OMG, I joined WW and it has been super helpful for maintenance and tracking. I also enjoy the meetings. But then I got on their "Connect" message board. HUGE mistake. The ignorance toward weight loss surgery is mind-blowing. I want to tell these 300 pound people, good luck, but it isn't going to work. They are all "holier than thou" that their way is the only way. Here are some comments I have read about weight loss surgery. (But the way, I have deleted my account.)
Everyone who has surgery gains back all their weight. A bariatric surgeon told me this.
A friend had surgery and looks really funny, she only lost weight in her legs and arms.
They are not taught how to eat or how to change their lifestyle.
I know a girl from CA who was sent home after surgery with no information at all about what to eat or what to do.
My mom got thin but is so unhealthy she can't do anything anymore.
They are so lazy they try the easy way, and end up back where they started after all that pain.
I know people who died.
At least with WW we are doing it the right way.
I would say the moral of the story here, besides people are idiots by acting like they are experts on something they know NOTHING about, is to NOT tell people you are having surgery. Just show them how amazing you are or are becoming! Newbies, tell the people you live with and no one else. Who wants to have the happiest time of their lives ruined by stupid people?
Rant over.
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