Find out what to expect, including the benefits and risks, if you choose to have gastric bypass surgery.


Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery changes the anatomy of your digestive system to limit the amount of food you can eat and digest. The surgery aids in weight loss and lowers your risk of medical problems associated with obesity.

Gastric bypass is the favored bariatric surgery in the United States. Surgeons prefer this surgery because it's safer and has fewer complications than other available weight-loss surgeries. It can provide long-term, consistent weight loss if accompanied with ongoing behavior changes.

Gastric bypass isn't for everyone with obesity, however. It's a major procedure that poses significant risks and side effects and requires permanent changes in your lifestyle. Before deciding to go forward with the surgery, it's important to understand what's involved and what lifestyle changes you must make. In large part, the success of the surgery is up to you.

Well,
It is that time again, Christmas and New Years. My new Years Resolution this year is to get back on track of eating healthy, loosing more weight and to quit smoking. Yes, I went back to smoking. I have to blame it on the amount of stress I was under going through a rough divorce. But now that things are better and everything is back on track with my life, I want to loose about 30 more pounds, become a Bariatric Nurse and help those who wish to get the surgery done.

It is very easy to get off track. Giving that a double cheese burger is only a dollar and it's quick to get when your on the run. I still can only eat a small amount. I eat slow because it takes a bit of time to digest the food I eat. For an example: I can eat only 1 piece of pizza within a 30 minute period of time. After 30 minutes have passed, I can eat another and so on and so forth. My issue i'm dealing with now is, when I do eat and get that full sensation, 30 to 45 minutes later, I feel like i'm hungry again and that is something that I will have to work on this upcoming year.

I will begin to work out again like I was doing before. I just had to get my life straight and now that it is, I am ready to begin eating healthy and going back to my daily excercices. I am still very active, I enjoy life. I have not gained much, maybe 10 lbs. at the most so I would say I did not get off track to far like I have seen in many cases before.

So, good luck with your New Years Resolution and have a wonderful Christmas!!

You may want to read through my blog and get a better understanding from a bariatric outpatient person. I will be posting more and more when I have time to to better info others of the good things of the surgery and the bad things of it.

But you should make your own decisions. If your ready to change your life for good, then you should consider it. It's an extremely tough road to travel. You will feel depressed, pain, excitement, joy, inspiration and much more feelings and thoughts through your everyday life.

Some people say it's the easy way out. Well, I only have one thing to say to those people, F--- You buddy! The bypass or lap band is only a tool. It is only effective if you use it properly which means to exercise and follow a good daily diet. If you don't, then your wasting your money and time. But if your apart of that 1% of American people who have the money to just throw around, then go for it. But make sure you throw some my way!

Anyway, like I stated above, It's allot harder then people think. Take it from me, one who has been there and done that and bought the tee shirt.

People tell me that I am an inspiration. That I showed then the correct direction to take in their new journey. It feels good to know that I inspired someone in this world.