Recovery After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery has been performed for over 30 years, helping countless individuals achieve successful weight loss. However, recovery is a crucial part of the process. When you undergo gastric bypass surgery, you will likely feel tired, uncomfortable, and hungry for the first couple of weeks. The truth is, you already… Continue reading Recovery After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Craving
Some people describe a lack of “craving; DrQ: A note about the term “cravings.” In general, I think the term craving, used for foods that we really, really want, is a description that gives us permission to overeat. The term itself implies that we have no control over the feeling.… Continue reading Craving
Brief Overview of Metabolic Surgery
Putting the word “Cure” into the Management of Obesity-Induced Metabolic Disease Obesity-induced metabolic diseases (OIMD) such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic fatigue are traditionally thought of as treatable, but not as curable. Lifelong therapy for these diseases is expensive, has numerous adverse side-effects and is only partially effective. The best treatment… Continue reading Brief Overview of Metabolic Surgery
Aggressive Weight Loss
Permanent Fitness Success Achieving permanent weight loss is one of the most difficult goals in life to achieve. Millions of people buy weight loss products and sign up for commercial weight loss programs every year with promises for amazing success in record time, and every year so many Americans, and… Continue reading Aggressive Weight Loss
Correcting Weight Regain
Did you not lose as much weight as expected? Have you regained a lot of the weight you initially lost after surgery? Have both of these things happened?? If your answer to any of these questions is YES, then getting to your BEST WEIGHT might still be important to you.… Continue reading Correcting Weight Regain
Be Careful Who You Call an Expert
Beginning Note from Dr. Q The unfortunate thing about weight loss procedures is that, when the surgical procedure doesn’t work, the patient takes the blame. Although bariatric surgery is common these days, and there are quite a few self-declared experts working in the field, I certainly didn’t begin my bariatric surgery… Continue reading Be Careful Who You Call an Expert
Am I a Gastric Bypass Candidate?
Gastric bypass surgery essentially makes the stomach smaller and reroutes the small intestine, allowing the patient to feel full with smaller portions, absorb fewer minerals, and experience an overall improvement in health as a result of steady weight loss. Not everyone is qualified for this procedure, so it is important to… Continue reading Am I a Gastric Bypass Candidate?
Lack of Exercise More Deadly Than Obesity
According to a recent study from the University of Cambridge, lack of exercise is twice as deadly as obesity! Lead study author, Ulf Ekelund, from the Epidemiological Research Unit at the University of Cambridge, estimated that eradicating physical inactivity would have twice as great a positive impact on early mortality… Continue reading Lack of Exercise More Deadly Than Obesity
Foods to Avoid After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery was popularized more than 30 years ago. Today it is recognized as the most common, most successful weight loss procedure in the world. And the dramatic results experienced by gastric bypass patients make it easy to see why. Over the course of just 2 years, most patients lose… Continue reading Foods to Avoid After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Exercise Principles
Imagine yourself at your Best Weight, and then imagine 2 or 3 physical activities that you would be able to do if you were at that weight, but that you can’t do now. Use these activities to get an idea of the exercise regimen you need in order to achieve… Continue reading Exercise Principles
