Is "the knife" the only answer?

I'm sitting here, adding new links to the runs and walks that we are going to be doing and half-watching a show on CNBC called "One Nation, Overweight".  It is about the Obesity epidemic in the US.  They just said that 85% of adults are overweight and/or obese.  So why are all the stores still selling all those size 0,2,4,&6 clothes, did they not get the memo?

What was just said that totally blew me away was this Doctor who said that Bariatric Surgery is about the ONLY solution for those who are between 50 and 100 pounds overweight!  Is that man nuts?  Okay, I understand that he is a surgeon, but come on!  You are fat and therefore unable to take care of yourself.  The only answer is for us to remove half of your stomach and teach you a lesson.

I put the weight on over a long period of time.  I don't' expect it to come off in a month, or even a year.  I do expect it to come off.  I expect that I have to work hard, make difficult choices, exercise (no matter how much I hate it) and reeducate myself and my family about how to eat properly.  

It's a process, an experience, a journey.  Something that would be lost by having some scalpel wielding bozo cut me open and remove half of my stomach!  What is learned by that.  When you screw up, take the easy way out?  Don't bother learning anything, it can all be solved by cutting you open.


Does the scalpel dude also insert a proper eating hormone or something?  Does he insert an implant that only lets you eat healthy food?


I'm sorry, I should get off my soap box.  It's just. . .maybe not everything is supposed to be easy.  These things are hard for a reason.  It takes time to retrain and reeducate yourself.


I don't know about anyone else, but slow and steady is working much better for me than the Bozo.


Surgery is the only solution?  Dude, my name is Katie, I'm on the Dtour diet and I have another solution for you!