I watch ALL of them. I love them all.

I also watch tons of tacky reality TV shows.

While I don't think weight loss surgery solves everything, it certainly is useful for some people. But yes, I agree with the idea that it doesn't fix what is MENTALLY driving that person to over eat. And they can in fact stretch their stomach and end up extremely obese again. All too often they have this false sense of security... that they will never get fat again... which is wrong.

One show that I have been watching is Ruby. Look it up, it's on the WE (www.wetv.com) channel. Really great show. It's a lady who is extremely obese (just got down to 390 pounds on the show), who has employed a team of people to help her lose weight. She has a psychiatrist, a personal trainer, a nutritionalist and a Dr. She is learning why she over eats and is using a team to support her through the weight loss.

I love watching the Biggest Loser, but it kind of sets the normal person at home up for failure. Meaning... they see these people on TV losing 5-10-15 pounds in a week. When the person at home doesn't lose weight like that (and they won't)... then they probably get discouraged. The people on that show are at a "camp" and workout for HOURS each day. The show doesn't emphasize this enough, in my opinion.

So I watch ALL the shows. I like see both sides of the coin.

I also think as a society we can't turn a blind eye to what is going on out there. Some day, we will have lowered mortality rate, because we are killing ourselves with food. That day is soon. When you have teenagers who are 400 pounds (plus), that day has come. Very sad stuff.