The Stigma Against Weight Loss Surgery

No matter how successful you are with your weight loss, you are "less than" because you had weight loss surgery and it seems to me that we need to take it out of the dirty back alleys and give it the respect that it has long deserved. Nothing has ever worked for me after 30 years of obesity to help me maintain 7 years as a thin person until weight loss surgery came into in my life so this is my video making fun of how many people treat this procedure and it's time the reputation has changed!

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• Gastric Bypass Surgery

[TheMaximumYou]

that 225 lbs REALLY came off of me...its very real...anyone who considers it cheating has their head in a dark place

[justyvonne]

@TheMaximumYou very well stated!!

[ScaperSteph]

(cont.) He asked me why I don't just eat like I was on a WLS diet without the surgery. Ugh.... I'm just glad he isn't totally against the idea if I get approved by the insuance and the doctor isn't a quack.

[justyvonne]

@ScaperSteph I wish you the very best!! Now I'm ten years out and still kept it off. I'm glad your co-workers have been understanding. A lot of men think we can just diet and exercise (like we haven't tried yet). The WLS diet wouldn't help you without the surgery. It saved my life. I so hope ou get approved and get a second chance in life like I did.

[GastricBypassBarbie]

"Don't be so quick to judge those of us who made it out of our big bodies..."

I just love that statement. Yes...I DID make it out of my big body, and I DO love my little body -- yes L-I-T-T-L-E body. My big body was my prison; gastric bypass surgery is the key that will keep that cell unlocked. Forever. As long as I'm willing to use it to maintain my freedom. Thanks to people like you, I'm on the right path. :-* One day, one bite, one chew at a time!

[justyvonne]

@GastricBypassBarbie So glad you saw this one! (you did recognize me in the brown wig right?) I am keeping count of the amount of times someone calls me tiny and I got 2 last weekend! (7 total) It still blows me away but making statements like that can get me in trouble when it shouldn't. I waited 30 years to hear them and yet I feel like I am suffering from survivor's guilt. I LOVE "one day, one bite, one chew at a time"

[ScaperSteph]

I'm going to my first seminar and consultation with two different doctors next week. It's great to see a video of someone who has kept off their weight for so many years! So far the people I have told seem pretty nice about it. I asked for some time off to go to a consultation in the afternoon. She told me she was thinking about it herself. The other was a co-worker. She knew someone who had it. Then there's my husband... all he can think of is what bad stuff might happen... (cont.)

[gastricsleevecarolyn]

Thank you. I am so conflicted whether or not I want my immediate social circle to know I had Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy 5 weeks ago. I have lost 34 lbs already, and people are starting to really compliment me. I started at 260 just like you did. I fought gettting surgery because I too was influenced by the stigma, the "easy way out" talk. I was probably guilty of the bias myself. So, to tell or not to tell...I am so happy I did it, but not sure others will be non judgemental...

[ANAMALAK319]

just had my sleeve surgery 2 wks ago, lost 21 lbs. so far, i want to loose 100, still in pain. just want to say u look so beautifu!

[justyvonne]

@METALMAMA74 Thank you so much! I am so excited for you!! Congrats and please let me know if I can be of any help or support.