Weight Loss Surgery a Drastic Decision?

Most obese individuals have tried many different weight loss programs. With each of these programs we loose weight only to gain it back. If we are to listen to skinny people that have never had a weight gain problem in their life we are failures. In our hearts we know that  just because we are [...]

Weight Loss Surgery is it for Me?

Each and every day there is something in the media about weight loss. We constantly hear that 2/3 of Americans are overweight. We read and hear about the latest diet fad or craze. We are told that we must exercise to lose weight and there are others saying that exercise results in weight gain. We [...]

Acid Reflux Disease – GERD and Weight Loss Surgery

While you do not need to be overweight to have GERD often referred to a acid reflux it is quite common in the overweight person. Following weight loss surgery acid reflux is no longer a problem in many weight loss surgery patients.

Lap Band Surgery Sounds Like A Risky Business

Most of us pop into our local drug store from time to time and pick up some form of over-the-counter medication for a simple everyday illness or ailment, but have you ever sat down and read the accompanying information leaflet tucked inside the box? If you have then you will know that the list of [...]

Weight Loss Surgery is Not for Everyone

Weight Loss surgery is not for everyone. It’s not even for every obese person who may want it. No matter how overweight you may be, weight loss bypass surgery is NOT for you if you think that it will once and for all deal with your weight problem. Surprised? Weight Loss surgery is not a [...]

Weight Loss Surgery – How to Know It’s Right for You

For me the decision to have gastric bypass surgery did not come easy. I thought about it for years always deciding that I could lose and maintain my weight without surgery. Now in my mid 60’s after years of yoyo dieting the morbid obesity had become even more dangerous to my health. Tired all the time I [...]

Lap Band Gastric Banding – When Is It Recommended

Gastric bypass is a medical term that you have probably heard quite a bit about and in fact describes a number of similar varieties of weight loss operations. A great number of individuals who have benefited from this operation, as well as many stars, are delighted by this method of losing weight. In spite of [...]

Is Lapband Surgery The Solution To Your Weight Problem

It is no secret that America is the most overweight country in the world. Many of our adults and children are many pounds overweight and very unhealthy. We have become obsessed with being skinny whether it is for health or aesthetic reasons. One new procedure to combat obesity called lap band surgery has taken this [...]

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