Basically Emma is a piece of work she has been on my radar well before she did wls which immediately set me on her case. Even at this early stage she is not a good advert for wls. I know I hear it I know posters here think you can do it yourself you need the right mindset get therapy etc. I hear you I support you but then there is the idiot like me. Believe me I did it all. I have been very open about what wls and the subsequent skin removal has meant to me and what it cost me. What I haven't said anything about are the years when I "tried" to loose weight (often was successful big time wait a while and its all back on and more beside) the degradation from being a point of derision, the money I did spent on therapy and the suicidal state I got into. I know people don't understand how can you let yourself get there (35 stones) the fact that you just cannot understand it yourself so how on earth can you explain it?. The fact that you are a very intelligent woman (2 x PhDs), hold down a mega job - yes Emma actually earning 6 figures+++ so no not turnover but real income and still you are super morbidly obese and still gaining weight.
How on gods earth can you explain that? That was my reality. I lived it at 35 stones for almost 8 years, years in which my career continued to develop and grow. This may be TMI but there came a day when I could not wipe my bum. I had to go lie on the bed and do various measures to deal with it. My shame was total. It was Xmas 2006. Come 1.1.2007 as usual I decided to diet. By 31.1.2007 I had lost 5 lbs. The plus I had not given up. Yes I hear you, you can loose XYZ in a week but I had gone a month and despite obviously not doing it too well after 30 days I ended up having actually still having lost something. I gradually built on that and by the end of 2007 I has lost 82lbs. I had paid for a course of therapy I truly believed i had kicked myself into gear I was ecstatic this was it, this time I was going to get the flab gone. Fast forward to 31.10.2008 and i had lost only 12lbs more I felt myself being pulled back to previous habits, I increased my therapy sessions. I tried. Then I started to regain weight. My heart broke. I went to see a wls surgeon just to see how it went. He was the "Fat Doctor" from the TV as I was too ashamed to ask for a referral from anyone. He was lovely if expensive and he understood i didn't want surgery then but something he said resonated "if you get your weight under control let me now I will celebrate with you, if you don't then I will do your surgery". I struggled on for 3 months and gained back 2 stones. The rest is history I had my surgery at Chichester in April 2009.
Did I have therapy after wls? No I didn't it wasn't offered it is now a key part of the surgery process - allegedly. Why didn't I? Well its probably because I was brought up in a very money aware household. Never ever to waste money. So spending £13,500 for the surgery it didn't matter I was never going to waste it. I honestly believe it was my parents drilling into me the fact that you should never waste money that did it for me. But honestly I don't know.
Laid my life bare. For those of you that feel wls is the devils work and you can do it yourself and loose faster than Emma is doing. That is great i applaud you. Is Emma doing OK? Well as per my own post wls weight loss she not doing bad. Just because you have wls doesn't mean you are going to loose 10lbs a week. This is already turning into an essay so I won't say more. Is she doing great with her diet? No she isn't. BUT she paid her money and is making her choices. Strangely as a money blogger she doesn't appear to be making the most of her large spend. That is up to her. For me the money turned out to be key, I spent a further £36,000 on skin removal. She is yet to face the trauma of loose skin. I hope she doesn't piss her wls up the wall which many do. Its not looking good at the moment lets see.
Tale as old as time, couple eat like swine 
