Say What?!

When times are tough, and we seem to be discouraged about where we are physically, I can't get over some of the extremes that people go through to lose weight.

I'm not going to sit here & lie. There have been times in my battle with the bulge that I've thought, "I need to just get this all cut off." I've contemplated gastric by-pass, lap-band, and liposuction. I've dreamt of waking up one morning and seeing a flat tummy, an overnight effect of some lower body lift. Instant gratification. But, somehow....every time I think about going to an extreme to get quick results, I think of the pain. The healing time, the recovery, the muscle mass loss, and wonder..."would it really be worth it?"

I read something today that still has my head shaking in disbelief...a NEW tactic that some people are using as an aide to weight loss.

Are you ready for this? I hope you're sitting down:

According to an article posted September 21, 2009 in the Chicago Tribune, California cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nikolas Chugay has developed a wildly innovative weight loss tool. He’ll sew a postage stamp-sized mesh patch over your tongue, which makes eating food so excruciatingly painful that patients are forced to stick to a liquid diet. Ten whole patients have been crazy desperate brave enough to try it and some lost “as much as 20 pounds” a month after the surgery.

The weight, I'm sure, is sure to return the minute the patch is removed and the patient starts eating solid food again.

"I'd say the Chugay Tongue Patch is a daily reminder that just because your physician has an M.D. behind their name it doesn't mean they're bright," said obesity doctor Yoni Freedhoff, author of the Weighty Matters blog. "That a physician believes that 'doing no harm' involves promoting physical discomfort as the key to helping inspire long-term behavioral change in patients is truly depressing, both for his patients and for the profession."

I don't know about you, but nothing I've heard before tops this radical new weight loss "tool." In fact, it kind of makes exercise and salads sound appealing, no? For patients who can’t make it out to see Dr. Chugay, here's another solution to curb your rumbling tummy: Simply imagine that there is a mesh patch on your tongue. It's a total appetite killer!

What will they think of next? Thy-ning oth thor nowh...(man it's hard to speak with this patch on!)

Have an awesome day!

♥Fit~NOW~Girl♥