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(Heywood Mogroot) wrote in message . com...
(? cal) wrote in message ...
Good for you!!!!

i want to be banded also but at this time my insurance will not cover
it.

in the interim until they do, why don't you try eating less and
exercising more? This is a serious question.

Just a 500 kcal deficit each day should get you losing at 1lb/week.
Not as dramatic as WLS survivors, but 50 lbs/yr is a very healthy rate
of loss, and a 500 kcal shortfall doesn't require hunger pains if you
eat smart and avoid empty calories.

Hey Mogroot,
I realize you have a serious power complex, however stop posting
suggestive nonsense. snipWLS survivors/snip implying there is a
significant fatality risk for Lapbanding is a load of ......!

I put lapbanding in a total different class than eg. RNY. I feel
nobody should ever ever resort to an RNY, but I am open to the
benefits of lap-band.

Your crummy maths 'energy vs. lbs' is flawed anyway. Why don't you
look up the word metabolism? And then come back to the group and
explain why cows get FAT eating FAT FREE grass.

because they graze all day on a high-carb diet.

And why some
guzzle-guts can down 2kgs of food in a day, with no exercising & no
diseases stay STANDARD WEIGHT???

people have different metabolisms, different satiety responses.

Your particular body, Mogroot, is probably in fine working order -
which is why your weight responded in proportion to what you were
eating and the energy you were burning. Stop talking for the masses
(excuse the pun) and give your opinions a reality check - Because,
Metabolic Syndrome is: Insulin resistance, Hyperinsulinism, Fatty
Liver, Diabetes & Hypertension LINKED.

I agree, and am curious about how the lap band enables people to lose
weight where dieting fails them.

Generally speaking I think dieters are looking for rapid solutions,
while the gradual solution is much more healthy. I've read the blogs
of RNY patients happy about losing 5% or 10% of their body weight in a
month, and just see they are not looking at the full picture here --
what do you do when you finally lose all the weight you can?

Will you have enough muscle tissue to be able to eat anything without
regaining?
Will you have lost so fast that you will have loose skin all over your
body?

My main point is that a 500 or 1000 kcal deficit each day need not be
a living hell for most people, if they eat sensibly, since 2000 kcal a
day or more should be enough for anyone to avoid any kind of hunger
pains once their body adjusts to the new WOE.

Now, lap-band basically FORCES you to eat sensibly, but I remain
unconvinced that it is necessary to enable people to start losing a
healthy 1 or 2 lbs per week, no more.

And now a lesson on psychology - Get a head check.

I don't care what you do with your body at all, and I wish you good
luck on your choice.

I do think that at this time lap-band is more expensive than other
approaches, but am willing to wait on results before making any
judgements on the matter.