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Originally Posted by sidonia
I guess my problem with the whole approach is that they don't account for the psychological reasons that people are obese. Most if not all the time there are reasons, and a quick fix for the time being may be fine...if it's what they think they need. But in many cases they gain the weight back...you can re-stretch the stomach lining and end up eating like you were before.
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Actually, they do. Plenty of doctors, I have no idea if all do, require psychological treatment, precisely because they know that noone gets to that state because they decided they wanted to.
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My point is I guess...if you're willing to make the lifestyle changes they ask you to make when you are having the surgery...why not just do it in the beginning...? Instead of circumventing the real problem...which is...psychologically...why you eat...in the first place?
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Because not everyone has the necessary support system in place to succeed in a long term battle to get their life back. Because some people really have the complete and total belief that nothing else can work. Because they're already bedridden at 1200 pounds and their mother just keeps feeding them. Because they've managed to slow their metabolism enough that they would have to eat so little that they couldn't ever be full...
I know, I agree with you. But I'm sure that the people getting it believe it's their only option.
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I dunno...all I knew was in my head I thought...oh no...not for me!!!
I totally understand if others need and want it...that's what's wonderful about having the right to do what you want with your own body...
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true.
And you can do it because you know you can.