GRRRRR!!! My good friend who is overweight is considering gastric bypass surgery and to me it's like she's taking the easy way out. We both made the decision to join Slimming World last Jan, she didn't understand the plan properly, put on 1.5lbs in first week, I helped go through it with her near end of second week on SW and she lost 1lb while I managed to lose 7.5lbs in 2 weeks.
So the next week after that, she doesn't want to go as she has been eating bad for a few days, I offered to give her a lift, and told her that if she doesn't go, she will never go back to Slimming World. And I was right. She didn't come back whereas I kept it up, her mum who isn't that overweight joined it aswell and was losing 1.5lbs on average a week.
She is the kind of person who gives up too easily. In everything she does, in jobs, college work, food everything. So then she was talking about getting a gastric band done. I told her she wouldn't be eligible for it as you need to prove you have been trying to lose weight and get fit plus she wouldn't qualify as she was only in the obese category with a BMI of 37 whereas I had one of 39.2 when I started SW.
So lately she has been eating more and more, put on loads more weight and I';m thinking she is eating more on purpose to be eligible for the surgery. I don't think she should do it, cos she will have to pay for it privately and she is just taking the easy way out.
Thoughts? I know that gastric bypass surgery is risky too.
So the next week after that, she doesn't want to go as she has been eating bad for a few days, I offered to give her a lift, and told her that if she doesn't go, she will never go back to Slimming World. And I was right. She didn't come back whereas I kept it up, her mum who isn't that overweight joined it aswell and was losing 1.5lbs on average a week.
She is the kind of person who gives up too easily. In everything she does, in jobs, college work, food everything. So then she was talking about getting a gastric band done. I told her she wouldn't be eligible for it as you need to prove you have been trying to lose weight and get fit plus she wouldn't qualify as she was only in the obese category with a BMI of 37 whereas I had one of 39.2 when I started SW.
So lately she has been eating more and more, put on loads more weight and I';m thinking she is eating more on purpose to be eligible for the surgery. I don't think she should do it, cos she will have to pay for it privately and she is just taking the easy way out.
Thoughts? I know that gastric bypass surgery is risky too.