The latest crazy diet fad

FearAnLoathing
FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
edited September 27 in Chit-Chat
I saw this on the news tonight you can now get a patch that they sew on your tounge to prevent you from eat solid food.:huh: I guess it makes eating solid food really really painfull

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/health/tongue-patch-weight-loss-surgery-20100914
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  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    WTF?!
  • 123nikki123
    123nikki123 Posts: 527
    That is CRAZY! :laugh:
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I read that only 10 people have done it so far,but now that its hit the media im sure that number will go up
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    DUDE.

    Or as Super Grover from Sesame Street would say: "HUBBA-WHA?!" (sorry, can't resist, he cracks me up)

    I'm thinking the SEWING IT TO YOUR TONGUE part would be painful enough. I wouldn't even want to eat. *Head-desk*
  • antijen
    antijen Posts: 112 Member
    Oh man! No thanks!! I could see how that would make a great many things in life uncomfortable.
  • cdthom
    cdthom Posts: 108 Member
    that is so messed up
  • natersmama
    natersmama Posts: 157
    seems reasonable. not for the average person. but lap band and gastric bypass are more invasive and force you to be on a liquid diet. maybe for those types of patients who have 100+ pounds to lose, this would be an option. i bet recovery is faser, the procedure is cheaper and it can be reversed easier than gastric and lapband.
  • __flexylexi
    __flexylexi Posts: 154 Member
    Soooo... let me get this straight.. No working out and no dieting wanted, so they sew a patch on their tongue?

    Yea, next thing you know they will be putting that steak in the blender... then what? :sick:
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    might as well find a big guy at the gym, punch you in the jaw then have it wired shut!!!
  • rnroadrunner
    rnroadrunner Posts: 402 Member
    WTF!!! When are people going to realize that only through lifestyle changes will any weight loss stick.:noway: :grumble:
  • christinathompson1
    christinathompson1 Posts: 144 Member
    ouch!!!!!!
  • JunkFoodJane
    JunkFoodJane Posts: 150 Member
    I have been waiting to hear what this was. I assumed it was like numbing strips to kill taste for periods of time, this just sounds... Stupid.

    Thanks for posting!
  • natersmama
    natersmama Posts: 157
    WTF!!! When are people going to realize that only through lifestyle changes will any weight loss stick.:noway: :grumble:

    maybe when doctors stop coming up with "easy" procedures. which will most likely never happen. =/
  • nurseaim
    nurseaim Posts: 146
    Holy cow! One word: OUCH! It is crazy what some people will do to lose weight the unhealthy way. I'm glad that's not the way of us, MFPers.
  • tammyquinnlmt
    tammyquinnlmt Posts: 680 Member
    WTF!!! When are people going to realize that only through lifestyle changes will any weight loss stick.:noway: :grumble:

    maybe when doctors stop coming up with "easy" procedures. which will most likely never happen. =/



    Easy loss = Easy re-gain:grumble:
  • bjscmg
    bjscmg Posts: 77
    WOW where do I sign up for a net applied to my tongue so i can be unhappy all day because I have to drink my meals. Oh and I really hope my husband finds it sexy cuz it will be there for 30 days. ugh when will people get a clue? STOP EATING JUNK!
  • sassylilmama
    sassylilmama Posts: 1,493 Member
    And eventually it has to come off. Then they will eat everything they see. Yeah great plan there.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    That is so way out of this world disgusting:smile: ! Geesh.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    i ...

    just...

    but...

    nevermind.
  • ebgbjo
    ebgbjo Posts: 821 Member
    hmm and here I was going to just cut off my hands at the wrist ;)
  • AllyS7
    AllyS7 Posts: 480 Member
    I'm so sad that people will actually try this...
  • stephanie_m
    stephanie_m Posts: 16
    Wow... seriously what is wrong with people. Oi!
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    . . . I have no words. . . other than wanting to slap that chick around for being too lazy to commit to a healthy lifestyle. Seriously, it isn't that hard to say I think I'll have a salad instead of 20 tacos or burgers. GAHHHHHH! :headdesk:
  • sassiebritches
    sassiebritches Posts: 1,861 Member
    Uhhhhhhhh :huh:
  • bachooka
    bachooka Posts: 719 Member
    And eventually it has to come off. Then they will eat everything they see. Yeah great plan there.

    I don't know if they would eat everything that they see... the memories of trying to eat the food (wich they would because honestly thirty days?) being uber painful... would probably turn me off from solids for quite a while! lol.
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    Good gravy! That is ridiculous. Pure and simple. I cannot make it liquids alone. I'm sure there's a cheaper method to this idiotic movement. Have your teeth removed. Actually, I don't know if that's cheaper or not. Either way, it's foolish.
  • enriquez18
    enriquez18 Posts: 59 Member
    Now that is just CRAZY...OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
  • halobender
    halobender Posts: 780 Member
    And eventually it has to come off. Then they will eat everything they see. Yeah great plan there.

    I don't know if they would eat everything that they see... the memories of trying to eat the food (wich they would because honestly thirty days?) being uber painful... would probably turn me off from solids for quite a while! lol.
    Indeed, it would probably be one of those things where the pain caused their stomach to hurt and, thus, they won't want to eat such foods. Theoretically. I have a feeling that would, typically, only last for a little while. And for those whom it lasted longer, well ... I would have great pity for them.

    It's a Pavlovian response. Except, you know, the opposite of the original experiment.
  • elizwelshman
    elizwelshman Posts: 136
    ......
    ::facepalm::
    :huh:
  • ♥jewel♥
    ♥jewel♥ Posts: 839
    I have a friends who does piercings and tongue bifercations. I bet he could do this for me!
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