Obesity Surgery More Popular

So people are ditching diets and turning to surgery. Great! (sarcasm).

Desperate times ladies and gentlemen lead to desperate measures. When I first learned about these surgeries being done on children, I was shocked! Two points.
1) Eating disorders are an addiction and need to be addressed as such. Humans are an addictive species. It's not bad, it just is. We all need to identify our own personal weak areas and be vigilant.
2) The entire food industry needs to make healthy eating a priority and make it easier for all of us to do this. Relying on personal freedom and choice will not work! Most people know what they need to do but will not do it. That is what is and pretending that most people can 'just say no' has not and will not be a solution.
Lastly, I do not do this type of surgery!

Wow, teenagers having gastric bypasses? It seems like that would stunt their growth somehow. Besides, it's unnecessary. Most people have these surgeries in their adult life after they've gained a good amount of weight since their teens. Who ever heard of someone reaching their peak weight at 12?? Am I missing something?

"I have tried everything to lose weight! I can't! So I'm going to have a surgery [that will cause me to eat less, so I lose weight]" I'm typically opposed to weight loss surgery.

Though I do have a friend who got a gastric bypass, and is now training for an Ironman triathlon. So in rare cases, I think it does good...
But I know others, who have gotten a gastric bypass-- given themselves health problems, and did not really turn to a healthier lifestyle.

My boyfriend wants one. I'm trying to encourage him to eat less and be more active instead.
I worry I discourage him with my high activity and low food intake and lack of weight loss. :( He's had past girlfriends who got the gastric bypass and lost a lot of weight.

If one uses more calories then one takes in, that person loses weight. If one uses less calories then one takes in, that person gains weight. Am I missing something here?
Bypass surgery will help an individual to lose weight. It is not as easy as one might think as it requires lifestyle changes and adaption to a new eating style. As with any surgical procedure, there are risks. Any operation on an obese individual has it's own risks due to the obesity. It comes down to risk versus reward. Look at the options and try to make, with your doctors help, the best choice for you.

I know of several people that had this surgery done just because they found out that Carnie Wilson, Sharon Osborne, and other celebs that had it done and lost weight. They never took into account that it's not a magic wand...it's stomach surgery, not brain surgery. You can "out eat" the surgery by eating the wrong types of foods. My aunt's friend had a bypass done and got down to her goal weight but started eating things like sugared soda and milkshakes and gained almost all the weight back. So now what's her only option? She has to go back to following the special diet that she was supposed to follow right after the surgery (high protein, low refined carb, lots of water).

I have a hard time believing that most candidates for GB have "tried EVERYTHING". Most people overestimate how long they work out and underestimate how much they eat. I know a lot of obese people that think walking 3 miles is enough exercise to allow them to eat a Burger King value meal. Bottom line: even if you DO get a GB surgery, you still have to make a lifestyle change. I wonder how many people actually realize that.

Spectra, I have friends and relatives who had this done and I've seen the other side of the coin, with 2 of them. One suffers from malnutrition due to eating tiny amounts of junk, even with supplementation. My aunt would not manage to eat the small amounts, so she'd vomit all the time. Eventually, the vomiting induced bulimia (not nervosa, where you make yourself puke, but just a reflex), so she'd eat and not be able to keep it down, even if it was the right amounts. She lost too much weight overtime and had to go to the hospital for intravenous nutrition a few times, because her weight was too low. She had not managed to get this under control when she passed away last year, from an unrelated car accident.

Hi had my Weight loss surgery done with Dr. Mikler last year, literally my life changed.

His website is www.byebyeobesity.com

Best regards

Michael