The View is talking about weight loss today. it's great. i wish they would have talked about the lap band surgery. all i hear about is gastric bypass. at least they agreed that the surgery is a tool and not cheating like the today show did.

I forgot this was on today. Was Dr Davis from Big Medicine on?

Yes, he was on there. I love that show.

Hey Parrot, i was thinking the same thing. They ONLY ever talk about the GB. I like to think that it's just cause docs make more money off of it... Lol. But really I'm sure it's cause of ppl like Carney Wilson who so famously had the GB done. Seriously though, I wish there would be more talk about the LB. I just feel like its SUCH the better option. I see commercials on TV for it all the time... so you'd think more people would know about it??

i completely agree; but muhammed ali's daughter had the LB. she looks great and is on the new american gladiator. i see alot of the commercials.

GB has been around longer, and the results are much more dramatic. Lose 100lbs in 6 months! Can take 2 years with a band. Etc.

And TV is all about ratings.. dramatic stuff gets more ratings.

And, GB is still more common than LB. So overall they have a larger pool of people to pick from.

Even the LB things I have seen in the news (on tv) it's never a dramatic loss, I've seen more dramatic on our forums. I don't know if they just picked the wrong person or what, but it emphasizes how slow the band can be.

Someone who lost 30lbs in 6 months with 150lbs to go. Good for them, yay, but lets see someone whose at goal!

She also wrote a book called "Fighting Weight" I have it, but haven't finished it yet... talks about her struggles and has lots of pictures of her.

Laila Ali is the one on American Gladiator- she also did Dancing with the Stars. She is a boxer and was the Women's Champion. She has always been athletic and trim.

Khaliah Ali is the one who had LB done at NYU, consistently struggled with weight, and recently published the book Fighting Weight with Drs. Ren and Fielding.

Sorry to correct, it just aggravates me when people confuse the two! : )

Pft WHatever. Lol. I never watched American Gladiator ir Dancing w/ Stars. I just know that I have the book by the daughter with the LB.

i completely agree; but muhammed ali's daughter had the LB. she looks great and is on the new american gladiator. i see alot of the commercials.

It's not that daughter....Laila was on Dancing with the Stars. One of his other daughter's had the lapband....can't think of her name but I've read about her when I was initially googling info on LB surgery.