Would you rather lose weight by diet and exercise or by surgery?

Take my word for it. The only correct and healthy way to lose weight is to do just what you're doing, exercise and eat right. Not diet but eat right. Weight Watchers is a little off with it's idea about diet but close enough and quite helpful. The key to losing weight, keeping it off while creating a healthier body is through some form of strength training (not bodybuilding), light weight muscle toning, cardio and proper eating habits. Notice I didn't say diet. I really hate to say it but to put it bluntly. Anyone who wants to take the weight off via surgery is simply lazy. They will regret it in the long run. You're absolutely correct. If someone does just the simplest of exercises and just moves around to raise their heart rate and break a sweat, that's a start. If they did just that, they'd come to the realization of how much better they feel. Good luck with your program. Stay committed. ‹(°¿°)›

Losing weight through a prescribed set of regiments is better than having surgery done from the outset. Apart from the issue of bad habits partly putting you back in that very spot you were in before, it may still have some other ramifications. Change of habit is the key to breaking the addiction that an obese person may be suffering from. More often than not the reasons for overeating, lack of excercise and commitment is because of little to no selfworth, no confidence, a poor self image, and a substantial amount of psychological bagage that is becoming increasingly hard to shoulder. Since the person in question doesn't know how to deal with any or all of these factors they resort to short term 'solutions' that appear to be doing the trick but in fact end up making them feel worse and also aids in the deterioration of their health. After dealing with all these aspects, it is important to take on excercise this can be done while in the process of rediscovering oneself and working on shedding that excess bagage. Exercise is known to be a very effective measure in dealing with stress release. Once a person starts losing weight, he or she should not rush in to anything but patiently follow through untill their realistically set goal has been achieved, it is good to talk about these things with someone who is qualified to asess the matter properly like a nutritionist, a psychologist and ofcourse a physician all of which may aid you in achieving your goals. Not to forget any family, friends, acquaintences who could even be going through something similar or perhaps had something similar they had to struggle with in the past. When this process is in motion you will notice changes in your mood, your health your prospects, your creativity will be sparked and energy will be restored leaving you bursting with ideas leading you to set different goals for yourself and before you know it you'll be busy not with worrying but with doing positive and constructive things that make you happy. Remember achieving even a little of that goal you have invisioned is good because it is better than where you were before, it is good to move forward instead of being static. After all of this, if you need just a little help through corrective surgery that may compliment all the hard but oh so fullfilling work you have put in then surely you are entitled to that if your health allows it and the doctors find it feasable. Always remember the aim is health and happiness. To be content with who you are, rather than projecting who others might want you to be. People who do this will have more chance of getting an ok for surgery from a doctor, because he will be convinced that with such a healthy and positive attitude you will heal faster, be able to cope with things psychologically and keep yourself fit without the fear of falling back in to that same patron. A minor surgery is better than a huge traumatising one, so following these steps, and having patience is very important.

It doesn't matter what you have done surgically if you don't eat better and exercise.And any doctor in their right mind will tell their patient that.Walking is not the only form of exercise.It really doesn't matter what you do, just as long as you break a sweat at least once a day.

I am overweight. I recently had a discussion about it as I found out I have sevreal health problems, being overweight is one of them. My sister is sending me all her Weight Watchers informations, I have cut out soda and started to walk daily. I would never put myself under the risk of surgery needlessly. I think surgery is only a last resort for anything. And only in extreme cases of weight loss. I also have a friend that has had lipo twice now. It really makes no sense to me, as she doesn't change her lifestyle and goes right back to where she was to begin with. Good luck with your weight loss !!

As far as i am concerned you are going about it the right way and the healthy way and i commend you. I have been eating right and exercising myself and it is the only way. The reason why your friend cant walk is because they are not healthy enough to do so. Liposuckion and stomack staples are lazy ways out and are not healthy i thought they only did that for people that are grossly over weight for bad health reasons it should never be a form of weight loss for just anyone. I am proud of you dear keep it up. You will feel so much better i have lost 45 so far and feeling great.

Wow, Okay I don't want to sound rude, but they just sound like they are lazy and want the easy way out. If your over you, you have bad eating habbits, so by working out and eating properly, that helps and you learn but if you just go get surgery, you'll go right back into the bad eating habits, and just gain all the weight back. So in the long run, it's better to do it by eating right and working out.

Exercise is the only way I have had a few friends do lipo and the gastric bypass but they didn't exercise or change their eating habits so they gained back a lot of the weight. So the surgeries where a waste of money. You need to change your whole lifestyle and exercise

I would rather lose the weight with diet and exercise. If this person doesn't do anything now or eat right then theyare just going to end up with all their weight back on because they will not change. So they will end up getting lipo again and again because if they are not willing to change it is useless and stupid.

I would rather lose weight by exercise and diet. For a start you'll end up healthier if done correctly and also going under the knife to lose those pounds is just such a risk, and does nothing to resolve the problem in the long term

Lose the weight by diet and exercise, definately!! I've lost over 50 lbs. this way. I don't count points or calories. I just try to eat as much natural whole foods as possible. And I make most our meals from scratch. Colas are very rare and sweet tea, as well. This has helped with my headaches and pms as well! Congratulations on losing weight! It will be well worth it in the long run.

I'd rather lose weight through exercise and eating right. No weird silly diet, just change my eating habits. As for having surgery to loose weight, I would never want to do that. I never understood why some people are willing to go through that to begin with. :( Aren't there some bad side affects in having fat removed from the body this way (with surgery)?

I don't need to loose weight, but if I will decide to, I will prefer excercise than surgery, cos prevention is better than cure, I mean for doctors using sharp blades on my body, I prefer excercise, eventhough it is not easy. Thanks

I prefer to lose weight with diet and exercise. I think that working to lose weight means more to a person then to just get a quick fix. Surgery isn't going to solve all of their problems. They will still ned to diet and exercise as well if they want to keep the weight off.

The healthiest way to lose weight is through diet and exercise. However, many obese people have been unsuccessful and they are most appropriately candidates for lapband or gastric bypass surgery. Any reputable doctor will not take anyone under a certain weight for this surgery and candidates must lose a certain amount of weight first (especially very obese people) before a doctor will perform the surgery. Also, most programs require therapy before and afterwards as weight loss is dramatic and sometimes traumatic for the patients. Surgery is by no means a cure. People can gain the weight back if they don't follow a healthy diet.

i would rather diet and exercise. i dont agree with surgery. im also trying to lose weight, but really only by dieting because lately been to busy to exercise( i guess running around after kids at work is a form of exervise) but it doesnt seem to be doing much lol.

diet and exercise are still the best to lose weight. since your friends can afford liposuction, let them do that. but they should realise that if they don't change their eating habits and lifestyles, they will regain back all the fats they had taken out, and worse, much more fats will accumulate. at this time, i am dieting 'cause i am overweight ( in fact, i'm in Obese I classification.). I am a rice-eating person, so I minimize my rice intake. Wheat bread in the morning. I eat fruits,too. No softdrinks, no artificial juices. I will exercise after my menstruation (upon advise by my doctor)because I am still recovering from D&C. I will do walking, no strenuous exercises allowed yet.

i would choose to exercise and loose weight rather than to go for surgery which might result in long term side-effects and short term weight loss!!!LOL...cause ive seen and heard that people who loose weight by surgery gain weight again due to the same daily diet and routine. i think the right amount of exercise and diet can help one loose weight. i love going for long walks,cycling and swimming!!

I'd rather lose weight by exercising because when we exercise there are many advantages like you will be able to stretch your muscles,there are many advantages,but when you lose weight by diet then your metabolism will slower and you lose some nutrients needed by your body.And we undergo surgery,the result of it is just for a mean time if you will not maintain it and it is very expensive.I better exercise that dieting and undergoing surgery.

I do exercise too almost everyday. After office I set my mood into strecthing and doing a few push ups until I sweat. And I alwasy take brisk walking with my bf, that is another form of exercise.I keep my body fit and that makes me feel good. Exercise is indeed the safest and priceless way to lose weight. But I have nothing against to those who have udnergone or will be going surgery such as liposuction to remove that excess fats in their body. As long as they have the finances to support that luxury, that is indeed very fine.

I prefer to lose weight by diet and exercise than having any kind of operation. Surely it will take time before I can reach my weight goal but I believe it's much safer than liposuction. You'll never know the side effect someday. Having diet is sacrificing a lot of food that I used to eat before. It's really hard, but I'm determined to do it. All I need is to control myself and have some encouragement. Besides it's much cheaper.