Huh, I guess this was directed at me too. All I said in my original post was that it was a serious surgery and shouldn't be taken lightly (and that others, like myself, have been successful with diet and exercise). I've had abdominal surgery so I was trying to share my experience there. I'm not discounting that WLS has helped MANY people (like I said, I know someone who has gone through with it and has been very successful) but I also was concerned that the OP could be jumping into it too quickly, instead of trying other options first. I was definitely NOT saying just diet and exercise as if it was so easy and anybody could do it. But the OP really didn't provide much info in that regards so I was just pointing out that I've done it without surgery as have others and it might be something that she can do too.

If the poster would've have written something like I'm going through with WLS, can I have some support I would never jump in and criticize. I would assume that is between the OP and their doctor. However, the OP was debating what is best for her and so in that case it IS valid to say that others have done it without WLS. Now the OP might decide to eventually do surgery, I don't know what she'll decide, but I would hope that she would consider all her options first (as I would hope anyone would do before any major surgery, assuming they were capable of doing so).

Thank you!

Sure you can. When talking about liposuction, it doesn't mean that you don't need to exercise. It's just a beginning of your transformation.