GP says to do Weight Watchers instead

[careya123 260]

Had a similar experience last night with a counselor. I knew that part of this journey was going to have to be dealing with my emotional eating and that unless I did that, the surgery wouldn't help in the long run. So I set up an appointment with a counselor - recommended by my insurance company. Last night was the first session. As soon as I said the words weight loss surgery she cut me off and said "you know the surgery doesn't really work, right? you'll gain all the weight back. you should just join weight watchers and a gym. WW has a much better success rate than surgery"...I was floored. then I told her that actually many people are successful with surgery but that the surgery isn't a simple fix, that I need to address my emotional eating in order to make the necessary lifestyle changes along with the surgery"...her big advice for how to deal with emotional eating? "Just don't eat"

I left feeling very defeated. I'm trying to deal with the underlying causes for my over eating but how do you find a counselor who will actually take it seriously?

A COUNSELOR told you that? Unbelievable! I did a ton of research and medical journals clearly show that surgery is so much more effective than WW, both short and long term. Wow.

[PLEZ 76]

Weigh watchers encourages grazing...most bariatric doctors discourage grazing...did WW....GAINED IT BACK CAUSE I DIDN'T DO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO..

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