OK -- I don't feel much like I have the right to start a rant since I'm still pre-op but...

WHY OH WHY would you be asking on these boards for opinions about taking some weight loss supplement you found at GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe after taking the extreme measure of having weight loss surgery??? You can believe me when I say that if after my surgery I feel like I'm not losing as I should or I stop losing all together or even start gaining weight back, my surgeon and NUT will be seeing my p*ssed off face at their doors and we will be working on a plan.

To go back to all the snake oil and supplements that never worked before surgery??? Aye-yi-yi...

Rant over.

I know...I saw that and thought "really?" ...couldn't even think of a response for her except ... "NO, you have GOT to be kidding" (but I didn't)... all that stuff is so bad for you as well...lots of caffeine usually (appetite inhancer) and full of chemicals....

We need to do this the right way, now that we have the right tool!

yep it baffles me too. I did all the pills, shakes, bad tasting food, hcg and every diet known to man. They didn't work, if they had I wouldn't have had surgery. If you follow your dr's instructions and listen to your body you should lose without pills and gimmicks.

if you are doing what you are supposed to be doing post op, and you arent losing... you better get back to your doc to find out wtf is going on.

if you are not doing what you should be doing, dont waste my time with asking me about bulls**t.

Idk how to respond to this...why oh why are you even thinking about the stuff that you did in the past when you've been given the excellent tool of WLS??? RU Crazy???

I totally agree. It didn't work before, so abandon it and make your new tool work for you. I think people want it and want it now and don't realize they are getting themselves back onto the old road of self destruction.

Too, I hear alot of people complaining and mapping out everything they are doing with exercise and diet and it's still not working for them and I often wonder, are they listing everything or are they holding out, even subconsciously. None of us want to admit that we are 100% responsible for where we are (or have been), but we all know deep down that we are. We have to take our lives back and whatever WLS we have chosen is a tool to help us do that. Ok, lol, my rant is over.