A so called friend of mine told me that i was lazy for getting the surgery. :wink2:

I took what she said and thought about it for a bit and felt bad but then i realized something.

Lazy is sitting back and not doing anything.

Lazy is watching the scale go up and not doing anything.

Lazy is saying "i'll start my diet..next week."

Lazy is NOT getting the lapband which most of us needed to push us in the right direction.

WE have taken a major step towards a healthy life.

WE have taken matters into our own hands and have gained a tool to success.

WE are being productive and using medical science to enhance our lives.

Sorry for the rant. just thought id share my feelings.

Respond with what you think.

WOW... Im sure during this journey many of us will lose some friends... but my attitude IS like this...our friends and family are the flowers in the garden of life... SOMETIMES THE GARDEN NEEDS SOME WEEDING!!!! People have no clue sometimes... it angers me when i hear people say things like WLS is the EASY WAY OUT... BULL CRAP!!!! we are not LAZY!!!

A so called friend of mine told me that i was lazy for getting the surgery. :wink2:

I took what she said and thought about it for a bit and felt bad but then i realized something.

Lazy is sitting back and not doing anything.

Lazy is watching the scale go up and not doing anything.

Lazy is saying "i'll start my diet..next week."

Lazy is NOT getting the lapband which most of us needed to push us in the right direction.

WE have taken a major step towards a healthy life.

WE have taken matters into our own hands and have gained a tool to success.

WE are being productive and using medical science to enhance our lives.

Sorry for the rant. just thought id share my feelings.

Respond with what you think.

Amen...!!

Throughout life you learn that no matter what you do you won't please everyone. What is important is to please yourself... :ohmy:

I agree with you, Justin. That's one of the reasons that I haven't shared the fact of my surgery with anyone except my family and my closest friends. This was a difficult decision for me. I really don't need anyone else to judge it. Lazy? I've worked harder at diet and exercise than just about anyone I know. I've lost weight lots of times. I'm also not stupid. There comes a time to recognize that you need a little extra help. To ignore that fact is to invite heart disease, diabetes, stroke, etc.

Here's what i haven't figured out about the whole "lazy" thing. The band doesn't do the work for you. It's a tool, just like a food scale, or a treadmill. You don't get a band and then poof the magic fat fairy comes and takes it all away. We have to work at it.....lazy??? I don't think so!!! It sounds like it's time to do some garden weeding in the friend section!

Hugs,

Patty

I love comments like that because it show just how uneducated people are, and yet they feel that they should but in thier two cents.

My reply is a standard - "Well is a pacemaker an easy way out" or "Or HBP meds" - which every one say "Of course not". Then why should I not benefit also from 200+ years of medical research!

I wanted to join the weight loss challange at work and the ONE person I told at work said that would be cheating if I joined.

Um, I still have to DO the work, eat well, exercise, etc.

Do any of you think it's cheating if I join the weight loss challange?

I Do any of you think it's cheating if I join the weight loss challange?

I dont think its cheating because you do still have to choose to excerise, and choose what to eat. But I do think you have an advantage that the non banded members do not have.

It as if I say we are going to do a car race with Ford Escorts and you want to join in but only have access to a Nissan 350z. They both require skill and gas but one does have an advantage.

Maybe they would be comfortable giving you a 10 pound handicap. I think thats what they do in golf if you have two differnt skill sets playing.

I guess that makes since. I'm not out to win or anything I just want to keep the motivation going and be held accountable by having to weigh in every week.

There are alot of haters out there your real friends will encourage you and your hater friend will talk there non educated shit!! stay strong and accomplish your goal and thats to be healty and live a long life and be thin.BANDSTERS RULE!!!!!!

Nothing about the band is cheating! You went through pretty much major surgery (general anesthesia with all the attendant risks, cut into your body), and hey, the weight doesn't just disappear! What the hell is easy about that?

You still have to choose the right foods, eat the right amounts and exercise....just like anybody else who is dieting. AND you have to put up with getting stuck, sliming, PBing, going for fills AND BEING BERATED FOR CHEATING BY SOME DUMBA$$ WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE.

Join the weight loss challenge, Three Boys! Dare them to call you a cheater! And, hey, invite the laziest one in that group to be your exercise partner .... meet at the gym, walk in the mornings or evenings .... all not so gentle reminders that you have to do the work just like the rest of them!

Justin, right on!!!

I wanted to join the weight loss challange at work and the ONE person I told at work said that would be cheating if I joined.

Um, I still have to DO the work, eat well, exercise, etc.

Do any of you think it's cheating if I join the weight loss challange?

Grrrr, heck no its not cheating. If you don't exercise you won't lose any weight. Small minded people!