Great Article on New Life as a Thin Person

donali · June 22, 2005

Very interesting article!! Long!

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/health/features/1868/index.html

vinesqueen · June 22, 2005

okay, as soon as I'm done dealing with this piece of stuck chicken, I'll see if I can dig up the thread we had on this when the article first came out

DeLarla · June 22, 2005

Vine, is this the same Lisa that was on the talk show? Is this the original article? I don't have time to read it but will tonight. Thanks, D!

vinesqueen · June 22, 2005

I dunno, since I didn't see the show. It is well worth the read.

vinesqueen · June 22, 2005

http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=6834&highlight=article

I thought there was more discussion on it though. The link in the first is dead, but it the same exact article.

Alexandra · June 22, 2005

Yep, this is Lisa Sohr again, the one from The View. She was pictured on the cover of New York Magazine when this article appeard in print; this is just the online version of the mag.

I'm waiting for her book. :rolleyes

KarenB · June 23, 2005

Or mabye the movie? Too bad they didn't go more into the lap-band on the View, especially when the other person's sister died from bypass surgery. Another opportunity missed. Oh well, I guess we're used to it by now.

giveyouthemoon · June 27, 2005

Okay so I finally got a chance to read the entire article. It's pretty good actually as they cover a couple people other than that Lisa Sohr. It's a shame she's the banded one in that article because she comes off sort of snotty. The other two people they profile had bypass and they have a lot of really great things to say. Whereas Lisa Sohr seems focused on how great she looks, the other two women were more about how it's changed their outlook on life.

Big thing I took from it was a reminder to myself that losing weight will not solve all my problems. It is a change inside of me that will help me feel better but will not make my job less crappy and will not make my dating life any easier and it will not make all my other non-weight related problems any easier.

vinesqueen · June 27, 2005

Bravo Karen! Most people haven't made the connection yet. I don't care what weight-loss method you are trying to use, whether it is Bob's Amazing Diet Pill or WLS... losing weight will not change anything, fix anything, except for health issues.