And I’m not impressed.  

“Oh but he did it all on his own without surgery.”

So?  He’s also 6’6” which means he can eat at least 3000 calories a day and never gain an ounce.  To maintain his original 757 pound frame he would have had to eaten at least 7000 calories a day, and that’s only if he stayed inna prone position for 24 hours.  So basically he had to consume the caloric equivalent of one gingerbread house daily (that’s your life size, Hansel and Gretel type).  All he had to do was cutdown to one load bearing wall a day.

It’s easy to lose weight when you’re tall, but when you’re short?  You’re so incredibly screwed.  Ever seen a svelte dwarf?

Let’s take our good friend Jared Fogle from Subway.  “Wow!  He went from 425 pounds to 190 on his own without surgery and has kept it off.”  Technically that’s not entirely true.  Jared keeps his weight off thanks to a nutritionist and personal trainer provided by Subway; gotta keep the cash cow svelte (kind of an oxymoron isn’t it?)  Jared obviously gets paid to do these commercials and travel the country to give speeches about his spectacular weight loss.  However in these speeches he doesn’t suggest a healthy diet and exercise; he tells people to eat two Subway sandwiches a day like he did.  

Pssst!  Come here:  That’s actually a gimmick also.  Losing weight without surgery is not necessarily gimmick free.  Eating two sandwiches from Subway a day is a gimmick; eating prepared meals from Jenny Craig is a gimmick; going on the Atkins diet is a gimmick; drinking Medifast is a gimmick; the cabbage soup diet is a gimmick; anything that contains the word diet is a gimmick.  So get over yourselves and why not have the damn gastric bypass surgery?

I’ve never been a spokesperson for the surgery and I never will be; it’s your own damn choice to lose weight.  Just like smoking.  As long as you’re not blowing it in my face or sitting your ample frame on my lap, I don’t care.  But if you’ve thoroughly researched the surgery and had obesity issues all your life then why not take the easy way out?  For most people who don’t have complications it is bloody easy, and last time I checked the easy way out of any situation usually kicks ass.  

Take two people who are holding guns pointed towards the other.  Now we can be a man and try and shoot at one another; possibly dying, injuring the other and going to jail for a long time or we could say, “Let’s just call it even.”  You need to get from point A to point B.  There’s this kick ass new freeway they built that totally bypasses all the congestive city traffic, and then there’s the old route that takes you through at least fifteen traffic lights.  Which would you choose?  Bill Gates took the easy way out; he just stole someone else’s idea.  He seems to be doing rather well for himself.

Oh and when you start taking money to be a spokesperson for weight loss surgery or some gimmicky diet, then you’re no better than the bastards who prey on the obese; using people’s pain, shame and suffering solely for financial gain.