I got the latest issue of People Magazine the other day and besides Oprah (ugh!) being on the cover for yet again her endless tale of weight gain and losses - sorry can't stand the woman she's so annoying; there is an article in it featuring women who were very successful in their weight losses. The story is here - http://people.com/bodies/lost-half-t...-submit-story/
So ok that's great BUT why do the articles like this feel the need to make the disclaimer of "they did it without surgery"??? That just ticks me off sorry. It just feeds into the negativity of people who do go the route of WLS and honestly kind of diminishes our own successes. Yes the WLS let me lose the weight but anything after I hit my goal weight is completely due to my own healthy choices as I said here below in my email to the editor of that article. Sorry just venting...
"While it’s great that people lose weight why is it necessary to say “without surgery”? That comment alone implies that one way is better than the other and it’s not sorry. WLS is NOT easy and it’s a myth that once the surgery is done we lost weight and that’s it. I had WLS nearly 5 years ago and yes it helped me lose the weight after I tried everything to lose it on my own after years of being 200 to 100 to 200 to 100 back and forth. But anything past 4.5 years ago after I got to my goal weight is due to me and my own hard work
Stop with the “without surgery” it’s hard enough to get away from the stigma and negativity of WLF without articles as yours"
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