Honestly, those who have negative things to say, have no clue what you are talking about. Growing up, I played 5 years of softball and 3 years of gymnastics. My mom never bought chips, cookies, ice cream or soda. We were not allowed to watch tv during the weekdays or NEVER played video games. My sister has the same mom and dad and ate the same food but she is 5’7” and 140 pounds and doesn’t have to try.
So before you go talking all this crap about how we are lazy, do some research. You don’t get the band and just lose weight. I have had to work my butt off in the last year. I actually had surgery with another girl and she hasn’t lost any weight. That shows you have to put in work for it to work.
Please don’t discredit these people. We have all worked really hard.
On 16 Oct 2008, Karaine wrote:
Anonymous who said it was “probably a lil spoiled brat” —people make YOU sick??
Ok—You are judgemental, ignorant, and presumptous.
Don’t open your mouth unless you know what you’re talking about—and you obviously don’t since you have no idea what kind of person the girl is, or, how her mother is.
On 16 Oct 2008, Karaine wrote:
Ann, and George Miller—you do not know what is right forthses people.
I did appreciate the remarks form the perosn who tlaked about the blod type diet and food allergies.
But the rest of you judging people— what makes you think these people have not tried hard?
There are usually people with whom stopping somehting is not such a biug deal.
My dad stopped smoking when his doctor told him he should.
A friend of mind stopped basically the same way.
Moat people suffer and stuffgle, and can’t.
My father agrees it was not hard for him.The other person thinks she did a big deal—but she did not—it was not hard for her at all.
For an alcoholic to stop drinking it is a big deal.
Not so for someone who just drank too much during a difficult time in his/her life.
I agree some of these people could benefit form nutional counseling, and it is also true, that ost MDs aren’t extensively educated in nutrition!
While the lap band or gastric bypass is not something to do carelessly, it *may* be a person’s only hope.
Live and Let Live
On 16 Oct 2008, Coleen wrote:
You are on your way. I had my banding one yer ago and I am down 50 lbs so far, keep in mind I only needed to lose 60 based on my BMI of 35. Never felt better, just hang in there, you will love yourself for it down the road
On 16 Oct 2008, Christa wrote:
Hi guys. I just had the banding last Friday. I am a 22 year old college student and know many people think I’m taking the easy way out. I have been considering it for a year. I tried over and over again to diet and exercise, to keep the weight off, I literally had to exercise for hours a day and eat less than 900 calories a day. I just had crappy genetics, and if I wasn’t dieting it was way easy to get big!
I feel like CRAP, I just had surgery, but whatever, I’ve lost weight and I’m on my way to be a healthy size. It’s forcing me to address my relationship with food (which was not really that bad, I wasn’t an emotional eater).
I have a big fat friend that told me she’d never be proud of me since I “cheated”. I don’t care how I did it, I’m going to get there. And it’s really hard, but that’s ok, nothing is easy. But honestly, I don’t know if I could’ve done this at 13. I had to commit to eating NO rice, bread or drinking while I eat! Hope this little boy doesn’t mess up his pouch, bypass or band, it’s easy to stretch!
Good luck to everyone on their journeys.
On 16 Oct 2008, Sandy wrote:
Parents need to educate themselves before any surgery is considered. My son was obese. The first thing I did was get him tested for food allergies. Turned out he was allergic to many things. He had no symptoms at all. After 3 months of avoiding those allergens he started losing weight naturally as long as he avoided those allergens. I also put him on the blood type diet. Which is basically the same. It turns out he was allergic to the food his blood type rejected. I also got tested and lost 30 pounds. I can eat as much as I want for the most part as long as I avoid the foods that disrupt my immune system. There are only 2 labs in the country that know how to properly test your blood for food allergies. Immuno Labs and Genova.
Most doctors don’t even know about these labs because they are specialty labs. Doctors in this country are not trained in nutrition so they can’t advise their patients. Naturapathic doctors are more educated in that area.
On 16 Oct 2008, Linda wrote:
I have had gastri by pass and I,m glad I did=I was having medical problems and was told Iwould not live to see my grandkids grow up and now I am seeing 2 greatgrand childern grow up.It,s not a easy decision,it,s a life time deal and you have to keep up the routine and do as you are tolded.It,s been 5 years and I,m doing well=I,v lost 150 lbs.and am feeling great.If anyone is decideing to have it=check it all out=make sure your doctor is highly recommand=have a good support group and that your family will help and support you.And last but the least do as you are told=you can,t go back to old ways and then cry when you start to gain weight.You have to watch what you eat and drink and keep to what the doctor tells you.So those of you who are thinking about undergoing this=good luck.
On 16 Oct 2008, Lynda wrote:
You DO NOT undergo another surgery each time you have your lapband adjusted. A port is placed just under the skin and saline is injected to fill the band…easy as pie (oops! forgive the pun).
On 16 Oct 2008, ann wrote:
Being over weight at any age is terrible. I have been there from age 16-40 , weight watchers did it for me. But what ever works for the person is what they have chosen for themselves. Nobody knows what it feels like to be over weight and struggle everyday of your life. Friends of over weight people that have good eating habits,and excercise should help out one another to maintain a more healthy life style with their weight .
On 16 Oct 2008, Ann wrote:
This story makes me want to belch. This has a genetic fat gene, and it hasn’t been properly addressed. She is probably fed too much by the fat mother, who eats too much. Counceling would have been the best treatment, the nutritional counceling. My stepson decided to have that surgery at the age of 21. He had a lot of problems related to the surgery, including staph. On top of that he kept eating and gained a lot of his weight back.
pooy on surgergical techniques for weight loss. If a child has been teased about his/her weight, a good exercise program will help her lose and increase her self esteem.
ann
On 16 Oct 2008, Evelyn wrote:
I would not have had the banding; I would have had the gastric bypass. The banding can slip, it also has to be adjusted and each time it is another surgical procedure, however for a child this would be the more responsible choice in my opinion. For an adult the bypass is better. Some people are fat through no real fault of their own, it runs in some families and there is no help for it. You can diet and exercise all you want and the problem will not be resolved. With the bypass you can lead a normal life, you just can’t eat very much at any one time, but you need to eat several times a day. It is a life time total commitment and is a total life change that you must be prepared to make. There are also risks as with any surgery and you need to be informed before making the decision and any respectable and ethical physician will make sure you have all the facts before agreeing to do the surgery. There are also support groups for those that have had both kinds of surgeries and I would strongly suggest that anyone that has had or is considering having the surgery get into a support group and do not try to do it alone. The groups help and many of your questions, fears and problems can be handled in a support group. But do not count on it being a fix all for you, if you try hard enough you can screw up the effects of a bypass; you have to be committed to the total life style change! People like DD Fresh are just ignorant and apparently don’t have a clue - she says she is 30 pounds overweight, well, DD why don’t you do a “Fridge Bypass”? 30 pounds is bordering on Obese and depending on your height and bone structure it could be “morbidly obese”! So to people like you my answer is to sit down and shut up, your stupidity is showing! Good luck and God bless to any of you that decide on the surgery!
On 16 Oct 2008, someone wrote:
Erin,
If she is 8 yrs old hit puberty and 116 lbs there is a problem it is not normal for an 8 yr. old to have hit puberty please keep looking for answers and go to different doctors. I don’t care what you have been told already if she hit puberty she could possible stop growing at least her bone and that is not good. She needs some help. I know there are medications to help stop early puberty; she may have to get shots regularly for a couple of years but it will be worth it. Good luck and best wishes.
On 16 Oct 2008, punchy wrote:
to erin: i must be missing something… your daughter is quite active and doesn’t eat any more than anyone else and the doctors (endocrine) have found nothing wrong, yet you would consider having her undergo surgery to limit her intake of food? i’m certainly not qualified to make a judgement but i don’t think surgery is the answer. to anyone else who might be interested: i have read repeatedly that follow-up is “key”. i can only assume that this surgery is no “quick fix” and that one must also be willing to adopt a whole new mindset/lifestyle. there are many people who have had the surgery (or more invasive) who went back to their prior silhoutte. i can’t imagine putting myself through what (i’ve read) that procedure entails — just to re-gain the weight. you claim fears of health issues? you’re only stockpiling.
On 16 Oct 2008, Betty wrote:
There is a danger to this surgery. My niece had it and now has colon cancer, along with other problems caused by the surgery. Not a good thing to do. Just find a good dietition and go with that.
On 16 Oct 2008, Ruth wrote:
Thing is, this does not work if you don’t change your eating habits. I have known 4 people that have had this done. They spend 2 years losing the weight, only to regain it. I am all for doing whatever you can to make yourself healthy, but this is not a “quick” fix. it takes a commitmentand a true desire to change. Believe me, I know.
On 16 Oct 2008, Laurie wrote:
These people look WONDERFUL……..To Nancy with the dial up connection, get DSL or Cable….These people look WONDERFUL
On 16 Oct 2008, Lynda Reynolds wrote:
Doesn’t one die if they “stop eating”?
On 16 Oct 2008, George Miller wrote:
No matter what anyone says, STOP EATING. This is not difficult - just don’t open your mouth. Nothing more simple than that. You’re not addicted, you just don’t have self control. This is something one works on. Look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, and if you don’t like what you see, then just eat less.
On 16 Oct 2008, melan-e wrote:
My dad had that and it helped alot
On 16 Oct 2008, Shannon wrote:
For those of you making comments like, “here is a cure: stop eating so many cheese burgers!”, you obviously have never struggled with an addition. For those who are overweight, you just lose control of what is right/wrong when you are around food. I know because until weight watchers, I will overweight most of my life, even though I did sports 5 days a week for 16 years of my life. Please do not judge those with addiction.
On 16 Oct 2008, Erin wrote:
I have an obese daughter. It is terrible to see the way others treat her, including adults. We adopted her and her biological family was also obese. She is active in sports and dance. She does not eat anything more than the normal child. We have been to pediatric endocrinologist after pediatric endocrinologist and everyone assumes that she just must eat more than we say she does or exercise less than we say she does. She is already in puberty and I fear that diabetes is waiting for her just around the corner. She weighs 116 pounds and is only 8 years old. Yes, I too have thought about lap band surgery for her when she gets older. I see how cruel people can be to those with weight problems and I hate to see what this has done to her self-esteem. Our other children are all in excellent physical condition. Not all is as it looks.
On 16 Oct 2008, mikey wrote:
gastric lap band huh? here is a cure: stop eating so many cheese burgers!
On 16 Oct 2008, Patricia wrote:
Anything you can do to help your child with weight is important as far as I’m concerned. Being a fat child and teen and young adult ruined my life.
At 58 I finally dieted, exercised and lost 130 lbs. thats when my life began.
On 16 Oct 2008, Anonymous wrote:
This is probably a lil spoiled brat thats to lazy to exercise and her mommy and daddy buy her everything. She’s not even that overweight that she need the surgery! I bet her parents didnt even make her try a diet. People make me sick.
On 16 Oct 2008, Anonymous wrote:
This is probably a lil spoiled brat thats to lazy to exercise and her mommy and daddy buy her everything. She’s not even that overweight that she need the surgery! I bet her parents didnt even make her try a diet. People make me sick.
On 16 Oct 2008, Patty wrote:
1) They can’t put all the pictures on one page b/c then they can’t collect the ad revenues for you clicking on the page 12-16 times.
2) I agree - this girl was not fat enough to consider surgery.
On 16 Oct 2008, Mo wrote:
she wasnt heavy enough to even qualify for surgery. YOu have to be 100# overweight, and she clearly wasnt that.
On 16 Oct 2008, Nancy wrote:
Why can’t you picture the entire photo gallery on one page, instead of taking the time to open 12 pages? What could be finished in a couple minutes, wastes fifteen minutes or so. Do us all a favor.
On 16 Oct 2008, Halley wrote:
Ok She’s not even that fat. Nothing a diet couldn’t help. Kids are just lazy these days and their parents need to give them healthier food.
On 16 Oct 2008, Nancy wrote:
Why can’t you picture the entire photo gallery on one page, instead of taking the time to open 12 pages? What could be finished in a couple minutes, wastes fifteen minutes or so. Do us all a favor.
Honestly, those who have negative things to say, have no clue what you are talking about. Growing up, I played 5 years of softball and 3 years of gymnastics. My mom never bought chips, cookies, ice cream or soda. We were not allowed to watch tv during the weekdays or NEVER played video games. My sister has the same mom and dad and ate the same food but she is 5’7” and 140 pounds and doesn’t have to try.
So before you go talking all this crap about how we are lazy, do some research. You don’t get the band and just lose weight. I have had to work my butt off in the last year. I actually had surgery with another girl and she hasn’t lost any weight. That shows you have to put in work for it to work.
Please don’t discredit these people. We have all worked really hard.
Anonymous who said it was “probably a lil spoiled brat” —people make YOU sick??
Ok—You are judgemental, ignorant, and presumptous.
Don’t open your mouth unless you know what you’re talking about—and you obviously don’t since you have no idea what kind of person the girl is, or, how her mother is.
Ann, and George Miller—you do not know what is right forthses people.
I did appreciate the remarks form the perosn who tlaked about the blod type diet and food allergies.
But the rest of you judging people— what makes you think these people have not tried hard?
There are usually people with whom stopping somehting is not such a biug deal.
My dad stopped smoking when his doctor told him he should.
A friend of mind stopped basically the same way.
Moat people suffer and stuffgle, and can’t.
My father agrees it was not hard for him.The other person thinks she did a big deal—but she did not—it was not hard for her at all.
For an alcoholic to stop drinking it is a big deal.
Not so for someone who just drank too much during a difficult time in his/her life.
I agree some of these people could benefit form nutional counseling, and it is also true, that ost MDs aren’t extensively educated in nutrition!
While the lap band or gastric bypass is not something to do carelessly, it *may* be a person’s only hope.
Live and Let Live
You are on your way. I had my banding one yer ago and I am down 50 lbs so far, keep in mind I only needed to lose 60 based on my BMI of 35. Never felt better, just hang in there, you will love yourself for it down the road
Hi guys. I just had the banding last Friday. I am a 22 year old college student and know many people think I’m taking the easy way out. I have been considering it for a year. I tried over and over again to diet and exercise, to keep the weight off, I literally had to exercise for hours a day and eat less than 900 calories a day. I just had crappy genetics, and if I wasn’t dieting it was way easy to get big!
I feel like CRAP, I just had surgery, but whatever, I’ve lost weight and I’m on my way to be a healthy size. It’s forcing me to address my relationship with food (which was not really that bad, I wasn’t an emotional eater).
I have a big fat friend that told me she’d never be proud of me since I “cheated”. I don’t care how I did it, I’m going to get there. And it’s really hard, but that’s ok, nothing is easy. But honestly, I don’t know if I could’ve done this at 13. I had to commit to eating NO rice, bread or drinking while I eat! Hope this little boy doesn’t mess up his pouch, bypass or band, it’s easy to stretch!
Good luck to everyone on their journeys.
Parents need to educate themselves before any surgery is considered. My son was obese. The first thing I did was get him tested for food allergies. Turned out he was allergic to many things. He had no symptoms at all. After 3 months of avoiding those allergens he started losing weight naturally as long as he avoided those allergens. I also put him on the blood type diet. Which is basically the same. It turns out he was allergic to the food his blood type rejected. I also got tested and lost 30 pounds. I can eat as much as I want for the most part as long as I avoid the foods that disrupt my immune system. There are only 2 labs in the country that know how to properly test your blood for food allergies. Immuno Labs and Genova.
Most doctors don’t even know about these labs because they are specialty labs. Doctors in this country are not trained in nutrition so they can’t advise their patients. Naturapathic doctors are more educated in that area.
I have had gastri by pass and I,m glad I did=I was having medical problems and was told Iwould not live to see my grandkids grow up and now I am seeing 2 greatgrand childern grow up.It,s not a easy decision,it,s a life time deal and you have to keep up the routine and do as you are tolded.It,s been 5 years and I,m doing well=I,v lost 150 lbs.and am feeling great.If anyone is decideing to have it=check it all out=make sure your doctor is highly recommand=have a good support group and that your family will help and support you.And last but the least do as you are told=you can,t go back to old ways and then cry when you start to gain weight.You have to watch what you eat and drink and keep to what the doctor tells you.So those of you who are thinking about undergoing this=good luck.
You DO NOT undergo another surgery each time you have your lapband adjusted. A port is placed just under the skin and saline is injected to fill the band…easy as pie (oops! forgive the pun).
Being over weight at any age is terrible. I have been there from age 16-40 , weight watchers did it for me. But what ever works for the person is what they have chosen for themselves. Nobody knows what it feels like to be over weight and struggle everyday of your life. Friends of over weight people that have good eating habits,and excercise should help out one another to maintain a more healthy life style with their weight .
This story makes me want to belch. This has a genetic fat gene, and it hasn’t been properly addressed. She is probably fed too much by the fat mother, who eats too much. Counceling would have been the best treatment, the nutritional counceling. My stepson decided to have that surgery at the age of 21. He had a lot of problems related to the surgery, including staph. On top of that he kept eating and gained a lot of his weight back.
pooy on surgergical techniques for weight loss. If a child has been teased about his/her weight, a good exercise program will help her lose and increase her self esteem.
ann
I would not have had the banding; I would have had the gastric bypass. The banding can slip, it also has to be adjusted and each time it is another surgical procedure, however for a child this would be the more responsible choice in my opinion. For an adult the bypass is better. Some people are fat through no real fault of their own, it runs in some families and there is no help for it. You can diet and exercise all you want and the problem will not be resolved. With the bypass you can lead a normal life, you just can’t eat very much at any one time, but you need to eat several times a day. It is a life time total commitment and is a total life change that you must be prepared to make. There are also risks as with any surgery and you need to be informed before making the decision and any respectable and ethical physician will make sure you have all the facts before agreeing to do the surgery. There are also support groups for those that have had both kinds of surgeries and I would strongly suggest that anyone that has had or is considering having the surgery get into a support group and do not try to do it alone. The groups help and many of your questions, fears and problems can be handled in a support group. But do not count on it being a fix all for you, if you try hard enough you can screw up the effects of a bypass; you have to be committed to the total life style change! People like DD Fresh are just ignorant and apparently don’t have a clue - she says she is 30 pounds overweight, well, DD why don’t you do a “Fridge Bypass”? 30 pounds is bordering on Obese and depending on your height and bone structure it could be “morbidly obese”! So to people like you my answer is to sit down and shut up, your stupidity is showing! Good luck and God bless to any of you that decide on the surgery!
Erin,
If she is 8 yrs old hit puberty and 116 lbs there is a problem it is not normal for an 8 yr. old to have hit puberty please keep looking for answers and go to different doctors. I don’t care what you have been told already if she hit puberty she could possible stop growing at least her bone and that is not good. She needs some help. I know there are medications to help stop early puberty; she may have to get shots regularly for a couple of years but it will be worth it. Good luck and best wishes.
to erin: i must be missing something… your daughter is quite active and doesn’t eat any more than anyone else and the doctors (endocrine) have found nothing wrong, yet you would consider having her undergo surgery to limit her intake of food? i’m certainly not qualified to make a judgement but i don’t think surgery is the answer. to anyone else who might be interested: i have read repeatedly that follow-up is “key”. i can only assume that this surgery is no “quick fix” and that one must also be willing to adopt a whole new mindset/lifestyle. there are many people who have had the surgery (or more invasive) who went back to their prior silhoutte. i can’t imagine putting myself through what (i’ve read) that procedure entails — just to re-gain the weight. you claim fears of health issues? you’re only stockpiling.
There is a danger to this surgery. My niece had it and now has colon cancer, along with other problems caused by the surgery. Not a good thing to do. Just find a good dietition and go with that.
Thing is, this does not work if you don’t change your eating habits. I have known 4 people that have had this done. They spend 2 years losing the weight, only to regain it. I am all for doing whatever you can to make yourself healthy, but this is not a “quick” fix. it takes a commitmentand a true desire to change. Believe me, I know.
These people look WONDERFUL……..To Nancy with the dial up connection, get DSL or Cable….These people look WONDERFUL
Doesn’t one die if they “stop eating”?
No matter what anyone says, STOP EATING. This is not difficult - just don’t open your mouth. Nothing more simple than that. You’re not addicted, you just don’t have self control. This is something one works on. Look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, and if you don’t like what you see, then just eat less.
My dad had that and it helped alot
For those of you making comments like, “here is a cure: stop eating so many cheese burgers!”, you obviously have never struggled with an addition. For those who are overweight, you just lose control of what is right/wrong when you are around food. I know because until weight watchers, I will overweight most of my life, even though I did sports 5 days a week for 16 years of my life. Please do not judge those with addiction.
I have an obese daughter. It is terrible to see the way others treat her, including adults. We adopted her and her biological family was also obese. She is active in sports and dance. She does not eat anything more than the normal child. We have been to pediatric endocrinologist after pediatric endocrinologist and everyone assumes that she just must eat more than we say she does or exercise less than we say she does. She is already in puberty and I fear that diabetes is waiting for her just around the corner. She weighs 116 pounds and is only 8 years old. Yes, I too have thought about lap band surgery for her when she gets older. I see how cruel people can be to those with weight problems and I hate to see what this has done to her self-esteem. Our other children are all in excellent physical condition. Not all is as it looks.
gastric lap band huh? here is a cure: stop eating so many cheese burgers!
Anything you can do to help your child with weight is important as far as I’m concerned. Being a fat child and teen and young adult ruined my life.
At 58 I finally dieted, exercised and lost 130 lbs. thats when my life began.
This is probably a lil spoiled brat thats to lazy to exercise and her mommy and daddy buy her everything. She’s not even that overweight that she need the surgery! I bet her parents didnt even make her try a diet. People make me sick.
This is probably a lil spoiled brat thats to lazy to exercise and her mommy and daddy buy her everything. She’s not even that overweight that she need the surgery! I bet her parents didnt even make her try a diet. People make me sick.
1) They can’t put all the pictures on one page b/c then they can’t collect the ad revenues for you clicking on the page 12-16 times.
2) I agree - this girl was not fat enough to consider surgery.
she wasnt heavy enough to even qualify for surgery. YOu have to be 100# overweight, and she clearly wasnt that.
Why can’t you picture the entire photo gallery on one page, instead of taking the time to open 12 pages? What could be finished in a couple minutes, wastes fifteen minutes or so. Do us all a favor.
Ok She’s not even that fat. Nothing a diet couldn’t help. Kids are just lazy these days and their parents need to give them healthier food.
Why can’t you picture the entire photo gallery on one page, instead of taking the time to open 12 pages? What could be finished in a couple minutes, wastes fifteen minutes or so. Do us all a favor.