Reply #95: Take heart

[Rosemary2205]

the medical community has learned that the simple fact of a morbidly obese person being on a losing track - even if on a plateau it's that 1/4 pound a week - then there are great benefits as far as diabetes and heart factors. -- and losing and keeping off just 10-20% of weight can be of benefit to many people too. They are really trying hard to get truly obese people to stop having the goal of losing 100# and start having the goal of daily or weekly choices that make a small difference that will build up over time.

The truth is most of those celebrity people having gastric bypass actually don't need it. They are not overweight enough to medically warrant it. The people in desperate need to lose 100# or more FAST are mostly people at least 200# overweight.