(Heywood Mogroot) wrote in message . com...
(PJAD) wrote in message . com...
Hi,
If you are interested in reading about my Lap Banding experience -
please visit my site below.

At least you chose a fully reversible surgery.

I disagree with this:

"I couldn't come up with a better solution to my Hypertension problem
"

since a lap band isn't going to do anything for you that eating less
and exercising more wouldn't have.

How much did the surgery cost you? Was it painful? How is it affecting
your life now?

"And of course first stop HJ's (Burger King) - Jnr Whopper and half of
the Regular Fries did the trick."

I can see you're well on the way to longterm success.


70kg may seem like a lot to lose, but at 1kg/week that's just a year
and a half. 1kg/week loss is doable for most anyone IMO (especially a
guy your age, sheesh), and it's a lot healthier than the enforced
anorexia of WLS.

Good luck though. Try to eat for nutrional value and not taste. Now
that you've got it you might as well keep it I suppose. Though if I
were you I'd think about NOT getting the damn thing tightened and just
learn how to eat healthy.

Thank you for visiting my site. - I totally respect your advice. And
yes having a burger so soon was pretty silly - but when you are on
liquids and baby food for 6 weeks - you are really hanging out for a
bit of junk.

I do feel that snipenforced anorexia/snip is a bit harsh though.
Anorexia is a serious mental disorder that effects many people who
often don't have any real metabolic problems.

You are dead right when you say exercise would pretty much be the
answer for my hypertension and obesity. But the downward spiral was at
a critical stage. -My lifestyle and occupation did not include the
required exercise to lose any significant pounds.

And yes to everyone reading, WLS is serious. And so is morbid obesity.
My health was degrading quickly and the option of WLS for me was the
answer as I have repeatedly failed at the conventional methods of
controlling my weight.

SNIP
How much did the surgery cost you? Was it painful? How is it affecting
your life now?
/SNIP

I pay $AUS104 a month private health - they paid most of the
procedure.
$AUS1000 in related expenses (tests, consultancy, exercise program
etc)

But my GP believes that when I go below 100kg my BP should be back to
normal and that will save me $75 per month in drugs.

- PJAD