5/2004 

I started doing some reasearch on this "New" surgery called lap band as its only been approved in the US since 2001. What I found out is that the band works like the by-pass in that the end result is a reduced stomach size. However rather then cutting the stomach and intestines they  sew a cilicone ring around the stomach making the stomach like and hour glass leaving the top half about the size of a large lemon. When you eat you get full fast and you are not able to eat again until the food has passed to the lower stomach. 

 

7/15/04

As with most people, being over weight isn't something that happens over night. It's something that started in my teen years. I was always a size or two larger then my follow classmates.

After school, it was on to working...followed by diet. After diet, then the Professional weight loss centers.  Through marriage and having children, my weight went from 20 extra pounds to 30 extra pound, to almost 100 extra pound.  The FRUSTRATION of unsuccessful  weight loss attempts has built over many years with diet with minimal results of usually not more than 30 pounds.

When diets and weight loss centers just don't seem to work, then we start to convince ourselves that being BIG  is "ok".  After all, it's not all about what we look like, it's who we are inside, and we should just accept it. Yet, we continue to avoid being in FAMILY pictures or dread clothes shopping, and of course we NEVER admit to anyone. Deep down, it's hard to face the reality that simply we're just over weight, and beat ourselves up about how did we get there. Not a day goes by, that we don't think about a solution. When a friend told me about "the Lap Band". I started doing alot of research and reading testimonies after testimonies. The more I read I got excited and realized there was something out there, that could finally help me lose weight and keep it off.  Sure the thought of people thinking I had taken the easy way out crossed my mind, but I realized, that it didn't matter what people thought it was about improving my life, and that is what really counted.For those of you, who don't know how it works, imagine just for a moment that your stomache is turned into a "funnel", and when it fills up, which fills up at about "1/2 cup of food", you're full. The food, then has to break down to go through the small opening. The Band creates a small pouch above the stomache, leaving a small hole for the food to pass through to the bottom of it. Since the passage is so tight, the food empties at a very low rate making you full longer. Over eating could cause the food to come back up. 

 

 

 

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