So Herald Sun posted an article about 2005 winner of Australian Idol - Kate DeAraugo losing weight. BUT apparently it was controversial :/ ...
Thinking she must of developed an eating disorder - okay that's a little bit of a low blow but I honestly couldn't think of anything else.
I wasn't expecting her controversial weight loss to be GASTRIC SLEEVE!!!! Gastric Sleeve is the step UP from banding - they remove 80% of your stomach and you're left with a permanent smaller stomach.
Here is the link to the story - Kate DeAraugo Weight Loss
Coming from a fellow WLS patient I was so happy for her - it's not easy bringing it out in the open how you lost weight if this was your option. Because it CAN cause a bit of an attack on us. Comments on the Herald Sun Facebook page with this article were quite horrible to read. Being a mum I have copped it - I didn't breastfeed I was a bad mother because I didn't try harder, I used disposable nappies (HELL SHOOT ME NOW), I rocked to sleep, I snuggled then when they should of been in bed... BUT I had no idea I would continue to get criticism for the way I CHOSE to lose weight...
Apparently people like myself are LAZY for choosing this option and we don't work hard enough. Excuse the language coming up. BUT FUCK YOU FUCKTARDS!!! I work pretty damn hard with my band for it to work at it's best. It's my TOOL it's not something I can get and go out and continue to eat the way I did before. I no longer can eat KFC or Maccas, and if I do it's generally the healthier option and less off it. I also didn't get FAT from sitting in front of the telly for hours on end eating crap food. I still ate my salads and a lot healthier than my bean pole husband. My issues with weight were more to do with the medication I was on for depression. It's a very taboo issue anti depressants but for me they made me retain a lot of fluid and weight. What I did eat, healthy or not would stay there. I exercised at one stage going 4-5 days a week and was putting ON weight. I was more depressed than ever because I was doing ALL the right things BUT I was gaining. So I gave up and that's when the bad eating started.
People who assume I have it easy with my band have never obviously spent a day NOT eating due to not being hungry, had a previous blockage so you need to rest the stomach for a little, vomiting, shoulder tip pain when you have too much gas in the stomach, just WANTING a quick meal because you need to head out... There have been days I haven't eaten lunch because I was in a rush between things (like kinder and school work), days like those would be lovely to be able to make up a quick sandwich on the run but I can't - yes a lot comes down to time management BUT I also take up to 45mins to eat ONE MEAL. Surgeon told me to stop at 20, and generally I do but depending on the meal I give myself a little longer. I also can't have a nice glass of wine with my pasta. I can't drink and eat at the same time! If I do... hello blockage.
To anyone who thinks that I have done this to make it EASY walk a freaking month in my shoes! It's not easy and at times I hate myself for having the damn surgery. Being a woman also fucks with your band as you come into different parts of your cycle. During ovulation I still crave chocolate and I bloat like HELL to the point I can only eat MUSH food. Funnily enough when I get my period I am not too bad but I chug a lot more water.
I am sure those that read this don't think I took the easy option - but I am sure there are quite a few who do. And you know what I don't care if you think I have taken the easy option. Live your life where you LOVE TO JUDGE others for THEIR choices. Just be lucky that YOU could do it on your own, and be thankful that I would NEVER judge YOU for your choices.
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