Re: CNN: Surgery helps woman drop 140 pounds, 10 dress sizes

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Mark Filice - 30 Nov 2007 22:08 GMT

In article , Petula says...

snip from the article:

>"Despite the rapid weight loss, surgery wasn't an easy way out. Hill says
>she still has to plan her meals and eat properly, and one of the biggest
>downsides is that she has difficulty digesting some starchy foods.
>
>"I can't eat bread, potatoes, rice," says Hill. "I have to cut up
>everything into pencil eraser-size [pieces] and chew, chew, chew."

Looks like she is having to low-carb even with the surgery. She should have cut
out those items from her diet in the first place and avoided the surgery.

There is a co-worker of mine who lost over 200 lbs. with the gastric bypass. He
is still way overweight--and it appears that he has regained some of the weight
he originally lost.

In January he is undergoing another surgical procedure--(maybe they are going to
"bypass the bypass"?).

I've lost 55 lbs. this year. The first 20 lbs. took 8 months of skipping meals
and starving. The next 35 lbs. came off since August when I got smart and
started LCing. I expect to drop the final 35 lbs. or so in 2008 doing LC. I
can't eat rice, potatoes, and bread, either.

Unfortunately, people look for the quick fix (surgery, pills, etc.)

Going forward, I'm looking to get off my prescriptions and continue to be on the
path of good health.

Mark

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Susan - 30 Nov 2007 22:53 GMT

> Looks like she is having to low-carb even with the surgery. She should have cut
> out those items from her diet in the first place and avoided the surgery.

After bypass, because maximum nutrient density must be extracted from
small amounts of food, patients are also discouraged from eating starch
and fats, with emphasis on protein intake.

> There is a co-worker of mine who lost over 200 lbs. with the gastric bypass. He
> is still way overweight--and it appears that he has regained some of the weight
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> Going forward, I'm looking to get off my prescriptions and continue to be on the
> path of good health.

People don't go for the "quick fix" as a rule, they usually spend years
if not decades, fighting fat with every type of diet and failing. In
all likelihood, many of them suffer from endocrine derangements that
make their appetites intense, and this part of the equation isn't
corrected by surgery, so they often end up driven to eat despite a small
pouch and feeling full, by their hormones.

Susan

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