Just Saw This: Carnie Wilson Has Wls - Again!

[TracieR 88]

Saw this article on my FB newsfeed from People magazine. Here is the link --> http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20580365,00.html

Twelve years after Carnie Wilson underwent gastric bypass surgery and famously lost 150 lbs., the singer has done it again: On January 18, Wilson went under the knife for lap-band surgery, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.

Since having the procedure – during which a silicone band is placed around the stomach to create a pouch the size of a golf ball – Wilson, 43, has lost 30 lbs. and counting.

"It was the right decision for me and I'm doing really well so far," Wilson tells PEOPLE. "It's all about taking good care of myself."

The singer, who is reuniting with Wilson Philips to promote their new album and their TV Guide Network reality show Wilson Philips: Still Holding On (premiering April 8), has struggled to lose the post-pregnancy pounds. Wilson has two daughters, Lola, 6, and Luciana, 2, with her musician husband Rob Bonfiglio, 44.

"Having children derailed me a bit," Wilson told PEOPLE in 2010 of her weight struggles. "I'm just frustrated with these pounds."

[andrea0121 28]

Ugh, I don't know why I tortured myself by reading the comments on that article. Should have known better. People are seriously such pompous as@holes.

[dagmar68 12]

Ugh, I don't know why I tortured myself by reading the comments on that article. Should have known better. People are seriously such pompous as@holes.

i did the same i stopped reading them, the ignorance of some ppl is so sickening

[JustDoIt130 369]

I just saw this too. Good for her!

[Alex Brecher 10,502]

You beat me to the punch! She's the new Lap band spokesperson. You should be seeing and hearing quite a bit from her over he next few months.

[1shauna1 129]

Hopefully this will work for her then....good example of how the bypass can fail as well I guess.

[smmrsue 56]

I don't know how I feel about her being the spokesperson. If she's informative and tells everyone it's a TOOL.... But will see

[readytogoforit 172]

All I can say is thank God I don't have to have the whole nation judge me! I hope she does well. Sounds like alcohol might be a problem too, this is not a surprise. we are compulsive about everything we do. hope she can beat them both!

[kll724 3,055]

I, also, started to read the comments. They were needlessly cruel, but then you know how pompus some folks are! Good luck to here, and I, also, am not sure of her as the National spokesperson.

[lellow 1,713]

I had a healthcheck for work yesterday and it turns out I'm the healthiest person in my company of 80 people. My blood sugar levels, my blood pressure, my cholesterol, everything, is perfect. I can't imagine what those would have been 5 years ago before my lapband surgery.

And when the nurse practitioner asked me what I ate and I described my regular day's worth of food to her, she almost fell over. She asked me how I possibly could eat that little and how I even had enough energy with so little food. She then started saying that I surely must not be getting enough nutrition from what I ate.

Well, apparently not, because I aced the healthcheck, and my current lifestyle makes me healthier than 79 other people in my office. The proof is in the pudding.

And it absolutely highlights the fact that I actually have to eat FAR FAR less than a 'regular' person to be this thin. And I exercise more than most people to be this fit.

So for anyone who tells me all I needed was to eat less and move more, I say, you know what? Until I got my lapband that didn't work. Because I've lost the weight now with the help of my band, so it obviously wasn't because I was a glutton or bone ass lazy. I just needed help with portions. And you can't argue with my success now, can you?

So until you've been in my shoes, you can keep your uninformed, unecessary and, to be honest, rather freakin' ignorant comments to yourself.

[giveyouthemoon 4]

Every bariatric surgery has it's problems. RNY is great because people lose weight so fast (due to malabsorption) but I recall my original band dr saying (when we were discussing options) that with RNY you have to work hard to get your weight loss done in year one because by year 2 the stomach begins to relax a little and the body adapts and weight loss becomes much more difficult.

Then in the next breath he told me how much discipline it takes to lose weight with a Lap Band because there isn't malabsorption issues.

I am hearing about more and more RNY patients coming back for a lapband, it's actually not so unusual.

And so, she's on the same crazy journey we all are on. I hope she finds some peace.

[Humming Bird 275]

I have heard of several people who had this "band over by-pass" done. I have a friend that should have it.

Hey! Did she do her research here at LBT!? Is she a member? Is she already one of us?

If so, Welcome to bandland Carnie

[coloradobanding 5]

I read this too which brought me back to this forum after a long hiatus. When I got my band over 3 years ago...I had a lot of pressure from friends who had RNY and saying that there were many more problems with the band over RNY..the band takes longer, why would you want to do that..etc? I've NEVER regretted getting the band over RNY and it seems as time goes by..more and more RNY patients are doing the band surgery. I love Carnie Wilson..she is strong and true! I hope this works for her!!

[Yve 6]

Great for her. I hope she does well with the band.

[MaineMom 1]

Are there any members on here that have had the RNY several years ago and are now having the lap band? I would like to know as I had the RNY 14-15 years ago and have gained back most of the weight.