People Magazine can SUCK IT!

So I am just at the store picking up dog food and i see the new People magazine.

It has a picture of 2 thin women in skinny jeans and high heels and the writing say "Half Their Size, how they did it!"  "No surgery, no gimmicks, real results"

REALLY!!  A f#%*ing magazine just judged me!  Since I decided to have surgery I don't have real results?

This is why people look at me like I "cheated" when they ask how I lost so much weight and I tell them surgery, cause magazines like THAT ONE!  

So SUCK IT people magazine!  I'm not reading you anymore, and I think I might just respond to that cover and maybe they might even print my reply but I will never know since I will never read that stupid magazine again!  Judgmental jerks!

I've been MIA for about a month now, but I'm back.....and this is what brought me back!  Needing to vent about this magazine!  Well, whatever gets you back right!
 

So true.  I had someone once say I did it the easy way.  EASY ya right.  I spend hours a day in the food ritual.  Can't drink for the next 30 minutes, eat slow, cant drink your another 3 minutes.  People teasing me about my extremly small portions.  Eating vitamins as if they were candy.  Trust me this is alot of work and it last a life time.

Okay, I have one question. I've lost weight through diet and exercise, and now through WLS , SO..... what are the "Gimmicks" they're talking about?  

Oh , and not to be mean, but I wonder how long they'll maintain their weight loss.

Kat

They have been doing that for quite a while, haven't they?  Why don't they do a story on the people they have featured in the past and see how well they have done keeping the weight off.  My guess is, if they are like most of the statistics then by 5 years about 95% will have regained their weight.  
I never see any magazine covers that show someone who has lost a lot of weight and kept it off for a long time.  Now that would be a story.

They actually did do a follow up on one person from each past issue.  Some had regained, but none had regained all.  Perhaps they only interviewed people who hadn't.

lol sorry, it might be because it's late...but your post made me laugh. I totally agree you just have such a way with words.lol

The reality is that if we did not have surgery, we would not have the results that we have. That doesnt mean that we dont try hard, that our group does not work out, or that we don't eat right. Articles like this dont bother me, and neither do folks thinking or saying "you took the easy way out". You know why? Because I dare them to show me just 1 person that they know personally that took off over 100 pounds and kept it off for 5 years or better. I guarantee that they will not be able to point to such a person. So let folks be with "their" opinons, just like butt holes, everyone has one. Hopefully we had surgery for ourselves and not for other people. I know I did. 

Lisa so good to see you back. I haven't been on as much either but I try to check in a couple times a week. How are you doing?

 Hi Sweetie!  I'm good!  I had a BAD BAD December eating wise. I was a bit ashamed to come here with all the cookies and candy and crap I ate this past holiday season.  I did not gain but I did not lose.  I am still about 8 pounds from goal.  I am finding it not too hard to get back on track.  I let myself go a bit, with permission.  I also had my knee surgery and it went well but being stuck in the house for a week and bored did not help with my eating.

How about you?  How did you do this holiday season?

 The reality is that they run the exact same story every year.  It's like that weight loss is more "noble" or something.
I usally read them a month later in doctor's offices. I always like to hear their processes.
I don't think weight loss surgery is the only way to lose weight but for me it was the most successful.
Deb T.