Was there some sort of hidden criticism of my decision to
have Bariatric surgery next April, by calling it ‘Barbaric surgery?’ Anyone who
knows me and has witnessed my various attempts to get on top of my Achilles
heel, understand where I am coming from. Hell, it’s not like I have suddenly come
to this important decision. It comes after years of fighting, loosing, and
gaining and continually yo-yoing. Some people smoke, others drink and I
eat---simple. Something inside me destroys all attempts to ‘portion control.’ I
don’t see myself as weak or less as a person. I have actively sought solutions
and spent countless dollars on those ‘down the dunny’ programmes. From what I
have read and been told by ‘experts, very few people over 40 who are overweight
manage to take off and keep off the weight. Maybe 10% manage, while the rest of
us just increase the bank balances of various authors and purveyors of ‘miracle
programmes. If there was a successful programme out there that lived up to its
claims, then we would all know about it.
So, thank you for your concerns but not for your misinformation
about my intents. I shall continue to ‘put myself’ out there in the hope that I
can engender discussion about the terrible obesity scourge that plagues NZ and
many other nations. I would so like this to be different and I acknowledge that
‘prevention’ is a far better option than the ‘knife.’ Please send feedback. I don’t
give a hoot if you disagree, but it would be nice to have the ‘pros and cons’
about my (and many others’) journey I am about to begin. What am I going to do
in the next three months? Why, I shall walk my dog and try practice what is
going to be a way of living that differs from past pathways.
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