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Incidentally, on surgery - just the other day I met someone who'd lost 170 lbs through surgery and kept it off for 4+ years (which is the hardest part). For her, it was what worked.

Not everyone is the same. Not every diet works for everyone, and surgery doesn't work for a lot of people - they regain, or they have side effects. But it does work for some, and I certainly don't judge anyone for doing anything they can to try and get themselves out of that hole.

Atkins was great for me - I lost all my weight, my girlfriend, who wasn't big or anything, lost some weight and looks great, one of my friends lost 50-60 lbs, etc. I'm a whirlwind of self-improvement. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I've also sold like 10 kettlebells for those sonsabitches through my recommending them to friends...I should get an affiliate kickback. Or at least a second bell on the house. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

-bb.