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Gastric Bypass Surgery; Is It For You?
I have been shocked by many people who have had a gastric bypass or even lap band surgery. What amazed me the most about this group is not how much weight they were able to shed after the weight loss surgery but the way they abused their bodies after they became "used to" their new bodies. What I mean by this is that in order to have this surgery you are required to acknowledge that you understand that you have to alter your eating habits considerably. After the majority of these people lost 100 pounds or so, they started to do things they should not have been doing and this startled me tremendously. In an effort to grasp the entire weight loss thing I have interviewed not only patients and friends but also met with surgeons who performed the operation dozens of times. To encapsulate the gastric bypass procedure into this discussion, all we need to know is that a large portion of your stomach pouch is surgically removed and food bypasses part of the small intestine. The key here is that your stomach is reduced in size and this reduction means they cut it out and throw it away. There is no turning back once the procedure is completed. After you go through the procedure you begin a regimented liquid diet. As time goes on you start to eat solid foods again but now your stomach is smaller and you will eat less since your appetite has been reduced. You eat less and you lose weight and it really does happen and I have seen it happen again and again. I have seen huge people get their life back by losing hundreds of pounds. The sad portion of this saga is what most do not discuss openly. Weight Loss Disaster or Weight Loss Salvation? At the onset of weight loss surgery it sounds great that you will only eat 4 ounces of food or less at a sitting. The dream to lose the weight blinds one from the irreversible truth of what happens when you abuse the diet. This abuse comes from eating forbidden foods and consuming food quantities that push the reduced stomach capacity to the edge of safety. There is a defined list of what you can and cannot eat after you receive bypass surgery. One of the things you should never, ever eat again is carbonated beverages. The concept of no soda is simple because the stomach pouch is basically elastic and even though it is reduced in size through surgery, it retains its ability to expand and contract. When you drink carbonated liquids your smaller stomach pouch can expand too much and this can cause the staples to burst. One person interviewed even argued that by swirling the beverage in his mouth the risk is reduced because the carbonation dissipates. If you decide to have this procedure, do not plan on ever drinking soda again. I could write a two inch thick thesis of what has already been said about weightloss surgery and that is not the point I desire to get across to you here and now. What I want you to realize is that you will have to give up many of the foods you love because if you do not, your health is at risk. This is sort of a paradox because if you remain obese your health is also in doubt. So you must really research and educate yourself. One doctor eased the concerns of a patient in an auditorium by spouting the statistics of only one in a few hundred that died from the procedure. My only thought was what about that one person? Would he now think it was an acceptable risk? What about my friend who still eats popcorn and downs soda? He is assuming the risk is acceptable but I wonder how his life will play out. The risks are real and there are people at the end of all those statistics. Be careful when you research the options because it is a billion dollar business and you are the customer. There is a product to be sold and you are nothing more than a future statistic. Be careful. Shop around. Educate yourself. Become familiar with the facts. Above all do what is best for you based on how you will be able to stick to the diet mandated by a gastric bypass. Be careful because how you react to the diet change will determine where you fall on the chart of statistics. I bet you never really thought of yourself as a statistic?
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Weight loss for those who have failed
www.IChooseThin.com
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