Weight loss surgery;

Lately i have been hearing a lot of commercials on the radio and have seen on television, commercials for weight loss surgery. Now i am well aware in some cases that this surgery is needed for medicinal purposes for reasons due to medical complications within the body regarding certain individuals that have severe thyroid problems among others. However, it seems to me that the doctors, in some cases, are tying to give a quick fix to some patients that could get the same results through diet and exercise. After all it is by its very name an operation and with this procedure comes with it the same possible complications that come with any operation. Keep in mind that if you are one of thses people considering this operation that you must change the way you eat after the operation and another fact that seems to escape the scope of the patient is the excess skin that will be left behind after an enormous amount of weight has been lost. Does it require another operation to deal with this excess skin, this is an important question to keep in mind. I am one to keep an open mind and if after weighing all of the options and if a life hangs in the balance, then this weight loss surgery may be the only option. With that being said, however, i suggest that trying to change your life and get away from the fad diets and truly change your life for the positive. A diet is not a fad, it is a way of life, working out is not something you do for a few months and then say, "I am healthy enough, i can stop working out now", That is just not true! This is something that someone i am currently helping change their life recently realized. When you sit down and make a change in your life and truly decide that you want a long, healthy life in the future,and then make those changes, you will realize that it is not as hard to accomplish as you thought. Just make it a way of life and do not look back, remember how bad you looked and felt and compare it with the results in the present and that should be enough motivation to keep you going on the right track. If anyone would like some help or ideas getting started, i would love to help you get going, just e-mail me through my contact in my profile and i will try to help you in anyway i am able.