This reads more like a Cosmo article than it does something I'd expect to find on a health site! It's nothing more than a harangue at obese people who haven't managed to "succeed" in the weight-loss game.
How about offering some advice on what it takes to make permanent eating changes and how to get motivated to exercise instead of casting people as sinners?
I'd like back the 2 minutes it took me to read this drivel.
This reads more like a Cosmo article than it does something I'd expect to find on a health site! It's nothing more than a harangue at obese people who haven't managed to "succeed" in the weight-loss game.
How about offering some advice on what it takes to make permanent eating changes and how to get motivated to exercise instead of casting people as sinners?
I'd like back the 2 minutes it took me to read this drivel.
I am a weight-loss surgery patient and I find all of your articles helpful and well-written. I love reading them! I like this article and the linked article, "The Seven Virtues of Weight-Loss Surgery Patients." Keep up the great work!
I really hate it when people only post a comment when they have something they need to rant about. I fidn the comments above very rude and vicious.
TechoMom, the article is warning against the seven deadly sins. She is saying not to be prideful and think yourself better than obese people. This is a pitfall that she is telling you to avoid. Maybe you are the one that needs to reread the article.
Erin, if you can spare precious time, go read any one of her many articles that are chockful of tips and information and advice on keeping your weight off after obesity surgery. I've always found them worth 2-minutes of my time to read. I've even shed a few pounds following some of her advice.
Assumptions, assumptions. I've posted plenty of comments in other areas on HealthCentral. This was my first comment in this section of the site.
I've never come across an article by one of the site experts that violated the site's Terms of Services before - check section 5, item e. I was hoping that the author was willing to engage in dialogue about the article, but apparently she is either incapable or unwilling to do so. The next step, then is reporting the article as abusive.
Weight loss isn't a spiritual issue for most people, so bad analogy to begin with. Secondly, NO ONE earns dehumanizing name-calling and slurs because of their size. Third, the majority of those who have surgery to lose weight do it because they have the means and insurance to do it, not because they are BETTER. Who the hell does this "expert" think she is?
People deal with obesity for a combination of causes and make thier choices for a multitude of reasons. The author's ignorance and arrogance are apparent in the lack of humanity and solidarity shown in her writing. If you were this nasty before, you deserved some name-calling, but honey it was for your big mouth not your big ass.
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"In our pasts, we were known by many other names: big fat pig, blimp, fat @ss, tubby tubby two-by-four... labels we've earned with our inflated appetites and midriffs. We've lost weight - a lot of weight, for crying out loud: of course we're better than those who haven't. We went to extremes just to lose weight and their fat@sses should, too!"
Excuse me? I'm reading your posts because I am learning about bariatric surgery. I didn't expect them to be full of size acceptance, but I honestly didn't expect to find flat-out hateful statements in a mainsteam site like HealthCentral. Read what you wrote back to yourself and give it some consideration. You sound like a 7-year-old "Mean Girl" who feels threatened in her supremacy!
Nobody "earns" verbal abuse. Nobody deserves bullying--and the only time that kind of name-calling happens is during such episodes. If that's the kind of self-talk you engage in, you need therapy, because your problems go far beyond your weight or measurements. There is no surgery that can repair that kind of self-loathing. And as long as this and other media outlets continue to provide a forum that makes that seem normal, more people will be damaged in ways that lead to eating disorders and other unhealthy behaviors.
No, you are not "better than" anyone else of any size. You are a human being with the basic rights and responsibilities of every other human being. Assigning relative worth to different humans is an incredibly dangerous endeavor, and I refuse to go down that path.
Beyond that, your language and attitude are unprofessonal. I understand that your articles are referred to as "posts," but you are also referred to as one of this site's "experts" - are there no editors around here? It seems that you are not willing or able to act in that capacity for yourself at this time.