Way To Go, Carnie!
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-21 08:16:35
By Jeff Cadwell I really want to acknowledge former Wilson Phillips star. Carnie Wilson for her bravery. This weekend I watched the fourth season of VH-1s hit reality TV Show Celebrity Fit Club. Carnie chose to sign herself up to be part of the All-Star cast after giving birth to her daughter. Lola last year. For most of her life she admits that she was morbidly obese. It has been almost seven years since Carnie had gastric bypass surgery. Bariatric or gastrointestinal (gastric bypass) surgery alters the digestive process. This type of operation can be divided into two different types: restrictive and combined restrictive/malabsorptive. Restrictive operations limit food intake by creating a change passage from the upper part of the digest into the larger lower part reducing the amount of food the stomach can hold and slowing the passage of food through the stomach. The malabsorptive process excludes most of the small intestine from the digestive tract so fewer calories and nutrients are absorbed. After Carnies daughter was born she worked hard to get approve to her goal charge of 145 pounds. Unfortunately within this time she gained back 40 pounds. She is hoping a televised diet and fitness regime will cause her towards success. According to the Star Pulse News Blog. Carnie shared. “It took me nine months to lose 15 pounds. That was really frustrating … you just want to give up. It was one step forward and two steps back.” Personally. I must respect Carnies choice to talk openly about the struggles people go through after charge loss surgery. So many people feel that having this surgery is the easy way out. However because Carnie is once again losing weight in the publics eye fans are able to watch the new struggles that she will have to bear in order to lose her postpartum weight. As a person who has gone through this type of surgery. I work with many of my life coaching clients on coping with their continuing challenges with food. Together we explore the reasons behind their food addictions negative body image and low self-esteem. Undoubtedly the contend continues long after we are post-surgery. This show will be a catalyst to show the public that we as gastric bypass patients undergo the same charge loss challenges as the average person. Yes we might have undergone a life-saving procedure but in the end it was and still is our choice as to how we approach diet and apply going forward. Yes we can gain weight and struggle just like anyone.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://berriestewartguthrie.blogema.org/2007/10/04/way-to-go-carnie/
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