Comments on: Gastric Bypass Surgery/ Lapband.

By: J B

J B — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Since you do not have a lifetime of obesity, you need to make an appointment with a dietitian for counseling on food selection. Then, you need to make an appointment for a consultation with a personal trainer for exercises that WILL help you lose weight. Both of these will cost much, much less than either of these surgeries and without the complications that come with these. You need to try a more natural approach to your weight loss right now because, if you would have complications from either of these surgeries, you will be unable to care for your children while you deal with the sometimes severe complications. Being overweight is no fun for anyone and effects every aspect of their lives but you need to take a more conservative approach right now because you have small children who rely on you and you can’t afford to be down sick in bed from complications. And, right now you do not meet the criteria for either surgery because you are not #100 pounds overweight.

By: D W

D W — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

These surgeries are very expensive. I would recommending finding a really good personal trainer, which will possibly be very expensive. The way to lose weight is to eat right and exercise. I know that this is by far easier said than done; however, the aforementioned surgeries are not teaching you lifestyle changes, they are altering your body prohibiting you from eating too many calories. If you do not change your eating habits you can stretch out your stomach and the surgery would be useless. I would recommend the trainer route. If they are good, they will monitor your eating, give you suggestions on what to change up in your diet to make it interesting and overcome plateaus and they will also ensure that you exercising effectively and safely. I know the surgery seems like a good last resort, but to get the desired changes you will have to change your diet. You will loose lots of weight, but some of that weight will be needed muscle. The only way to get a great looking healthy body, is to diet and exercise, so I would recommend using a professional in that field rather than surgery.

By: koogy

koogy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sadly, you would not meet the criteria for gastric bypass because generally you must have a BMI of 40 or more (morbidly obese) or a BMI of 35 or more with significant co-morbid conditions such as diabetes or sleep apnea. Even for the lapband, your BMI usually has to be 35 or more. Bariatric surgical procedures are meant for MORBIDLY obese people. Also, as another poster pointed out, you don’t have a very long history of being obese. You really should try the diet and exercise route. Weight loss surgical procedures – including the lap band – are considered permanent and irreversible. In other words, you can’t get the band, lose weight then have it removed. No reputable surgeon would do that. The whole idea behind the surgical procedures is that they are coupled with people learning – some for the first time in their lives – how to eat properly and exercise to be healthy, with the added benefit that they lose a lot of weight pretty quickly.

Really, the book for you to find and read is “Am I Hungry. What to do when diets don’t work.” by Dr. Michelle May. She noticed that she was putting on weight, despite having a busy life as a wife, mother and physician. But, her family was not fat, so she set out to figure out why she was the one putting on weight. With two little ones, a job, and a marriage, I think you fit her profile quite well. She did figure it out – and it’s not a miracle treatment or special foods or any hard to follow diet. I read her book AFTER I had had gastric bypass surgery and had lost weight (although not the amount I wanted to) and I found it very, very helpful. It’s very common sense, down to earth and it works.