tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post6824234120944787770..comments2023-08-26T08:08:27.767-04:00Comments on The Hungry Little Caterpillar: ProvokingLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102363251376084521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-20154326015903948312008-08-26T08:24:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:24:00.000-04:00I might have to check out the movie. I actually co...I might have to check out the movie. I actually considered lap band surgery yesterday as my frustration level rises but then thought to myself I can't live like that and I don't want excess skin! <BR/><BR/>Oh, BTW my computer is on the wonk too. Shatt is killing me lately with the lag. I think it might be time to clean it off and format..yikes!Thinking Thinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573669924131900914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-2221134240915428192008-08-25T15:53:00.000-04:002008-08-25T15:53:00.000-04:00Thank you for a very thought-provoking post. I'm ...Thank you for a very thought-provoking post. I'm going to have to check out the movie, too.<BR/><BR/>JodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-57199614655327358102008-08-25T15:39:00.000-04:002008-08-25T15:39:00.000-04:00I'm with you on the surgery... putting aside the w...I'm with you on the surgery... putting aside the whole issue of cutting (which squicks me out), bypass isn't a magic bullet, either. It does NOT give you your old body back. Once you lose all that weight, you generally need plastic surgery (yay, skin flaps). And then the "reduced" stomach often isn't large enough to let you eat normally. My old boss, who had the surgery, has to eat high-protein bars and vitamin supplements for the rest of her life, because her stomach isn't big enough to allow her to consume sufficient nutrition. <BR/><BR/>I read about the "Fat Acceptance" movement for the first time recently, and sort of boggled at it. On the one hand, yeah, the popular emphasis on model-skinny women is unhealthy. It *should* be acceptable for a woman to have curves. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, "fat acceptance" is just as extreme. It denies the basic medical fact that being obese is a serious threat to one's longevity. To say, then, that any attempt at weight-loss is self-hating... excuse me? Wasn't putting on this weight in the first place self-hating? It was an act of self-neglect, at the least, of simply not bothering to spend the time and attention on myself that it would have taken to keep the weight off. And now these jokers want me to compound that neglect by keeping fat I never wanted in the first place? Since when is slow suicide an act of self-love?<BR/><BR/>I'm *proud* of my fight to lose weight. I'm proud of the fact that I've finally stepped up and made a conscious choice *for* myself and my own health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-50518786646109302742008-08-25T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-25T14:16:00.000-04:00Wow! I think Im going to have to rent that movie. ...Wow! I think Im going to have to rent that movie. I've considered the lap bad surgury, breifly, then thought better of it. I would never subject myself to the gastric bypass. I know it has worked for many, and I applaud the strength and bravery it took to do that. But, like you, I know that personally, it's something I could never subject my body to. Im one of those "lucky" overweight people. Perfect Blood PRessure, perfect blood work, no sugar issues, no heart issues, nothing. Just fat. So I feel like the medical urgency to have surgery, for me, just isn't there. Besides, I tend to think that if I can't fix what's going on internally that triggers the overeating, then no amount of cutting or banding is going to help me.Chanda (aka Bea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12321020069183192224noreply@blogger.com