Oh, I know it's not a magic pill, Mum has had a band for almost 10 years now. She lost 30 kilos, and then brought it back with friends. She admits she finds ways around the band so she can still eat. When people say it's a magic pill, I always think of people who say a csection is the easy way out - major surgery is never the easy way out, lol!

As things stand right now, nothing definitely makes me lose weight long term. Exercise and very careful eating get me to a point - like a 7 kilo loss - and then my body gets used to it and gains it all back. I want WLS as a kickstart. The surgeon I saw said that once you've been morbidly obese for a while, your body gets used to it, and WLS is a big shock to the system that forces it to do what it's supposed to. I don't view it as a magic fix at all, rather as another person in my corner, y'know?

Also, went to the psych today, who said that if the pills haven't increased my appetite - they haven't, I kept a food diary because I was warned about it - then they wouldn't have made me gain weight. Gotta go to the GP anyway, so I'll bring it up there. Feeling better about myself today, thankfully, thanks mostly to you guys