I was watching this show called Fat Chef where obese people in the food industry try to lose 25% of their body weight in 16 weeks. This one woman Maggie was just full of excuses and had no accountability whatsoever. She told her nutrition consultant that she was eating 2-3 slices of pizza for dinner at night and ate soft serve ice cream constantly. Later in the show it was revealed that she was hiding her Lap Band surgery from everyone. She got really mad for some reason and said "I don't want to be some kind of role model for Lap Band...it didn't work for me." Ok, really?! First of all, if you are able to eat 3 slices of pizza in a serving, something is terribly wrong. Not to mention all that ice cream wasn't doing her any favors. People like her make the rest of us who use the Lap Band correctly look bad. It just really irks me. It's clear she wasn't psychologically ready for it and I wonder what doctor in his right mind would give someone like that a Lap Band. If you aren't ready to change your lifestyle and work with the band and not against it, don't have the surgery. Period.

Ok, rant over :-)

I get irritated by any show featuring obese people trying to lose weight. Seriously, i dont know if its a chicken or egg thing, but theres a definite personality type amongst peopke with weight problems and its ll about excuses, blame and victim mentality. The fact that so many of us here have lost weight successfully shows that it is possible for the penny to drop and weight loss then happens but so many people, even on this forum are just not taking responsibility for the journey. They may, in time, but upyou cant call people on it or they tend to get nasty.

A lot of people also seem to waste inordinate amounts of time hating what they see as skinny bndsters who didnt " deserve" surgery, criticising how sickly normal weight peopke look and assuming they had/ have it way easier, and this attitude comes out on tv too. I dont watch any of those shows, particularly biggest loser. I cant stand them sooking over a slow climb on th elliptical when i know that despite what i went through to keep running right through cancer treatment, they ould think they have it harder. Makes me want to yell "grow some balls fatso".

Bah, humbug, lol

I get irritated by any show featuring obese people trying to lose weight. Seriously, i dont know if its a chicken or egg thing, but theres a definite personality type amongst peopke with weight problems and its ll about excuses, blame and victim mentality. The fact that so many of us here have lost weight successfully shows that it is possible for the penny to drop and weight loss then happens but so many people, even on this forum are just not taking responsibility for the journey. They may, in time, but upyou cant call people on it or they tend to get nasty.

A lot of people also seem to waste inordinate amounts of time hating what they see as skinny bndsters who didnt " deserve" surgery, criticising how sickly normal weight peopke look and assuming they had/ have it way easier, and this attitude comes out on tv too. I dont watch any of those shows, particularly biggest loser. I cant stand them sooking over a slow climb on th elliptical when i know that despite what i went through to keep running right through cancer treatment, they ould think they have it harder. Makes me want to yell "grow some balls fatso".

Bah, humbug, lol

and i agree.... totally. i dont watch those shows either . in every way they are demeening and i hate that. iont know how people can even expose themselves to it. its the lowest form of entertainment there is.

I'm glad I'm not the only one irritated by this woman! I have half a mind to email her restaurant and thank her for all the negative Lap Band PR she has put out there.

She probably is already hearing about it and the tv show as well. (they probably knew and figured it would make good tv).

I'm glad I'm not the only one irritated by this woman! I have half a mind to email her restaurant and thank her for all the negative Lap Band PR she has put out there.

perhaps you should do just that. she needs a shakeup.