Does weight loss surgery work for some people?

Yes.

Does it work for everyone?

No.

When someone gets weight loss surgery, most of the time it’s because they think the surgery is their last hope for losing weight.

(It doesn’t speak highly of our medical system that a mutilating surgery is recommended over real food, water, and sleep, but that’s a different topic for a different day.)

Some hope it will eliminate their cravings for junk food.

Some hope it will force them to eat less, so they can’t keep overeating.

All hope it will be the thing that finally saves them from a life of obesity.

But here’s what you’ve gotta understand.

Surgically altering your digestive system won’t make you stop craving junk food. That’s not how weight loss surgery works.

It’ll force you to eat less, yes, but if you keep eating garbage food, even eating less won’t help you.

As for saving you from a life of obesity, it might and it might not. It’s what you do AFTER the surgery, not the surgery itself.

If you don’t make a permanent lifestyle change after the surgery, weight loss surgery won’t work for you long-term, even if you initially drop weight (which most people do).

The solution to long-term success with weight loss surgery is the same as without it: eat real food your body can get nutrients from, drink water, and sleep.

If you got weight loss surgery (or decide to get it), you’ll also have to deal with with the consequences of not being able to properly absorb nutrients from your food, or being able to eat enough to properly nourish yourself.

If you don’t get weight loss surgery, you can avoid that lifelong consequence and skip straight to the real food, water, and asleep.

Bottom line: If weight loss surgery didn’t work for you, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you, or that you’re destined to be fat.

What it means is that weight loss surgery doesn’t address the root causes of why you’ve got a weight problem in the first place, and I’m not talking about “eating too much.” Food volume is important, but it’s only part of the equation.

What you’re eating, and WHY you’re eating too much, are also part of the root cause.

Get those figured out, and you can lose all the weight you want, with or without failed weight loss surgery.

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