when people may ask why the Band? Or "Why would you choose the 'easy' way?" "Why not just exercise or eat less?"

FAT: What No One Is Telling You - Watching: Chapter 1 | PBS

VERY interesting special. I got the link from another board. There is a LOT of information about the dynamics of obesity, how our brains work in regards to such, etc. Long special, but you can watch it in chapters. I like to be armed with knowledge and I think this will come in especially handy if I choose to one day tell my family I got the Band and they have a bunch of "why" questions. Watching this truly has solidified my confidence in my decision of the Band. I had a thought when watching this. That I didn't choose the "easy" way, I chose the "SUCCESSFUL" way for me - a way that I can keep this off for life and not have to worry about gaining it all back again!

The band is not the easy way out, that's for sure! I hate when people say that. I usually tell them what I went through to get banded: the testing, liquid diet, some complications, etc. After that they don't think that way anymore. Plus, you don't have to be successful with the band. I know someone who "ate right through" his band and gained all his weight back. Losing weight is still a choice with the band. You still have to work your ass off. You still have to eat less. The band is just a tool- like WWers or Jenny Craig, etc. You still have to make a conscious decision to make it work!

Ug. This REALLY bugs me...although no one has told me, personally, that it was an easy way out. I live in a small town, so I think lots of people know how EASY it is...yeah...working out at least an hour every day (most of them don't do that!), eating small amounts, very rarely drinking alcohol, and (mostly) choosing healthy foods! When people say that, just tell them how hard your work out and choose to be healthy! All a band is...is a tool...like your GYM membership. If you don't use it, it won't work!

I LIKE THAT!!!! "Your band is like a gym membership. If you don't use it, it won't work"..... Well said.