... I decide I can handle the weight loss without surgery?

As I posted in older threads, my wife was diagnosed with a very aggressive autoimmune disease last March.

This was my wake-up call to change my life.

I wanted to get my surgery done the last week of March, during spring break from the school district I work for.

But I've already lost 33.0 pounds and my BMI is down to a 35.1(on my digital scale). My 1st goal is 200lbs and it seems much closer at 43.4lbs vs. 76.4 lbs.

Do I get sent packing if I do this the old fashioned way?

Edited February 26, 201610 yr by Rhodes

Sounds like you have a great start, I don't think anybody's going to kick you off. It's a personal choice, I had the same thought right before surgery but decided to stay the path. I needed the check and balance system to be successful. Today of all days it's a good thing, because without it I would be hitting the new bakery in town. Day started off BAD...I refused to get down and it has improved. I wanted Carrot Cake to buffer my sorrow and then again to Celebrate. It's veggies right? lol

Speaking for myself, of course not. We are all in various stages of decision how to treat our obesity. Stay here for the support. Best wishes to you. We never know what the future brings. Good luck to your wife too. Keep posting!

Lol, I'm pretty sure you can't actually get kicked off the forums because there are a lot of people who are still around who tend to be rude, hurtful, or otherwise actually deserving of being removed.

If you want to lose weight the way you're doing it, then more power to you! All of us have made our own choices and it is no one's place to judge yours. I might suggest though that in addition to certainly speaking to people here, maybe you should also join a forum where people have lost weight with the traditional route. You might have more in common with then in some areas than with people here, but by no means does that mean you wouldn't be welcome on this site anymore.

Of course not! Surgery isn't for everyone. You have to be true to yourself first and foremost. We all have to travel our individual journey. Best of luck and congrats on your weight loss!

I think many of us agree that cutting calories and exercising are wonderful weight loss tools. We still do this I think. Just a lot of us have a tool to help NOT regain after our loss.

I wouldn't be a WLS recipient if that had worked for me in the long run.

My belief is our metabolism gets changed by the frequent up and down, off and on dieting that the majority of America tries( hence the million dollar weight loss industry)

It just was not sustainable for many.

Hope you can beat the odds.

They were at < 5 % last time I researched.

I don't think you'll find many on here upset at you for taking your path to weight loss. Best of luck to you and to the treatment of your wife's condition.

Do I get sent packing if I do this the old fashioned way?

Only if you call it the "natural" way, the "old fashioned" way, the "right" way, the "harder" way...

Silly. Of course not. We are here to support each other during weight loss.

We'll still put some "lov'n " on you.

Keep us posted on your progress.

We can vote people off? Dang I better start behaving myself.

I'm all in favor of behavior modification. The problem is your body works against you via hormonal signals and it's difficult to maintain the loss. http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/themes/weight-loss#

In short you really need to reduce your calories in order to maintain in the long run. Surgery isn't a magic wand, it's a tool and helps create a new set point.

If you lose weight without surgery and have confidence in maintaining, great. I never proselytize for surgery. All that matters to me is that people get where they want to go regardless of transportation. If staying at BP will help you achieve your goals, pull up a chair.

Nope. To each his own.

I'm all for doing it any way you can, as long as it makes you happy and healthy!

@@Rhodes Nope in fact I think your crazy to have surgery to lose 40 lbs but that's just me.

'Twon't bother me none.

If we are going to get into semantics, I suppose you could call it "the non-surgical way"

Aside from the actual surgery, there are many things most of us do that would be helpful for anyone wanting to lose weight and improve their health.

Drink Water until your eyeballs float.

Eat lean Protein first, and lots of it.

Don't eat anything made in a factory.

Don't become part of the sofa.

Congratulations on getting some good results so far. Your quality of life will improve in many ways that will surprise you.

... I decide I can handle the weight loss without surgery?

As I posted in older threads, my wife was diagnosed with a very aggressive autoimmune disease last March.

This was my wake-up call to change my life.

I wanted to get my surgery done the last week of March, during spring break from the school district I work for.

But I've already lost 33.0 pounds and my BMI is down to a 35.1(on my digital scale). My 1st goal is 200lbs and it seems much closer at 43.4lbs vs. 76.4 lbs.

Do I get sent packing if I do this the old fashioned way?

Nope......not from me.

Do your thang, Brofessor........do your thang !!!!!!!

The goal is and always will be to lose weight and keep it off. Do so by any vehicle available.

Much respect and best wishes for you !!!!!!!

@@MIMISAN There were a lot of other complications that brought me to this possible choice.

I have chronic, advanced sleep apnea, and can't tolerate a CPAP at all.

My blood pressure was dangerously high, and was not responding well to medication

At 276.4, I was told by my Dr. that I was right at 100-105 lbs overweight.

He was more worried about the sleeping and my BP.