Fat Forever vs Got Fat as Adult

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I think Carole has an excellent point. It is the " normal " or " thin " mentality.

If you have crappy genes, you have crappy genes. All the diets in the world

will not work--not in the long term, and NOT as you age--ESPECIALLY if you also

happen to be female. There comes a point when diets no longer work for the

genetically (i.e., always fat) individual--the old metabolism shuts down more

every year. That is the main reason I want my daughter to be able to have this

surgery--so she doesn't have to go through her whole life dieting only to need

the surgery in the end--when she will probably also have the same co-morbidities

I have now.

And, to be normal, one has to be able to eat normally--which only the DS allows.

Dianne

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Dianne's

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I've learned -

that it's not what happens to people

that's important. It's what they do about it.

Argue for your limitations,

and sure enough, they're yours.

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

> I think Carole has an excellent point. It is the " normal " or " thin "

mentality. If you have crappy genes, you have crappy genes. All the

diets in the world will not work--not in the long term, and NOT as you

age--ESPECIALLY if you also happen to be female. There comes a point

when diets no longer work for the genetically (i.e., always fat)

individual--the old metabolism shuts down more every year. That is

the main reason I want my daughter to be able to have this surgery--so

she doesn't have to go through her whole life dieting only to need the

surgery in the end--when she will probably also have the same

co-morbidities I have now.

Dianne: I think that people who become fat as adults may also have a

genetic predisposition to this... I was never 'fat' as a child (except

when I went through a little bit of a pudgy phase in second grade).

However, my struggles began in college and got worse when I was

pregnant and had children. Both my parents also became morbidly obese

as adults (and at older ages than I did). My father was an athletic,

skinny guy and my mom was really petite until she was in her 40's.

I'm sure other factors come into play as to why people gain weight in

adulthood (unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise, etc.). But, the

fact that we become MORBIDLY OBESE means there is something wrong with

us --- I think the metabolism does get trashed after so many years of

yo-yo weight loss/gain (and I never really went on DIETS -- I changed

my eating habits and exercised more and this is how I lost weight).

It is NOT normal for one to gain 100 lbs or more... usually the body

regulates itself before that point.

I can totally understand how you'd want to prevent a lifetime of

similar disappointment and yo-yo dieting for your daughter. I am

worried about my daughter (now thin) having a similar problem in early

adulthood with her weight as I did.

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

january 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

10 months post-op and still feelin' fabu

preoP: 307 lbs/bmi 45

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