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WLS is the easy way out

Was just watching GMA (Good Morning America) they had two girls who lost a lot of weight and were half their size. I guess they're featured in People's Magazine because they had the editor on there and they asked why they choose those particular girls. Her response was because they lost weight the hard way no surgery no gimmicks. It really upset me to hear that because it feeds into the idea that surgery is the easy way to lose weight, but if only they knew the dedication and hard work we put in as well. I wish people would educate more before opening their mouths about anything. I don't know why it has to be a competition anyways as to who lost weight "naturally" and who got surgery. Either way you lost the weight, you're getting healthy, no way is better than the other. Okay rant over lol

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  • JamieLogical
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    This one drives me CRAZY. I bet hundreds if not thousands of people DIE every year because the social stigma against WLS deterred them from getting life-saving surgery. First of all, we all know the

  • theantichick
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    I want them to check back with those girls in 2 years and see if they kept it off. I hope for the girls' sake they did, but statistics say they won't. That's what the media doesn't get about weight

  • When I saw this topic I could feel my blood pressure rise. LOL! It irks me when I see or hear people say this, especially on TV or magazines. They have absolutely NO idea how hard we work to get hea

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"WLS is the easy way out"......said no WLS patient, ever.

Really? You know every WLS patient ever on this planet personally? ;)

You should also read this thread again.

What did I miss while reading?

If an artist buys a really expensive easel to do their painting on, we don't then say that it makes the art of painting easy or takes away the hard work. It's just a tool to help achieve beautiful ends.

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