changeforlife
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Did anyone watch Oprah's show today on surgical weight loss? I thought it was interesting.
Basically they had people on there that had gastric bypass surgery and once they were thin, instead of being addicted to food they became addicted to something else.
One lady traded her food addiction for alcohol. Another became compulsive with sex and had many one night stands- her reasoning behind this was that she loved the sudden attention. And Carnie Wilson was on there talking about how after suddenly becoming skinny she got addicted to alcohol as well.
The basic message of the show was that people think that surgical weight loss is a "quick fix" but once they become thin they realize they're not as happy as they thought they were going to be. They get thin but they never address the issues that made them fat (and addicted to food) in the first place.
I think that this show ought've been watched by anyone wanting to lose weight, not just people that want to do surgical weight loss. We all need to address the issues that make us want to overeat, so when we do reach our goal weight, we have not just healed the outside, but the inside too.
And also, I'm not saying that people shouldn't GET surgical weight loss, I just think they should know that it's not a quick fix and like everything else it takes time and probably a lot of counseling and rebirth.
Also, the recent thread Fear of Thin kinda touches on the same spectrum of healing.
Basically they had people on there that had gastric bypass surgery and once they were thin, instead of being addicted to food they became addicted to something else.
One lady traded her food addiction for alcohol. Another became compulsive with sex and had many one night stands- her reasoning behind this was that she loved the sudden attention. And Carnie Wilson was on there talking about how after suddenly becoming skinny she got addicted to alcohol as well.
The basic message of the show was that people think that surgical weight loss is a "quick fix" but once they become thin they realize they're not as happy as they thought they were going to be. They get thin but they never address the issues that made them fat (and addicted to food) in the first place.
I think that this show ought've been watched by anyone wanting to lose weight, not just people that want to do surgical weight loss. We all need to address the issues that make us want to overeat, so when we do reach our goal weight, we have not just healed the outside, but the inside too.
And also, I'm not saying that people shouldn't GET surgical weight loss, I just think they should know that it's not a quick fix and like everything else it takes time and probably a lot of counseling and rebirth.
Also, the recent thread Fear of Thin kinda touches on the same spectrum of healing.