I just saw "All of Me"

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

I just viewed the movie and felt not so great.It was very depressing and sort of incomplete.I was saddened by the fact that insurance refused to pay for some of the women's surgery.I also noted the double standards when referring to the husbands.They were morbidly obese but not referred to as that."I felt saddened but thank you Bariatric Pal for giving me the opportunity to see it.

[citygirl1962 50]

Bariatric Pal never sent me the link to view the movie :-(

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

It's on this site...go toWLS magazine articles.

[catwoman7 10,970]

i liked it. I was surprised to see Zsalynn in it (from "My 600 lb Life") - recognized her right away!

[j16 166]

I didn't like it. I felt like it was portraying the women as "swingers" hanging out with men who had a fetish for fat women. I don't think that is a typical experience and was put in there to attract a larger audience.

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

I agree with j16, super morbidly obese women celebrating their size and partying it up? Two minutes in watching and I wanted to turn it off but couldn't had to watch to the end. It must be many years old as yes Zyalynn was there and had her surgery more recently. Terrible portrayal of obese women; I bet none are happy and all of them have reasons why they eat. If you haven't watched it yet; don't bother it is not worth it. Reality TV programs focusing on weight loss/exercise programs are much more enjoyable to watch.

[birdiestofbirds 7]

I was deeply saddened by this movie. I think this movie only represented a subset of the types of people who have this surgery. I am a successful professional woman, have a great marriage, and "normal" friends. Some friends are overweight, but most aren't. I don't go seeking other "fat woman" and/or men who have a fetish for bigger woman. Most of these woman have deep-seeded emotional and self-image issues. I am not casting stones. I too have some emotional eating issues. I love food and wanted to enjoy anything I wanted, whenever I wanted it. I have come to terms with that is not how I want to live and that my body doesn't run that way. From reading posts, support groups, Facebook groups, I have met many woman who are like me and they are very successful after surgery. This movie didn't really show the successful side of bariatric surgery, if anything it perpetuated the stereotype of fat woman. Very disappointed in PBS.

[amazon 579]

I watched it too, and agree it was pretty sad.

I could relate to them in many ways and empathized.

It showed me a side of "living large" that I hadn't really seen before. Although I had seen a glimpse of the BBW folks from Zyalynn's episode of My 600lb. Life. It's a foreign dynamic to me. But I guess they feel they all understand each other. But you could really see all that change as some of them got WLS.

I don't think any of them, except for one, had the support they needed. To me, that's such a huge part of being successful.

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

The men were also not cool.They were morbidly obese but chose not to refer to themselves with that reality.Only bitched about the fact that they were worried about their wives losing weight....just so sad.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

This sounds familiar, is it new?

I remember seeing Zsalynn in something like this after seeing her on My 600 Pound Life and it explained so much. Apparently, she and some of the other early My 600 Pound Life folks were really involved in the Fat Acceptance/Fat Fetish world. I found it very sad and disturbing.

[funkecoldmedina 49]

I have been searching forever and cannot seem to find this on the site someone please HELP

[her1981 448]

I have been searching forever and cannot seem to find this on the site someone please HELP

Here's the link. http://www.bariatricpal.com/page/all_of_me.html

[her1981 448]

I didn't care for it myself.

[funkecoldmedina 49]

@@her1981 Thank you!

[Klolojadie 46]

I had a hard time with the movie too. It seemed like their bariatric programs were lacking (especially the banded woman) and to watch the other woman be denied when she's almost 500lbs is CRAZY! The experience of these women was nothing like mine so I guess I couldn't relate too well. I'm still glad I watched though, everything I can learn from I think helps me in my journey.