Surgical solutions to obesity are written about here and there in frum publications. After one such article, someone wrote a letter to the editor expressing her surprise that the woman in the article who had lap band surgery feels guilty for taking the easy way out:
"As someone who underwent the same procedure, I think it's basically the only way out and not so easy at all ... Actually, you need major determination if you want to be successful."
She repeats the warning, "If you want to be successful, you need to be extremely determined and committed."
I seem to be missing something here. If you need to be extremely determined and committed with the lapband surgery in order to be successful, why can't the identical determination and commitment be applied to proper eating without undergoing surgery? Can she muster that singlemindedness only upon going under the knife?
In an article about lap band surgery I read, "The most important aspect to the success of lap band surgery is its follow up care. Without suitable modifications in lifestyle, it is not possible to lose any weight through lap band surgery. It is not easy to lose excess weight; however with the right attitude and commitment, it is possible to change your life for the better." Hmmm. Again, wouldn't modifications in lifestyle and the right attitude and commitment make all the difference without surgery?
Blessed will be the person who can devise ways of helping people gain control and learn self-restraint with the power of their mind.
Lap band surgery can give weight loss a boost by limiting the person's capacity to eat but people who fall off the wagon gain the weight back. Usually people who are overweight enough to require surgery to overcome their bad habits eat for emotional reasons. England's heaviest teenager had to have a wall in her home removed to rescue her when she went into multiple organ failure this past summer. She is being kept in the hospital until her weight comes down enough to do the procedure. It is estimated that she weighed over 700 lbs at the time of rescue.
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