Just read this story. It really struck home for me. I regained the weight I lost for my 6 mo Md supervised diet. I'm trying to get back on the wagon. A lot of thinpeople ask me why i want this operation even tho im so "good" at dieting or why bigger people cant just eat healthy & exercise. Healthy eating habits, exercise, & portion control, even vanity about one's own appearance, are not instilled in everyone. For a lot of us, healthy behaviors are hard to learn. I wish that people would recognize food addiction more. Its not like quitting smoking or drinking,I cant quit eating, i have to eat to live. Part of the reason for having the vsg is that it can aid in preventing weight regain by creating biological feedback for portion control. I think almost all of us have lost weight only to regain it. I hope this guy loses his weight & recovers emotionally.

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/47703439#transcript

wow that does hit home, I've lost 120 pounds or so at a time, but always gain MORE back than i lose..sleeve will take the yo out of yoyo lol.

It's a medical fact that people who are overweight have a harder time, not ONLY because of addiction to food issues, losing weight and keeping it off. A person who was overweight or obese that loses weight to be a healthy weight compared to someone who has always been around a healthy weight has twice as much trouble to maintain that healthy weight. It's something that people don't actually believe unless you've been through it because it just seems strange to think about. But it is very true.

This was heart breaking. Left me in tears. I really feel for him, A few years ago I dropped a lot of weight via Weight Watchers and I felt amazing....putting it back on (and then some) was so tough emotionally and physically. You feel like a failure. I can't imagine dropping that amount of weight only to regain. I wish him a lot of luck! That is exactly why i need the VSG too- loosing the weight is doable, but regaining is so easy, I need the help of surgery to keep it off.

amazing, I think "yup" sums it up for me. Truly heartbreaking.

I almost cried for the poor guy when I saw this on the news. :-(

well check my story out i lost 125lbs on 6 week bodymakerover, filmed the informercial and gained all the weight back plus some. and the informercial is still going it hurts to see the skinny me on tv. he is making money off my story. if you up late at night you will see me EAT MORE EXCERSISE LESS. and than gain it all back. so sad

well check my story out i lost 125lbs on 6 week bodymakerover, filmed the informercial and gained all the weight back plus some. and the informercial is still going it hurts to see the skinny me on tv. he is making money off my story. if you up late at night you will see me EAT MORE EXCERSISE LESS. and than gain it all back. so sad

I did that program back when I was in high school actually. It didn't work too well for me because I was in school at the time and it was tough to eat like the program required. I often wonder how many people on these infomercials KEEP the weight off! It must be terrible to be reminded of it Its really easy to gain weight back after diet programs like this. I did weight watchers a few years ago, lost about 80lbs and gained it all back too. That's why with the sleeve it's a permenant tool that will help us not to slip back to over eating and making the choices that we did pre surgery.

i agree. being able to eat just a little at a time would be good and should be easy to keep it off