Lap Band Blog

If you follow this blog, then you know that for the past couple of weeks I’ve really been trying to tweak my diet in order to make sure I’m eating a balanced diet after my lap band surgery.
I am not there yet, in fact I know I’m not getting anywhere near the variety I need, […]

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Protecting your health is one of the most important ways to assure a good quality of life. If weight-related medical issues threaten your health, it may help to know that weight-loss surgery has been shown to be safe and highly effective for the treatment of obesity. For severely overweight people, who cannot lose weight […]

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When I first started really counting my calories this last summer, I was eating about 900 calories per day, I soon hit a plateau. I didn’t stop losing weight completely, but it slowed down dramatically. I could also see some loss in how my clothes fit, but I wasn’t seeing the scale move.
Maybe […]

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As I stated in my last post, I decided it was time to get off my butt and attend one of the support groups provided by the clinic that did my surgery.
I really want to be successful in my weight loss using the lap band, and this is just one of the tools provided to […]

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Every second Wednesday of the month they have a support group for lap band patients still in their first year.
I’ll be honest when I tell you that this has been on of my failures in goal setting.  I vowed that I would attend these meetings, and over eaters anonymous if necessary to overcome my bad […]

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by: Karen Barrow
If you’re morbidly obese and you’ve made the decision to have obesity surgery, your journey is far from over. While this may be a step towards a much healthier life, the lifestyle changes that you will have to make after surgery must be considered or you’ll be in even worse shape than when […]

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Technically I’m only supposed to eat 4 oz per meal because of my lap band.  When you only eat 4 oz of anything, it is hard to eat enough calories to gain weight, but I don’t want to eat so little that I force my body into starvation mode, therefore causing my metabolism to slow […]

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Following E-R looks at the pros and cons of Lap Band surgery
By Shenikwa Stratford
Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 8:56 p.m.
You’ve dieted, you’ve exercised and are still morbidly obese. That was the case for one area woman who finally chose surgery as an option. But is it safe, and is it for you?
[Full Article]
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By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A form of weight-loss surgery called gastric banding appears safe and effective for severely obese teenagers, according to a study at one medical center.
The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, suggest that gastric banding could offer teenagers an alternative to more-extensive obesity surgery.
In gastric banding, or […]

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A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of LAP-BAND System surgery (LAGB) on insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic risk markers six months post-surgery has found significant improvements in insulin resistance. The improvements occurred despite continuing obesity.
The results are from the study entitled Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Risk Factors and Body Composition Six Months […]

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