Hi All

I have been watching Fern Britton on GMTV and she is having really amazing success with her weight loss at the present time. I just wonder if she maybe is having a little help from our magic lap band?

What does everyone else think?

hi ukangel

I was thinking the same thing everytime i watch THIS MORNING she looks smaller.

not on gmtv like u said

Ann x

Yes you are right it is Good Morning.. I am sure when she looses more she will come out as having a little help!

I read an article on her and she is quoted as just doing exercise and sensible eating.

If Fern has had a band, then it is nobody's business but her own!!!

I haven't told anyone and I'd be completely mortified if I found myself being discussed like this on a forum!

Just because she presents a daily television programme, it does not give us carte Blanche to spread gossip about her!

Just because we need a little help doesn't mean everyone does!

(Steps down from soap box and slopes off to side lines:o)

Hx

hi all, i saw fern yesterday for the 1st time in a while and must say she looks wonderful,i dont think she could have lost as much weight without a little help from something , but you never know anyway good luck to her however she did it:clap2::whoo::confused:

I was wondering the same thing but I know that Fern is in training because she is doing the sponsored bike ride again this year. I really like this lady and admire her so much.

And I also think she is looking rather wonderful. Go for it Fern!::clap2:

Hi All

I have been watching Fern Britton on GMTV and she is having really amazing success with her weight loss at the present time. I just wonder if she maybe is having a little help from our magic lap band?

What does everyone else think?

You know before my surgery was funded i had to have a psycological assesment. If i had in anyway referred to the band as Magic or if fact any form of WLS is Magic i would have been considerd delusional and unrealistic and never have been awarded funding.

In no way is the lapband Magic at its best its extremily hard work and generally its very difficult and at its worse its horrendous. Its no way magic and people should in no way be lead to believe that WLS is a Magic Cure to weight Loss.

Having said that Fern is looking great but even when she's big i think she looks great.

Did any of you see Anne Diamond stuffing her face on cooking the books the other week? She ate like a pig and certanly wasn't following the band rules of small bites chew chew chew! unbelievable i genuinly dont know how she fitted it in.

I too have been wondering about Fern, on the programme she doesn't discuss her weight loss and doesn't appear comfortable if anyone else does which strikes me as strange but have to say she looks 1000% better - whichever way she's lost it.

I think Fern looks great-soon she wont need a super-imposed models body attached to her head in the tv adverts-she will have a stunning figure of her own! I think shes great no matter larger or smaller. Well done to her which ever ways shes achieving her weight loss.

I don't think she has. Didn't she do some cycling trip recently in the desert? Plus her hubby is a chef so is probably able to cook low fat meals for her.

She finally announced in the papers yesterday that she has lost her weight with the aid of a band!

I knew she was having a little help.

She looks fantastic.

I wonder which company she went with?

I suspected as much, but feel so encouraged by her admission because she has only really visably started losing in the last year, but her band fitting was two years ago. This has helped me to stop feeling so discouraged at my own lack of progress eight months in. Brilliant effort Fern, if you read this, I salute you and know that you have most certainly not taken the easy way out. You are my new role model.

I agree she is a completely wonderful role model and I agree it is not the easy option but it does give you hope like you say for some people it is a slow process. (Me included) I have not lost an ounce since Novemeber! But on the other hand I have not put an ounce on!

Would someone be critisised for using smoking Patches to stop smoking or HRT patches to help with menopause. No, of course they woudlnt, they woudl be applauded for making an effort to change their life. So, why is it that people who have a lap band are ridiculed. I personally only told my 15 year old daughter that I was havign surgery and it was fantastic not to have to listen to anyone elses opinion.

I then made the mistake of telling my best friend one night when she caught me pb'ing. What a catastrophe, she didnt understand at all and when, a month later, I had a mini stroke because of a car accident she said ' do you think it is because you had that operation and havnt been eating properly". I was absolutely gutted and felt really let down. I totally agree with Fern that it is a personal decision and she does not need to ask anyones permission. The other argument against her is that she has made money from advertisements for weight loss products but we all know that the band is not a magic wand and that you do have to have some will power and watch what you eat so she wasnt exactly lying was she.

Rant over, I just wish people didnt feel the need to critise so easily.