New low for this once great nation

[cheets64]

A man who weighs 20 stone is piling on the pounds because he is not fat enough to qualify for weight-loss surgery.

Darin McCloud was told he did not meet the criteria for an operation for a gastric bypass on the NHS.

The 45-year-old, from Portsmouth, now plans to go on a get-fat-quick diet to tip the scales at more than 21 stone - the weight deemed necessary by his local NHS primary care trust.

He says he is eating three-quarters of a loaf of bread, four packets of crisps and bacon rolls each day.

Mr McCloud, who has diabetes, believes the operation will mean he can come off the insulin treatment for the condition.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/St...sHisWayToWeight-LossOp&lpos=searchresults

So he can put weight ON but cannot lose it without help from a gastric band!

Words cannot describe what I am thinking. Always blaming someone else.

Reminds me of King-Size Homer

 

[meghatronic]

I read this. He doesn't need a gastric band. Not at 20 stone. I'm not far off that and am losing my weight the old fashioned way.

 

[Waza]

He needs a slap in the face and stop being so stupid.... How hard is it for him to say no to food.

 

[Andr3w]

Oh god, what a waste of space he is

 

[Draeger]

He needs a kick up the backside.

 

[scorza]

Isn't this what "sectioning" is for? To stop mental people from hurting themselves?

 

[The Halk]

If you get past what the guy is like....

He won't lose the weight without drastic surgery.
Surgery will be cheaper for us.
We can't just let him die.
It costs a fortune to treat his diabetes and assorted other ailments.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Aye, read this this morning. Utterly pathetic, the lazy tool.

 

[Gaygle]

Oh god, what a big waste of space he is

Fixed!

 

[Alpherah]

I read this. He doesn't need a gastric band. Not at 20 stone. I'm not far off that and am losing my weight the old fashioned way.

I agree, after minor opp i ended up at around the 20 stone mark and didnt feel like it made day to day life difficult to do. Just going back to my old lifestyle as soon as i was able to ended up dropping down to 14 stone after 2 years without any additional diet/exercise then before the operation.

 

[Cosimo]

He'll probably die of a heart attack trying to gain the weight.

 

[meghatronic]

I agree, after minor opp i ended up at around the 20 stone mark and didnt feel like it made day to day life difficult to do. Just going back to my old lifestyle as soon as i was able to ended up dropping down to 14 stone after 2 years without any additional diet/exercise then before the operation.

Exactly. I feel sorry for the guy, but the NHS-bashing is a bit of a straw-man. He needs to stop eating, or, if he is already eating healthily disproportionately increase his exercise.

 

[MikeHiow]

I see it the other way - that it is ridiculous that he is forced to eat like an idiot to gain 1 stone for the operation he needs to lose weight.

The Health Authority should have let him have it.

 

[Danthus]

He needs a kick up the backside.

Just strap the remote control to a rat and let him chase it.

 

[Doonhamer]

He won't lose the weight without drastic surgery.

From the limited info in the article that sounds to purely down to his own mindset rather than anything else though. I find it hard to believe somebody in the NHS hasn't tried to help him out with his diet or point him in the direction of help for it. He just sounds like a weak man looking for the easy way out.

 

[meghatronic]

I see it the other way - that it is ridiculous that he is forced to eat like an idiot to gain 1 stone for the operation he needs to lose weight.

The Health Authority should have let him have it.

But he doesn't need it. Besides, gaining 1 stone would most likely not put him in the threshold as you need to loose an initial % of weight first, to demonstrate will power, before they will operate.

 

[Participant]

I read this. He doesn't need a gastric band. Not at 20 stone. I'm not far off that and am losing my weight the old fashioned way.

That'll be why you never burp in public .

You said in the other thread you had class .

 

[MikeHiow]

But he doesn't need it. Besides, gaining 1 stone would most likely not put him in the threshold as you need to loose an initial % of weight first, to demonstrate will power, before they will operate.

How do you know he doesn't need it? How do you know that he hasn't done all he can physically and mentally manage to try and lose weight?

You're managing it ok, that is good for you, and you deserve a medal, but everyone is different.

 

[tom_e]

I see it the other way - that it is ridiculous that he is forced to eat like an idiot to gain 1 stone for the operation he needs to lose weight.

The Health Authority should have let him have it.

Don't make me laugh hes only 20st, hes looking for a supposedly quick fix. Less eating more moving would bring his weight down in a healthy and controlled manner.

 

[cheets64]

I see it the other way - that it is ridiculous that he is forced to eat like an idiot to gain 1 stone for the operation he needs to lose weight.

The Health Authority should have let him have it.

He is putting his on health and mental state into question just so the NHS can make his stomach tiny. The NHS should weight till he gets to 21 stone the section him and make him lose weight in a mental institution.

And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.

It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.

That's how winning is done!