It's very complicated. For anyone who says weight loss surgery is the "easy way out," I would like to cut them. It's not easy at all - it's major surgery, and you learn what you can/cannot eat by throwing it up or having massive stomach cramps or worse. Thankfully, I'm being cautious enough that I haven't experienced any of those yet!

I don't know how you northerners do it. Do you just have lots of inside activities? Do you go outside anyway? I was about to get all "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" on people.