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Originally Posted by Aoife
GBS is a tool, just like any other tool. Some people find it effective, even if primarily psychologically, and use it as a reason to change their habits, behaviors, and life for the better. Some people just double back and add on the pounds like any other type of weight loss solution. I doubt the failure/non-compliance rate is all that different from any other weight loss solution out there.
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Actually psychologically, a lot of people do not find GBS a successful tool, they actually transfer the problem with food to another mode - alcoholism, gambling, shopping, and promiscuity. When Bob Greene and Oprah launched the whole "Your best life Now" Program, one of the things he said is that often fat is used to "hide" some emotional issue and until you are willing to look at that, you won't be successful. I know that the statement true in my case, and I am dealing with the issues as they come up.
In the intelihealth.com article I posted below, the following statements were made regarding weight loss surgery:
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There's another paradox: The positive step of dropping pounds can be stressful in itself.
"Dynamics change after you start reducing weight and putting the next foot forward," says psychologist Melodie Moorehead, the other author of the upcoming Bariatric Times article.
"Relationships can shift as you put more balance in your life. You may have to retrain your boss that you're not working 65 hours a week or retrain family members that you're taking better care of yourself.
"Perhaps, for the first time, you're going out on dates or playing soccer or doing a number of things to round out your lifestyle," says Moorehead, who works with patients at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis. "All of this requires adjustment."
In other words, weight-loss surgery alters more than a person's pant size.
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I would venture to say that any kind of weight loss causes changes in these dynamics. I know they have in my case. I'll never forget when I figured out a smaller me meant that I would be physically closer to my boyfriend. In my mind, I hadn't lost weight, he had... and that's why hugging him felt different. Never mind that there was less me between him and me. I've noticed changes in self perception and my perception of others as well. And some of these changes made me really uncomfortable and meant that I had to explore some parts of my thinking that I didn't necessarily want to.
Here are some articles on Addiction Transfer:
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH...14/510565.html
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...x-think-again/
(this one is actually about how alcohol absorption is different with people who who have had gastric by-pass surgery)
http://gaduiblog.com/2006/08/04/gastric-bypass-surgery/