http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/sarah-palin-chris-christie_n_4261905.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

FYI, I don't care about your political views, I posted this because Christie is a bander and because of Palin's comment. Please don't turn this into a political flamewar, that isn't what this forum is about.

How did everyone get their tickers back? Mine is still MIA.

Not sure if anyone responded, but yours is visible to me

Not sure if anyone responded, but yours is visible to me

Thanks Hazel.... Yesterday, I went into my profile and added back some of my info; surgery date, starting weight, current weight, etc. Once I did that, PRESTO.....the ticker came back. I don't know why my info disappeared in the conversion, but it seems to be fixed now. Thanks for responding

I think it was brave of him to make it public, how he was doing WLS....I mean, people would have thought he had cancer or something wrong with his health losing all that weight with no comment, but still. It makes him vulnerable times one million compared to the average banders general criticism. I think he could do the job fine with the band, but international banquets and formal dinners may suck. All that being said though, Hillary has been criticized since just being the first lady. Her hair, pant suits, staying with Bill....everyone in the public eye takes their licks.

I live in NYC so with Jersey my neighbor west of the Hudson River, I see articles on Christie all the time in the NY papers. Just the other day, I saw a comment about his running for president and the poster said specifically that he/she would never vote for a fat person as this indicates an inability to control themselves. I agree with posters on this site who've said that those who abuse drugs and/or alcohol receive more support than those who abuse food.

I know I have hated myself bitterly for being so fat and I am having issues even now when I look at all the loose skin I have and now the mammoth swelling in my hip area from recent hip replacement surgery. I can't believe how much that bothers me and it's nothing I did...it's just a fact of life when having such an invasive procedure.

Sorry...got a little off track there but any time someone is judged based on their appearance, it brings up all these issues for me about who a person is rather than what a person looks like. Oh...and most folks I speak to are convinced that Christie had the surgery in preparation for a run for the top job in 2016...and not for any other reason. I think that too says a lot about how shallow we can be sometimes...

OK, rant over. Thanks for reading.

If I were to place a bet, I'd say he did it for both reasons; health and 2016. Everything in life isn't black or white, but out society's need to pidgeon hole people into one place or the other, has little to do with all the shades of gray that we all are. The whole focal point of Chris Christie's weight, is a very sad commentary on our society.