Why do people consider weight loss surgery cheating?

lizfiz50

For some people, it's the last resort after everything they've tried has failed. For others, it's an easy way to lose weight. It varies for each person. One person I know in particular, did the surgery, lost the weight, but still eats bad foods. Her son is 5 and weighs 90 lbs at least. She swore she would never let his weight get out of control. Because of her example, he had McDonalds in his vocab when he was 1 and was eating fast food at 6 months. It's possibly because of the way her dad overindulged her, but she hasn't taken accountability.

Jessica_Mujahidah

I personally think WLS should only be for people who have tried everything before and are committed to healthy eating.

A good friend of mine had the sleeve, she lost over 50kg in one year and guess what? She never ONCE at a healthy meal because she claims "the sleeve makes it hard to eat healthy". So, she lives on doghnuts, ice cream, crackers, cheese.... all the junk that got her fat in the first place. She has never once exercised either.

So yes, she cheated. She wasn't prepared to make a LIFESTYLE CHANGE, rather she paid for the easy way out.

For people with medical issues etc such as PCOS (and I'm hearing ya girl, I'm struggling with it too), I think this is a perfectly acceptable TOOL to help you lose the excess weight and be healthy.

EDIT: This so called 'friend' also regularly feels the need to comment on my slow weight loss! I refuse to talk about weight, food etc with her now because she can't see that she is lazy and didn't have to lift a finger to lose her weight, while others are struggling with illnesses that make it extremely hard to shift the kg.