Fern!! Why

[gillian w]

Im disappointed that we find out that Fern Britton has actually had a gastric band and her weight loss has not been at all due to healthy eating and exercise, which we have been led to believe along with the other presenter on This Morning who also has been fooling everyone with a diet diary column in a mag that has also not mentioned she has had a gastric band.

I don't understand why either of them have tried to fool us especially Fern who is now obvioulsy going to have to come clean on the tv on Monday.
I dont think anyone thinks any the less of anyone resorting to a gastric band nowadays.Weight loss is very hard and if thats what you have to do to stay a healthy weight then thats fine,but dont try and fool anyone into thinking you have done it by just sheer willpower.

 

[hippy-chick]

perhaps she had an exercise video contract lined up!!!

 

[gillian w]

Do you know what if thats true my faith in human nature has declined further because i always thought she was a Diamond.

 

[hippy-chick]

Do you know what if thats true my faith in human nature has declined further because i always thought she was a Diamond.

like Anne Diamond, who also had a gastric band and then went on celebrity fat club?

 

[gillian w]

:lol: oh yes she did didn't she, but FERN i loved her.

 

[hayls]

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo, I love Fern!!!! Why has she done this????? I guess she has struggled with her weight for so long, maybe she was too embarassed to say about the gastirc band?!

She shouldve just said, I still love her though!

 

[naturalnails]

I dont actually see what the big deal is here. The way I understand the gastric band is that you still have to physically limit the amount of food which goes in your mouth or you have some severe consequences.

She still has lost the weight through her own determination - this magical band is not a miracle which allows you to eat everything in sight.

Sorry guys I think you are being a bit harsh to this poor woman - you loved her before so why should that change, you should be proud of her for what she has achieved, by whatever means.

If I had her money I would be signed up for the same as her!

 

[gillian w]

Because exactly as you have said it is no big deal she has had help, but both her and Alison Hammond were only saying that they were eating healthily and exercising, maybe not telling lies but certainly being limited with the truth.
As a person that has always been upfront i just dont know why she couldnt have just admitted she had it.

 

[Karren]

im with you gillian

i love fern and im happy shes happy and looks and feels fantastic ... i was also under the impression that it was down to exercise and diet - thats what the interviews in mags have also said ... no mention of any bands or other ways ... you know what who really cares how there's no shame maybe she didnt want to advocate the band as like most things there are risks and i guess people see the transformation and think its an easier way ? ... though i am dissapointed (maybe not quite the right word) like you that we (the public) seem to have been mislead slightly by whoever .. but hey thats celeb life i guess !

kx

Because exactly as you have said it is no big deal she has had help, but both her and Alison Hammond were only saying that they were eating healthily and exercising, maybe not telling lies but certainly being limited with the truth.
As a person that has always been upfront i just dont know why she couldnt have just admitted she had it.

 

[Martigirl]

I am disappointed too.

Absolutely NOT disappointed that this is the method she chose, because as Gillian says whatever works to get healthy is great.

Just that more and more people think the great british public is so gullible that they can be lied to by all and sundry and we will fall for it hook line and sinker.

As an honest person I am sick of being lied to I really don't know why it continually happens.

:irked::irked::irked:

 

[suzie49]

Well I guess when your in the public eye, you are always best to say what you have had done, cause if you try to hide it you know it will get found out. I only knew she had when I read this thread, and as you said it doesnt really matter, and she really has taken the hardest option. Gastric bands not the easiest thing to live with.

And can you imagine what it must be like married to a chef, all that lovely food...mmm

 

[gillian w]

I am struggling with my weight and i have been thinking ooh Fern you can do it i can do it i just need to eat smaller portions (thats what she said now thats OBVIOUS because she wouldn't be able to be doing anything else) and get on my bike and down the gym.

Now i shall still be trying to do things this way because im not so big i need a gastric band and also havent the money to get one but if i did get one i wouldnt be telling my friends that i was losing weight because i had a healthy new eating plan and was exercising i would be telling them unfortunately i am like most people and found it incredibly hard to lose weight and had to get some extra help.

She is now going to have to do that anyway and if she was thinking of doing a dvd then i think that can be shelved right away.

I know celebrities are what they are and we don't actually ever know them but some you do feel you can trust and will tell things as they are i thought she was one and i think Lorraine Kelly is another.

You so often with these fitness dvds find eventually that although the celebs on them advocate healthy eating and exercise the reality has been almost starvation and boot camp for the entirety of the filming and are really totally unrealistic ways for anyone to keep weight off.

 

['chelle]

I dont actually see what the big deal is here. The way I understand the gastric band is that you still have to physically limit the amount of food which goes in your mouth or you have some severe consequences.

She still has lost the weight through her own determination - this magical band is not a miracle which allows you to eat everything in sight.

Sorry guys I think you are being a bit harsh to this poor woman - you loved her before so why should that change, you should be proud of her for what she has achieved, by whatever means.

If I had her money I would be signed up for the same as her!

I disagree. The gastric band physicaly limits the amount of food you can eat, so even if you want to stuff your face, you physically cannot do it, and in the long run you will lose weight.

I think its shameful that celebs dont lead by example. You cant go on t.v and tell everyone that this is what you can acheive with willpower and a healthy lifestyle when in fact you have not done that yourself. When it inveitably (as in this case) is revealed that the celeb has gone under the knife to lose weight, it sends a powerful message to the general public. How many people now will be thinking "Well Anne Diamond did it, Fern did it, so perhaps its not such a big deal", and will be considering this for themselves as an alternative to dieting, not as a last resort when dieting really hasnt worked for them.

 

[Hope]

I too feel disappointed by Fern, and as Gillian said I have been struggling to loose weight and seeing Fern has been a real inspiration. My Mum and I over the last 6 months have lost nearly 8 stone between us, and the amount of times she has phoned me up to say she has read that Fern said this is a good way of doing this, or that. Fern eats Rivita for breakfast etc etc so to hear that it is all a lie IMO is disappointing.

Like others have said, (stupid as this may sound, as we don't know the woman from Adam) I had always thought of her as being a 'what you see is what you get' kind of woman, who told it as it is. I guess we were wrong......

 

[Missy G]

Excuse me if Ive missed out somewhere , but where did you actually hear this?I personally wouldnt believe it untill or if we hear it from her own mouth next week.

 

[gillian w]

It is in all the papers(not just the obvious) and the net that she herself has admitted she had surgery.

 

[tonilee]

Well I am with Fiona on this one...........the quote I read simply was fern stating she HAD had a gastric band fitted 2 years ago, she hadnt wanted to admit it as she was in the pulic eye and didnt want to be seen as advocating gastric band surgery.

She had it fitted 2 years ago, she has taken all that time to loose weight, she is eating more healthily as she has been saying on tv, and lets not forget her fitness levels after she trained and took part in a 250 MILE bike ride!!!!!!

She is clearly doing all the right things, so she had a little extra help, give the woman a break she looks brilliant and its taken her 2 years!!! I hasten to add not only did she have to face the agonising decision of going through with the surgery, but also face the facts that A) it might not work and B) the public who loved her might slate her!!!

I think she is a fabulous role model, cut her some slack and see the situation for what it is!!

 

[tonilee]

It is in all the papers(not just the obvious) and the net that she herself has admitted she had surgery.

Not meaning this personally gill but perhaps re read the quote at the bottom of your signiture and apply!!!:hug::green:

(*ducks and waits to be shouted at*!!!)

 

[Jen Smith]

Can you not get the band fitted on the Nat Health then if the person is morbidly obese which I think Fern was?

She does look fantastic now. Will she always have the band or once all the weight is lost, is it taken out? How does the weight stop falling off if not?

I would have thought having a chef for a husband would keep you slim not the other way around.. he should have been preparing lovely tempting healthier meals for the whole family. Fern's husband isn't over weight is he?

This is half my problem.. me having to think and prepare all the meals.. I wish I had a chef on hand to help with the meal planning.

 

[g5m_sh]

I thought she had been loosing weight!

I wouldn't mind a gastric band... I wanna look like my avatar! hehe...

Saying that i would still eat, i need my jaw wired... but i think then i would just blend it down and snort it through my nose.. (yak)

I wish i was naturally skinny!