Given the large number of overweight people nowadays, weight loss is a big topic. With the advance in medicine and surgical techniques, many people start to think about having a weight loss surgery done to escape the dreaded weeks and months of following an exercise and diet regimen. Unfortunately even though the idea seems amazing, the real problems with weight loss surgery are only known by a few people. Hopefully we can shed some light with this article and show you why following a diet and exercise program are still the best way to go to lose weight.

The problem with weight loss surgery is that there is a rather large correlation between people getting a weight loss procedure done and committing suicide. I will show you what I mean in the paragraph below.
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By Roy Orion

For some people, their excess weight poses such a severe risk to their health that is imperative that more drastic remedial actions are taken in order to resolve the issue and so gastric band surgery has become a legitimate surgical method of intervention to handle the effects of clinical obesity.

There can be no denying that gastric band surgery is a highly invasive and drastic form of weight loss and as effective as it is, it is by no means a “get out of jail free” card meaning that the person who undergoes it will be required to ensure that they actually listen to the advice of their physician to the absolute letter.

A common mistake made about gastric band surgery is that anyone who is overweight is eligible for it, in actual fact, many patients will be required to actually lose some weight before they undergo the procedure in order to minimise the risk of failure and potential side effects.

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By Kaye Bailey

We have heard it all our dieting life: “keep a food journal, it will keep you accountable for what you eat.” That advice always failed me, the best I could ever keep a food journal was through breakfast, I did not want to leave written evidence of my eating behavior.

But there is one time in my life I kept a journal, words and feelings scribed on the page. That journal chronicled the first year following my weight loss surgery. The weight loss surgery experience is profound. It is a physical and emotional Mt. Everest. I dare say there is no other change a morbidly obese person will ever undertake that is as emotionally significant as weight loss surgery. (more…)