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just got done watching a show called 500 pound mom on TLC.... this lady is 606 lbs, and needs to lose 106 lbs to get WLS... what irked the hell out of me, is that they kept saying that she needed to loose 106 lbs to get "quick fix surgery" ....last i checked it wasnt a quick fix. ergg.. .just makes more people think we are all taking the easy way out >.<

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ive heard alot of that since i decided to finally take the plunge...i say forget those people. they havnt a clue what we go through on a daily bases. i would love to see any skinny person go on a nearly all liquid diet for nearly a month and tell me any part of it was easy,

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Was that the show that she was from Hiati? I think I remember seeing that show and they had to drag her out of her bed and across the floor with a sheet and they hit her arm on the wall going through, her daughters had to take care of her all the time. I wish they would do a follow up on that story because I saw that one about 3 months ago. Its really a sad story. If its the same story, they wanted her to loose that weight because that particular doctor that was going to do her surgery wouldn't do surgery on anyone over 500 pounds. I think she is more at risk staying the way she is. I don't think some people realize how hard and how long it takes to loose 100 pounds and not only that but she is not mobile so it would take her even longer. :(

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yea that was it.. .i understand why they wanted her to lose the weight, although the show thats on now they just did RNY on a 900lb lady.... i didnt like how they kept calling the surgery the 'easy fix'..which everyone on here knows is not the case...i want to see a follow up too though because she wasnt doing so good on the losing 100lb and obviously wasnt taking the whole thing serious

Was that the show that she was from Hiati? I think I remember seeing that show and they had to drag her out of her bed and across the floor with a sheet and they hit her arm on the wall going through, her daughters had to take care of her all the time. I wish they would do a follow up on that story because I saw that one about 3 months ago. Its really a sad story. If its the same story, they wanted her to loose that weight because that particular doctor that was going to do her surgery wouldn't do surgery on anyone over 500 pounds. I think she is more at risk staying the way she is. I don't think some people realize how hard and how long it takes to loose 100 pounds and not only that but she is not mobile so it would take her even longer. :(

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