Gastric band/bypass....

TashTag

Out of pure Interest has anyone here had Bariatric surgery of any kind. Bypass/Band etc.
What would you/wouldn't you recommend, why/why not?

Keen to hear what you all have to say.

Thanks

ejdp254

If you go to groups and search for Bariatric it will show you existing groups. Hope this helps :flowerforyou:

jimshine

I came here to avoid that. The basic principle is it prevents you from eating too much food, restricting your intake, lower your calories, thus you lose weight. You can do the same thing by following what people here are doing. These surgeries are also not permanent. I know many people that pushed it and managed to enlarge their stomach, which allowed them to over eat and gain weight again. The true fix is to learn what your body needs and get into the habit of not going beyond that.

David_AUS

Hi Tash - far be it from me to dictate what is right or wrong for you. My (I will say limited as I am not an expert) research leads me to prompt these points for consideration:

1. Banding restricts the "tubes" which is supportive of eating slower which is supportive of weight loss. Note similarly just eating slower without the by-pass also helps your nervous system think you have consumed more foods. You are also likely to only eat what you enjoy in quantities that are supportive of maintaining healthy weight.

2. Surgery - is always a risk of infection or complications

3. Cheating the band - if you puree your foods you can still consume excess calories and not lose weight. If you drink sugar in coffee and fruit juices etc... in excess of daily caloric requirements (even ignoring insulin response) this is not supportive of weight loss.

4. Banding is not a quick fix and still means you need to modify your diet. There are no quick fixes banding will be more restrictive for your life style in the long term (is my opinion).

5. If you really feel compelled this is for you nothing anyone will say will change your mind. It may be the answer for you, but I would suggest giving other alternatives a go first - my opinion again - just monitor calories in vs. out (accurately) and be honest with yourself. I would also recommend restrict refined sugars.

Diet is the majority of the weight loss equation - I use the word diet as a noun not a verb - meaning that I do not "diet" but "these foods are part of my diet, what I eat"

yarwell

Google for follow up studies - after a few years I think the average is about half of the excess weight is lost. (Excess = start weight minus healthy weight). There's a big spread wither side of the average though.

AllieMarie2244

the trend in my office it seems is for all the women here to get this surgery
I know of one out of the 6 that has done really well on it
and that's because she took the diet seriously and also worked out and is currently still working out

the rest it seems they got it but have yet to take a walk somewhere or go to the gym
so naturally they drop a bunch of fat from their low calorie diet and end up with a bunch of skin and looking well... sick
they also have had numerous problems leading them to go back to the hospital for tests and repairs etc

from my understanding before the surgery they require you to start following the diet and lost about 50lbs
in my opinion if you lost 50lbs dieting like that why not continue it without the surgery? (assuming you're not over 500lbs)
just seems healthier in the long run to follow examples and advice from people on here about diets and exercising rather than the surgery but to each his own