Comments on: A food binge prior to gastric bypass http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html medical blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gasman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67312 Gasman Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67312 I don't know, how many people do go on a binge before quitting smoking? It doesn't seem like this is the most productive way to initiate a new and permanant lifestyle change. The very act of binging in any manner suggests a degree of poor self control that would predict continued recalcitrant behavior. <br/>Regardless of any theories to explain obesity, the actual behavior of eating is the final common pathway for all. If one is unable or unwilling to excercise a little conscious control over their reflexive primitive and animalistic behavior then there will be no success for weight loss. I don’t know, how many people do go on a binge before quitting smoking? It doesn’t seem like this is the most productive way to initiate a new and permanant lifestyle change. The very act of binging in any manner suggests a degree of poor self control that would predict continued recalcitrant behavior.
Regardless of any theories to explain obesity, the actual behavior of eating is the final common pathway for all. If one is unable or unwilling to excercise a little conscious control over their reflexive primitive and animalistic behavior then there will be no success for weight loss.

]]> By: gastricman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67202 gastricman Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67202 Is this man's behavior as he approaches <a HREF="http://gastricbypassfacts.info" REL="nofollow">gastric bypass</a> surgery really any different many people's behavior?<br/><br/>How many people, for example, who are contemplating quitting smoking go on a smoking binge before they quit? Is this man’s behavior as he approaches gastric bypass surgery really any different many people’s behavior?

How many people, for example, who are contemplating quitting smoking go on a smoking binge before they quit?

]]> By: Okulus http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67167 Okulus Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67167 I agree, poor prognosis due to poor motivation. This man doesn't want to change the habits that made him obese in the first place. He doesn't want to be a meaningful participant in his own effort to lose weight and become healthier; he wants someone else to do that for him. No insight at all. He is behaving as if his surgeon is a magician.<br/><br/>And I agree, if this fails, he will probably blame someone else for his failure.<br/><br/>Really, he is a poor surgical candidate. I agree, poor prognosis due to poor motivation. This man doesn’t want to change the habits that made him obese in the first place. He doesn’t want to be a meaningful participant in his own effort to lose weight and become healthier; he wants someone else to do that for him. No insight at all. He is behaving as if his surgeon is a magician.

And I agree, if this fails, he will probably blame someone else for his failure.

Really, he is a poor surgical candidate.

]]> By: Diana http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67161 Diana Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67161 I hope the surgery works out for him. Doesn't seem likely if this is his mindset, but I do wish him well. I hope the surgery works out for him. Doesn’t seem likely if this is his mindset, but I do wish him well.

]]> By: Gasman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67159 Gasman Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67159 Amazing how low someone will stoop for their 15 minutes of fame. Sure, he may be slovenly glutton, but geez man, have some self respect. <br/>The overweight folk who are at least trying should be all over this porker who is seriously damaging the idea of obesity as a medical disease vs merely bad behavior gone wild. Amazing how low someone will stoop for their 15 minutes of fame. Sure, he may be slovenly glutton, but geez man, have some self respect.
The overweight folk who are at least trying should be all over this porker who is seriously damaging the idea of obesity as a medical disease vs merely bad behavior gone wild.

]]> By: Jon Mikel M.D. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67158 Jon Mikel M.D. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67158 Bad prognosis! And... who will operate him? I'll never operate this dumb,<br/><br/>He should see a psychiatrist.<br/><br/>Bariatric management shold be multidisciplinary. When first evaluating this kind of patients, a psychologist or psychiatrist will reject this patient as a candidate. Bad prognosis! And… who will operate him? I’ll never operate this dumb,

He should see a psychiatrist.

Bariatric management shold be multidisciplinary. When first evaluating this kind of patients, a psychologist or psychiatrist will reject this patient as a candidate.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67154 Anonymous Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67154 "Its a glandular problem."<br/><br/>Hah! No it is not. The problem is that these fat beasts have no self control and cram their pieholes with every manner of beastfood that they can find. Mothers... Keep you children away from these beasts lest you find your child crammed into their gullets “Its a glandular problem.”

Hah! No it is not. The problem is that these fat beasts have no self control and cram their pieholes with every manner of beastfood that they can find. Mothers… Keep you children away from these beasts lest you find your child crammed into their gullets

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67153 Anonymous Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67153 What a sick beast! What a sick beast!

]]> By: M. Dyspnea http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67151 M. Dyspnea Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67151 I wonder if the complications he's inviting were explained to him in all their appropriate horror. A slideshow, perhaps. I wonder if the complications he’s inviting were explained to him in all their appropriate horror. A slideshow, perhaps.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/09/food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html/comment-page-1#comment-67150 Anonymous Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/09/a-food-binge-prior-to-gastric-bypass.html#comment-67150 "I think I'’m going to miss the buffets the most," he added. "I always got my money'’s worth on the buffets."<br/><br/>I wonder if he'll feel he got "his money's worth" from the operation after his wounds dehisce at the local buffet a week post-op. “I think I’’m going to miss the buffets the most,” he added. “I always got my money’’s worth on the buffets.”

I wonder if he’ll feel he got “his money’s worth” from the operation after his wounds dehisce at the local buffet a week post-op.

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