Weight loss surgery...

You know what surgery does for you? Forces you to eat cleaner and in small quantities with mild exercise or you get sick.
You know what losing weight naturally is? Eating cleaner and in small quantities with exercise lest you get fat.

I mean. It seems like a no-brainer. It's not magic. Save yourself the recovery, expense, and pain and stop making excuses.

And it is comments like this that make people who have had wls feel really good about themselves. My surgeon is involved in reasearch which has found that in the morbidly obese or super orbidly obese group those who have tried and lost weight 'by themselves' in whatever manner they have over 90% regain all that weight and more. Being in that state is an illness it is not 'making excuses'.

WLS is a tool to support weight loss and after that has been achieved, a healthy life. I will be seeing counsellors to address my overeating and issues with food to ensure I never go back to the way I was. For every person that has regained since surgery there are those who have maintained a healthy weight through controlling food and getting in exercise.

Please do not belittle people who have chosen the surgery route, you do not know the effect your words may have.

She's considering lying to physicians and faking tests to qualify for surgery. This is someone that's making excuses. We're not talking about you, or anyone else.

ETA: "there are those who have maintained a healthy weight through controlling food and getting in exercise" -this is my point.

I am working toward surgery. It's far from easy and most certainly not an easy or quick fix to obesity. Speaking from personal experience it sounds like you have other issues you need to deal with before addressing the weight. Depression is a real b!tch when you're overweight. I've dealt with it, or rather lived with it, most of my life. I didn't start actually dealing with it until a couple years ago.

It is virtually impossible to lose weight until you deal with the reasons you are overweight to begin with. You have to deal with and understand what drives you to overeat, the real reasons you don't exercise. Not the excuses we make for ourselves, but the true, deep seated reasons for our behaviors.

If you try and get surgery as a quick fix without dealing with all the other issues first you will fail. And when you fail after bariatric surgery it's not a good thing, it can be fatal.

I weight close to 600 pounds, deal with chronic pain, depression, sever social anxiety, panic and arthritis. I know where you're at right now. My biggest suggestion is to seek counseling and stick with it. Explore and deal with the issues inside your head before you worry so much about the rest of you.

She's considering lying to physicians and faking tests to qualify for surgery. This is someone that's making excuses. We're not talking about you, or anyone else.

All you know about her is what she posted above. You do not know her struggles, her life and what has put her in the position where she would even consider such behaviour. It is completely wrong for her to do this but just to be told she doesn't need surgery is not helpful....what excuses is she making?

I agree with one of the other comments--give MFP a try and stay consistent. Use the tools and allow MFP to create a "plan" for you. I understand it's frustrating, but I really don't recommend you try to find a way to "trick" your doctor into approving weight loss surgery. Right now, and this is just a personal opinion, you're over weight but not to the point you'd require weight loss surgery. Most of the people I've known who have had the surgery, who were your height, were over 300lbs. I would just allow this tool to create you a meal plan and then start excercising. You can do it

The attitude of trying to "trick" medical tests prove that you are not a candidate for weight loss surgery and even if you have it you will also fail to maintain. Get some counseling and learn to live with food in the healthiest way.

You're honestly is ....welll...ummm...shocking. From what I know about surgery, it's not an easy way out. Sooner or later you have to deal with your demons. I have a good friend on here who had it it's a struggle. Losing weight is 90% Mental....yes, it's a head trip. Maybe you should seek counseling if you can't deal with your own issues alone.

Some people may disagree with me on this but I have had 5 co-workers who have had the surgery (and I know there are probably different kinds and I have no idea which one had what) but not one of them is normal weight right now.
1 is in a nursing home after major complications from her surgery.
2 was diagnosed with MS within a year or 2 after and started losing her eyesight.
3 is the only one that looks kindoff ok but she's always cold (wears fleece coats in the summer too) so someting isn't right there.
4 and 5 (5 gained it back fairly quickly too) both gained their weight back...not sure about any other issues though.

And I'm sure that there are probably plenty of people who are perfectly fine after having the surgery but if you can try to do it on your own why risk your life?

You need to try to lose this weight a different way...give it some time....good luck!

You might want to look into counseling - you sound like you are suffering from depression.

1200 calories a day seems very low for your weight. I'm your height and my starting weight is less and my calories are 1660 a day.

I work at a sleep lab and I have also had lapband. First off, you do not want to "fail" a sleep study and pretend that you have sleep apnea. It is a very serious and can be a fatal problem if not treated. If you are diagnosed with sleep apnea, it will follow you in your medical record forever. Your insurance can be affected by the diagnosis. I would not recommend this thought at all.

Second, I had lap band surgery and all was great. I lost 65 pounds. Then one day, I got food poisining and started throwing up. Now granted, throwing up before lap band and after lap band are two totally different things. It is like comparing an apple to a twinkie. I threw up as best I could all night long and thought I was throwing up the stuff I had eaten since it was brownish in color. That morning I got up, went to the restroom, threw up bright red blood, went to leave the restroom, and passed out in the hallway. My 15 yr old son had to drive me to the hospital with me throwing up blood in a bag. We got to the hospital and I was in such extreme pain, they considered it to be a trauma and rushed me through. I was immediately started on IV's and admitted into the hospital. After three days of being knocked out so that I would not be in constant pain, they gave me a barium swallow to test my lap band. I had had a barium swallow many times before with the lap band and there was never a problem. That day however, I did the swallow and then proceeded to throw up the barium. The doctor and nurses rushed into my room, and I was rushed to emergency surgery. They said that it was to the point that it was life threatening. My band had slipped down too far over my stomach since I had not eaten anything and then it had twisted. They removed my band. Seven days of hospital sleeping later, I was home for a week to recooperate.

Now, all that being said....would I do it again to lose weight? Yes, but I would be so much more cautious with my eating. I have not had Manwich meat and sauce ever since this instance. I know people who have gone through the surgery and others like it and have turned out 50-100 pounds less in the end and feel great. I would caution you to get a good physician (mine was rated in the top 10 in Texas for 12 years running - it was not his fault), get a good educator to help you with eating afterwards and have a plan of attack on what you will or will not be able to eat. They tell you soft foods. OK - ask yourself what soft foods WILL you eat? They say you can have soup? OK - what SOUP will you eat? and can you eat a lot of it? Also, find out BEFORE your surgery if you will be able to get PERSONAL insuarnce coverage afterwards. I didn't do this. Although I paid for the surgery out of my own pocket, unless my employer gives me insurance, I am not eligible for any private coverage. That and I owed the hospital over $250,000.00 after it was all said and done.\

Please be cautious about surgery and do not try to fake sleep study results. :noway:

Have you tried seeing a nutritionist and a personal trainer? I began seeing a nutritionist and had no idea how badly I was eating. When you have a problem as serious as this it may require some professional help to get it under control. It took months for me to change the way I eat.

1200 calories may not be enough for you to not feel hungry. If you are not eating the right food you will constantly feel hungry no matter how many calories you consume. This leads to overeating. My nutritionist made sure I was eating a sufficient volume of food so that I felt full. This included so much chicken and vegetables that there were days I couldn't finish what he planned for me.