IS GASTRIC BYPASS A GOOD IDEA FOR AN 18YR OLD WHO IS MORE THEN 200LBS OVER WEIGHT?
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at
9:47 am
I am eighteen years old and am over weight. I do not know what to do, diets do not work for me. Is the gastric bypass a great thought for me?
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This is something you really need to discuss with a specialist. They really try to make it sound like this is the perfect solution to weight loss, but there are many problems associated with it and it will drastically change your lifestyle. Also, what they do not tell you in advertising, is that if you do not change your eating habits, you can gain all the weight back you will originally lose with the surgery.
Nobody here can answer this question for you. Go talk to a physician about it, but think carefully before you do. You say diets don’t work, but have you really bucked down hard and really really tried? Probably not. Have you tried and exercise program along with them, probably not. And if you have you have not stuck to either of them for the long haul. This is what you have to do to loose weight. It is an everyday struggle that you will have for the rest of your life.
I know how hard it is, I also am overweight and have been for most of my adult life. I have lost weight, only to gain it back, to loose it, then to gain back.. and you know why? Because I am not dedicated enough to really truly loose the weight, start the daily exercise (even if it is only getting off my lazy butt and walking every day) and keep with it forever.
Perhaps you can find some useful information in a web search for “natural remedies for obesity”.
Gastric bypass surgery should only be a very last resort and at your young age perhaps you have not exhausted all other avenues.
Have you tried a web search for “gastric bypass surgery” for information and research?
Gastric bypass should be a last result. You need to do two things: 1. reduce your caloric intake to about 2000 calories a day, and 2. start to do aerobic exercises like walking. Get your heart rate up a little at a time and get your breathing up a little at a time when you walk. You’ll feel hungry, but when your body gets used to it, you won’t feel as hungry anymore. Stick to this. I had a friend that weighed over 350lbs. He stopped eating junk and in-between meal snacks, and lowered his calorie in-take, and walked everyday and lost 100 lbs. He started walking 20 mins. per day. He was exhausted. Little by little he upped the length of his walks. Now, he walks for 90 mins. a day and does a lot of hills. He walks 6 miles in those 90 mins. That’s a 16 min. mile. When I walk with him, I have trouble keeping up and I’m in pretty good shape. Good luck. I hope you make it.
Bad idea. You need your stomach to digest food and get vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals out of your food. It’s not natural to just not have a stomach.
Eat fruits and veggies every day.. lots of them… like 4 oranges, a half a head of red cabbage, and half a bag of carrots (Vary this each day). Eat moderate amounts of meat. Eat absolutely no transfats or refined carbs (pasta, bread, etc. unless 100% whole grain). I started going this and I just stopped getting hungry, I don’t starve myself I just don’t get hungry very often, I eat a small amount of food and I’m full.
People think that this is a good option but your constricted to very strict diets in order to stay healthy and it’s a completely different way of eating. I would suggest you spend the money on a proffesional that can taylor specific workouts and nutrition special to you and you will probably have more success.
are you saying that you weigh 200 lbs? Or that you are 200 lbs over what your healthy weight would be? If your 200lbs, then no. Diet and exercise and you’ll be fine. If you are 200 over a healthy weight, then maybe. But it still requires diet and exercise. When I was 18 I didn’t have a whole lot of self control. If you think that you can get the surgery, and make yourself follow a strict diet and exercise regimen, then maybe it would be ok. I’d talk to your doctor, and get more than one opinion.
I would try anything and everything before surgery, especially that one. I know people who have had this done and they look terrible. Yeah, they loose the weight fast, but they look like they are going to die.
Keep dieting and exercising. Invest in a nutritionist and a trainer. It CAN be done without surgery.
It depends. A gastric bypass is a serious operation, and you would never, ever be able to eat normally ever again. If you seriously think it’s your only hope though, you should discuss it with your GP.