Surgery time?

What happened to good ol fashion work? Ya' get fat then ya get your ass to the gym. Pretty simple, no? When you find yourself stuck with the decision it has got to a point of unhealthy situations. This is when you should be already looking into WNY fitness, not a surgeon. I found this article and thought it was a bit useful. 

Is surgery really the best way to deal with obesity?

I received an e-mail message from Dr. Justine Davies, the editor of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, announcing a series of review articles on bariatric surgery for treatment of obesity.
Bariatric surgery, she says,

is the most effective treatment for both obesity and type 2 diabetes. In many people with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery not only limits disease progression, but also reverses complications.

She asks: So why is this procedure not being used more often to treat
patients with obesity?

Bariatric surgery has substantial benefits in terms of weight loss, metabolic status, and quality of life. It is safe and effective, and the future savings made through prevention of comorbid diseases could counterbalance its high cost. The surgery should, therefore, be available as an option to use when appropriate, and not only when all other options have been eliminated. Bariatric surgery offers a real opportunity for preventing comorbid diseases and complications of obesity. If it is only used as a final resort, this opportunity will be missed.

I can think of several good reasons: pain and suffering, treatment complications, questionable long-term prognosis, and cost, for starters.
Prevention is a better option.
If only we knew how….
Here are the papers:

• Editorial: Bariatric surgery: why only a last resort?
• Comment: Is bariatric surgery safe?
• Comment: Quality of life after bariatric surgery
• Series 1: Reversal of organ damage after bariatric surgery
• Series 2: Mechanisms of bariatric surgery
• Series 3: Bone loss after bariatric surgery
• Series 4: Are criteria for bariatric surgery fit for purpose?

What is the best diet out there?

   One of the burning questions spinning through WNY fitness is "What is the best diet out there?" You see many different diets everyday and people swearing up and down that there diet is the best WNY fitness diet! If a diet works for one person is it going to work for another person? The answer is simple, NO!
   What works for one person is never guaranteed to work for another. In fact you may get opposite results. Take myself for example. I tend to take in between 4-6,000 calories per day and I'm not talking healthy calories either. If other people were to try this they would blow up in a few weeks. When I say "blow up" I mean gain weight. When in the WNY fitness world you have to find what is going to work for you. Everyone is different. I know we hear that about a hundred times a day but it is true. Our metabolisms burn at different speeds and in different ways. If a diet makes you feel like crap then its not for you. Although you still have to give it time. In addition choose something that is sustainable for the rest of your life. Stay away from the crash diets that promise lots of pounds in little time. You should choose a life style that fits you and is healthy.
   In addition, why do you need so much advice about your diet. If anything this is something we have all been educated about for our entire lives. You know what is a healthy choice and you know what is a poor choice. Most of the time it only boils down to self control. Stop looking for "diet attention" and handle it.
   Along with a new diet, choose a fitness plan that will work as well. Something, again that you can stick with. If its something you are only going to do for a month or a few weeks then skip it. Find what fits for you.