complications from the surgery. just boggles the old coconut how stupid people can be. this girl is 600 + I bet if she just stopped eating the sh*t she has been shed lose most of that weight within 2 years. I know some people are genetically predisposed to gaining weight but that doesn't give you a reason to give up fitness. a person can change their own metabolism regardless of genetics.

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i just think its a totally unnecessary procedure

[Simple-Simonette]

Plain old exercise and diet don't help with morbid obesity. For some people, their poor hearts don't have the capability to endure rigorous exercise. And it still takes years to lose weight with gastric bypass, with a controlled diet and exercis - it isn't the quick, easy fix that you think it is.

Their bodies are programed to think the unhealthy amount of food consumed is necessary. With controlled diets, they are starving, at at times their bodies store more fat because it thinks it starving. Not everyone is capable of having the iron will to ignore their own bodies pleading to for nourishment. Gastric bypass makes it bearable and reprograms the stomach to accept the proper amount of food that is healthy.

Granted, there are side effects and risks, but no more so than dying from suffocation from being crushed to death by your weight or having a heart attack when your heart can no longer pump blood where it needs to go.

I've never been overweight, but I've never understood why obese people are open subjects with how they should live their lives. They are people who have the right to seek help in a way that benefits them - with the advice of their own doctors. I think, Mr. Beastman that if it were as simple as you think it was - that practice would be prevalent in today's society.

All in all, if the benefits outweighs the risks, and it is something thy are happy with - why should the opinions of others who have no idea what their going through be important. As with every personal problem. internal or external, that people deal with, shouldn't it be their prerogative as to how to handle it without judgment?

No animosity intended - simply sharing my thoughts.

[Simple-Simonette]

One more thing, surgery is usually the last resort, when every other option has failed.

[Simple-Simonette]

Ugh, please disregard the typos.

[beastman88]

i disagree, the purpose of the gastric by pass is to limit the amount of food going into the stomach. this could all be avoided if they just control what they are putting into their mouths in the first place. of course health care practitioners are going to recommend surgery why not? there's lots of money to be made there. when your super morbid obese like the girl I mentioned, all you have to start doing is eating properly and more healthy. with light to no exercise at all.

[beastman88]

at that weight iam sure their hearts wouldn't be able to manage much exercise, but with a simple healthy diet the person could probably lose just as much or close to people who have had the operation. people who have had the operation are basically starving they are only able to eat an ounce or 2 of food for every meal. iam sure the stresses of surgery are not good for the heart either.

[Simple-Simonette]

They are not starving because the stomach sends signals to the brain that it's "full" with lesser amount of space to fill. I have to wonder how much actual research you have done on gastric bypass and how many other testimonials you have read about on this subject and the people who resort to this method before making up your mind how wrong it is ...

[beastman88]

i know my biology and to assume I don't know anything about it is foolish. iam not looking for an argument here iam just stating facts. of course your body is going to feel hungry all the time if you keep putting food that has little to no nutritional value and high in cals into. most people who are like that even though they are obese, are malnourished, of course theyre going to be hungry.

[beastman88]

into your body*

[Simple-Simonette]

I'm not assuming anything - just wondering about how extensively you've researched GB before drawing the conclusions you have expressed.

[lace1228]

My aunt had it done, it isn't just an easy way out that a lot of misinformed people think. You still need to eat healthy and excercise for the rest of their lives. Some people need the help so that they can walk again. Theropy is also involved. Most people struggle with an addiction of some sort and sometimes it is food. So if they get rid of one addiction they will most likely find a replacement if not treated properly. It has been a long journey of ups and downs. The important thing is she got her life back. The key word is LIFE. It saves peoples lives isn't that in itself worth it?

[WeaponZero]

I was obese at 335 lbs. Lost weight the old fashioned way, nutrition and exercise. Had to get surgery anyway because of all the excess skin left on the lower abdomen. Recovering from having that removed right now.

[beastman88]

good job, hope the healing goes well. kinda going through the same thing, was at my heaviest at 250 lost 40 pds so far, want to lose another 40. its hard but definitely worth it, just gotta keep up with it this time. healthy living is definitely a lifestyle not just a choice. so far though its taken me less time to lose it than to gain it.

[antonlikesmlb]

Some people prefer surgery over half a century of dedication.

[WeaponZero]

half century? doesn't take nearly that long.

[CrystalMinds]

I think in some cases it is a good solution. Not all people lose weight by sports and eating healthy. Maybe some people are just so far away from a good weight they just get desperate. But I do think it should be the last option, when nothing else works. There are enough alternatives to lose weight (sports, eating healthy, weight watchers, look for professional help or something) and if nothing else works, THEN I think it's an option to think about.

I know someone who is quite heavy (can't say he's really heavy, don't wanna sound rude but he kinda is) and he wants to have that surgery too. He still eats whatever he wants, drinks 2litres of pop on a daily basis,... I just don't get it. When I feel like I'm gaining too much weight, I eat healthier or go to the gym or something.

[candlewax]

Because people are lazy and ignorant. But mostly lazy.

Bypass was essentially for those serious at risk cases where it had to be done asap for health purposes. Now people use it as a weight loss solution because they're too lazy to do something about it that actually takes time to do.

[beastman88]

i just don't believe the surgery is absolutely necessary. drs just trick people into believing they need it. lots of money to be made especially in the us.

[Temporary46]

I have a friend who is bulimic and scary skinny because she throws up after every meal.

She sees therapists but they are unable to help her.

I imagine that being over weight can be a psychological/emotional illness. Maybe a nutritionist etc can not help her.

There are a lot of things that are impossible to comprehend until we ourselves find that we are in the exact same condition.

Like we won't know what it's like to be 70 years old until we get there...but I hear it sucks.

[misskristie]

i know to me losing 10 pounds is hard. so loosing hundreds would definitely be overwhelming.if I was that big I would probably opt for surgery.

[nermalinda]

Yeah I agree, I think it's really sad and feel really bad for those people.