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‘I Didn’t Have To Work Out Every Day To Lose Weight When I Finally Stopped Having Cheat Meals’ – msnNOW
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Courtesy Shavonda Brickley started eating a keto diet, practicing 16:8 intermittent fasting, working with a personal trainer, and cut out cheat meals to lose 143 lbs.
My name is Shavonda Brickley (@shrinking_shavonda), and I am 35 years old. I live in Dallas, Texas, and I am a customer service representative for a pharmaceutical company. I started my weight-loss journey by doing keto with intermittent fasting and working out with a personal trainer, and I lost 143 pounds.
I tried so many different weight-loss methods and did not stick to any of them. The thing I struggled with the most was consistency. I was my heaviest at 28 years old; I weighed 347 pounds.
In December 2017, I went through a life-altering event that put me in a really dark place. I was giving so much energy to that situation. In addition, I always felt like everyone elses happiness was more important than mine. I was always placing myself on the back burner. I felt that it was time for all of that stop. If I could pour so much into others (and wanted to continue to be able to do that), I needed to first pour into me.
And thats when things clicked. Before I could be the best mom or partner to anyone, I needed to be the best me to me.
Initially, I just tried to eliminate things like soda and juice from my diet. I made small adjustments like going from white rice to brown and eating more fruits and salad.
Then I came across the ketogenic lifestyle via Instagram and slowly transitioned into it. I would order a burger and remove one bun, and sub out fries for fruit. Eventually, I did more research and learned more about the lifestyle and went full-blown keto in July 2019. I love how non-restrictive keto is. I can still eat all of the foods I love, and there are so many products that can be used as great substitutes for some of the things that are not allowed.
Shortly after that, I also started to incorporate intermittent fasting (IF) by following a 16:8 schedule (meaning I ate within an eight-hour window every day and fasted for 16 hours).
I would work out six to seven days a week and eat properly during the week, but I would overindulge on the weekends. I thought of cheat meals as a way to reward myself, not realizing initially that this mindset was stalling my progress.
Currently, I have a personal trainer that I see at least three times per week. When I am not training with him, I may walk about four miles or do my C25K running app. I absolutely love working with my trainer. Before COVID-19, I would attend my favorite cardio hip-hop class called Mixxedfit at my local gym. I miss that class so much!
These three changes have made the biggest impact on my overall weight loss.
My advice to anyone who feels stuck or unsure of how to start: It doesnt matter where you start or how much weight you have to lose, just start! Dont focus on how long it will take, just focus on the direction in which youre going. Do not compare your journey to anyone elses.
Keep your head in the game and love yourself enough to get started. Be kind to yourself during your journey. Focus on the progression and not perfection. This journey is yours. Embrace it and take it on full-speed. Dont give upyou have nothing to lose but weight.
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'I Didn't Have To Work Out Every Day To Lose Weight When I Finally Stopped Having Cheat Meals' - msnNOW
Black pepper tea: Here is how you can make this tea that can help you lose weight – Times of India
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Black pepper is loaded with the vitamins and minerals, which makes it an excellent superfood that helps to cure several health ailments and also speeds up the weight loss process by boosting the metabolism.
The spice is packed with benefits of Vitamin A, K, C, and minerals like calcium, potassium and sodium. Besides, kali mirch is also rich in healthy fats and dietary fiber. Studies suggest that spicy foods help in metabolising the food, due to the thermogenic effect. The thermogenic effect or thermic effect of food (TEF) is referred to as the spike in the rate at which your body burns calories that happen after ingestion of food. It is believed that the thermogenic effect can influence the number of calories burned and can help achieve your weight loss goal sooner. Moreover, spicy foods also promote the feeling of fullness and decrease the craving for unhealthy foods.
Black pepper contains piperine, a compound that improves digestion and metabolic performance. This compound actually reduces the accumulation of fat in your body and helps you maintain a healthy weight.
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Black pepper tea: Here is how you can make this tea that can help you lose weight - Times of India
Woman Tells Her Daughter She’s Going to Have to Lose Weight If She Wants Her Dream Prom Dress – AmoMama
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A woman who told her daughter that she would have to lose weight to fit into the prom dress of her dreams wants to know if she was being fatphobic.
A concerned mother has taken to the Reddit platform to narrate a dicey experience with one of her daughters.The woman explained that she is a mother-of-five of which three are daughters.
They are Kate, 20, Lauren, 17, and Maddie, 10. Of all her daughters Lauren has a bigger body and the poster has no problem with it. That was until it was time for her prom and an issue arose.
The woman wrote that she owns a stunning red prom dress that was gifted to her by her late mother. She never got married to her childrens father even though they are together, so the prom dress represents a sentimental item like a wedding gown.
Previously, her eldest daughter Kate wore the gown to her prom, and now that Laurens is approaching, she wants to also have it. However, the problem is that the gown is a US size 4 while Lauren is a size 14.
The poster recalled trying to subtly convince her daughter that the dress wasnt the best option for her without hinting at her size.She wrote:
At first I tried to subtly take her away from the idea, saying 'are you sure,' or 'you've never really worn red before, you're more of a pink gal,' but she was dead set on it.
After a lot of back and forth, the woman eventually told her daughter that the dress was too small for her, but assured her that she was going to make the exact replica in her size for prom.
However, Lauren refused saying she wanted to be like her older sister and wear something sentimental. The woman stood her ground and Lauren accused her of being fatphobic and preferring her slimmer daughters.
Late on, she was informed by one of her sons that Laura had gone into the attic and taken the gown of its box. On getting there, she saw her daughter about to wear the dress and advised her not to try as it will get ruined.
Lauren began to cry and the poster recounted feeling bad and helpless. She tried to comfort her daughter and promised to get her the best dress for prom, but she refused, insisting on getting the red prom gown.
Lauren kept on pestering her for the dress for days and the poster had no choice but to go hide it with someone for safekeeping. She also got Laurens therapy to talk to her but the girl wouldnt budge.
The straw that finally broke the camels back happened when her youngest daughter Maddie came crying one day, saying that Lauren told her that she had no personality and would have everything handed to her because she is skinny.
The poster snapped and scolded her daughter telling her that if she is hell-bent on wearing that dress, she would have to lose weight because she wasnt going to spoil the dress for a bully.
Now, Lauren called her mother a fatphobic and doesnt want to come out of her room and the woman wants to know if she was wrong for telling her daughter to slim down. If you are interested in another controversialfamily drama story,click here.
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Sue made it her New Year’s resolution to lose weight – now she’s shed over 3st – Stoke-on-Trent Live
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Joining her local Slimming World group in January was somewhat of a New Year's resolution for Sue Donkin, from Longton, who made the decision at the start of the year to change her eating habits.
The 64-year-old had started to develop arthritis in her knees and hated the way she looked in the mirror, and knew that she wanted to do something to improve not only her physical health, but her mental health as well.
Sue, who works for discount retailer B&M, went along to her local group with her partner, Kevin, and she has lost 3st 3lbs since January. Kevin has also had an impressive loss of 2st 10lbs.
Sue said: "I just thought to myself, I've got to do it. At the time I had weddings coming up and I just didn't like what I saw in the mirror at all.
"I was getting arthritis in my knees and my physio told me that my weight wasn't helping. I wanted to make a positive change for myself and it's one of the best things I've ever done."
Sue thinks that having supportive loved ones - and group members - really makes all the difference when trying to reach your goals.
She continued: "Doing Slimming World with Kevin has been brilliant. He does most of the cooking too which is a bonus! It is good to have someone else doing it with you as you really do need support. It's a lot harder when you are on your own.
"The support we get from our group is brilliant too. Zoe and all of the ladies are always there for you if you need them. Even during lockdown, they were always there in our Zoom sessions, so it felt like you still had that part of your routine. We all just bounce off each other and share ideas.
"I worked throughout lockdown so it didn't feel too different for me, but I was still so glad of the online sessions. I know that I needed that support for myself - if I had given up or stopped weighing myself during that time, I would have regretted it."
One of Sue's favorite healthy dishes is Shanghai chicken and she loves bulking out her meals with 'speed food' - fruit and veg that Slimming World encourages members to eat to boost their weight loss.
Sue explained: "We cook a lot from scratch and I have honestly never eaten so well. One of our favorite cookbooks is the Take 5 book. It is full of step by step recipes that only need five ingredients.
"The journey has been hard at some points, which is normal, but I am never hungry as I always fill up on speed food, and I know that I can use my syns if I want a treat.
"I'm a chocoholic, so I save my syns for a treat in the evening. I will have something like a bag of french fries and a hifi bar or a skinny whip bar, for my chocolate fix.
"Nothing is off limits with Slimming World. If you want something, you can have it in moderation, and that makes it a lot easier to follow."
In her retail job, Sue is constantly on her feet. This is something that she used to struggle with, but now she embraces it as part of her exercise routine.
She said: "I am always on my feet at work and before I lost the weight I used to crawl up the stairs. If someone did a call for me, it would take me so long to walk out to them and I'd really feel the pain in my knees.
"Now it's totally different, and Kevin and I love going on walks whenever we can. There's so much around us in our local area - I've never seen so many lovely things! We love walking along the canal and the railway, and there's lots of different gardens too."
Sue would recommend the plan to anyone, but says that you have to want to embark on the journey for yourself.
She continued: "I feel so much better in myself now. I am so much happier and I have really noticed the benefits to my legs.
"I can fit into my old clothes again, it feels like the old me is back, and that's one of the best things of the whole journey. I have so much more confidence now and my self-esteem is so much higher.
"There's a lot of perseverance and dedication involved in Slimming World. The support you get is amazing, but you have to want to do it. Just go for it."
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Holly Madison, ‘Girls Next Door’ Star, Shows off Dramatic Transformation 4 Years After Giving Birth to Second Child – PopCulture.com
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Former Girls Next Door star Holly Madison showed off another dramatic transformation photo on Instagram Friday. The reality television told fans she finally hit her goal weight, four years after she welcomed son Forest in August 2016. Holly and her ex-husband, Pasquale Rotella, are also parents to daughter Rainbow Aurora, who was born in March 2013.
Madison, 40, shared a mirror selfie, alongside another selfie taken during her pregnancy. In the caption, she said she was "excited" to finally reach her goal weight, but she pointed out that it was not an easy journey. After Forest was born, losing weight was not her "first priority." While it was easy to lose weight after Rainbow was born, the same could not be said after her second pregnancy, Madison wrote.
"I was working on a novel and I was terrified that if I went on a diet I would be hungry, cranky, lightheaded, and unable to concentrate," the former Playboy model wrote. "I tried to lose weight just by working out and moderately watching what I eat at first, but even though I was doing really challenging workouts almost every day, nothing was budging." She finally decided to go to a nutritionist last year, who helped her make real progress.
"Only recently was I able to incorporate both a diet and exercise into my day. For a while, it was a struggle because it seemed I only had time for one: workout OR make sure I had all the foods I need to stick to my diet," Maidson wrote. She said she wanted to share this long "disclaimer" next to the photo "because I know there are so many moms out there who feel bad because [they] dont always lose the weight quickly. The same methods dont necessarily work for everyone. Just remember, if you havent made it to your physical goal yet, its because youre a boss with a million things going on and you are probably killing it more than you think you are."
Madison rarely shares pictures of her children on Instagram, but she did post a photo with Forest on Aug. 7 to celebrate his birthday, as well as a gallery of photos of her children. "Were celebrating tomorrow, but today is my Little Man Forests birthday! I love him so much," she wrote. Rainbow appeared on Madison's Instagram page on March 15 for her birthday as well.
Madison and Rotella married in September 2013. They broke up five years later and finalized their divorce in February 2019. Their split was amicable, Rotella said in a statement in 2018. "We remain the best of friends while co-parenting and continuing to support one another in our respective passions in life," he said at the time. "Though it was not a decision we made hastily or take lightly."
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COVID Watch: Increase in obesity in Kentucky puts people at higher risk from COVID-19 – Courier Journal
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Amid the growth of COVID-19 in Kentucky comes another alarming statistic: Adult obesity continues to increase in the Bluegrass State and across the nation.
That's especially bad during the pandemic because obesity is linked to a higher rateof hospitalizations and more severe outcomes for those infected by the coronavirus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the CDC's words,"Obesity worsens outcomes from COVID-19, increasing the risk of severe illness, hospitalizationand death."
Kentucky is now among 12 states with 35% or more of adults who are obese, according to the CDC announcement last week. Therate of obesity is 36.5% according to the federal agency, using 2019 data, the latest available.
In 2018, ninestates had rates of obesity above 35%, which was an increase from six states in 2017.
Kentucky now ranks third in its rate of adults who are overweight and obese, according to a separate report released by the Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit health policy group. Mississippi ranked first and West Virginia, second. Kentucky ranked fifthlast year.
It found that about 72% of Kentuckians are either overweight or obese.
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Kentucky's rate has risen steadily over the past two decades, along with that of many other states, the report found.
In 1985, no state had an adult obesity rate of more than 15%, the report said.
The CDC defines being overweight or obese as weight that is higher than what is consideredhealthyfor a given height.A person's body mass index, or BMI, which is a person's weight divided by height, is used to determine whether someone is overweight or obese.
The CDC provides a calculator on its website, cdc.gov,to figure out your BMI.
The federal agencyurges "small steps" to improve health and lose weight during the pandemic, includinghealthierdiets and more exercise.
The Trust for America's Healthreportargues a broader effort is required. It says"obesity prevention efforts have been insufficient for decades in the United States," and the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening theobesity epidemic by decreasing income, access to healthy food and exercise options.
It calls for a national response on ways to improve education about diet and exercise, access to healthy food and making physical activity safer and more accessible, saying,"The United States needsbolder policies and more investments in long-term, evidence-based programs that reduce obesity."
Louisville and state public health leadersalready have recognized what a new, national analysis shows Black, Hispanic and Asian individuals who test positive for COVID-19 are sicker andmore likely to be hospitalized and die than white patients.
That's the finding of a joint effort by Epic Health Research Network, a health journal, and the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit health organization.
The study analyzed electronichealth data from about 50 million patients.
It found COVID-19 infection rates among Hispanic patients were three times higher than white patients. Black patients were twice as likely to test positive.
Among patients who tested positive for the coronavirus, Black, Hispanic and Asian patients were at higher risk of hospitalization and death.
In the Louisville area, 23% of residents are Black but account for about 27% of COVID-19 related deaths. Hispanic residents make up6% of the population but account for 13% of positive cases and 3% of deaths, according to recent statistics.
Statewide, Black residents comprise about 8.5% of the population but account for 14% of deaths and 13%of COVID-19 cases in Kentucky.
Kentucky is seeking to improve those statistics by getting more people of color enrolled in health coverage, primarily Medicaid, through a program called "1-2-3 No Cost to Me."
Louisville health officials are working to expand outreach to Hispanic residents and offer more testing after finding in July thata high rate of those individuals appeared to be testing positive for COVID-19.
The Epic-Kaiser Foundation report found that people of color likelyface more difficulty getting tests for COVID-19 and don't get tested until they are in more serious condition, leading to worse outcomes.
"The findings highlight the continued importance of addressing racial disparities in responding to COVID-19 as in health care more broadly," said Drew Altman, Kaiser Foundation president and CEO.
There's a way people of color from Louisville can help document the prevalence of the virus and aid research into how the illness is affecting minority communities. The Co-Immunity Project, a collaboration of the city's big three healthsystems,is still doing randomized testing for COVID-19 across Jefferson County.
The project expected to wrap up testingSaturday and tests for both the live virus by taking a nasal swab and for antibodies with a finger stick. The results on about3,000 people, includingparticipants invited to walk up at the Saturday health fair at Redeemer Lutheran Church in west Louisville, are expected later this month.
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Results from a first round showed an alarmingly high rate of potential infection across Jefferson County. Researchers estimated that between 10,000 to 20,000 people have been exposed, far more than the 4,000 or so that have tested positive in recent months.
The next round of tests will be conducted in about eight weeks.
For people with general questions about COVID-19, such as symptoms, treatment or tests,theKentucky Poison Control Centeris taking calls at800-722-5725.
For more information, seethestate's website,govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19,or call the COVID-19 hotline,800-722-5725. Information on COVID-19 test sites is available on the website.
Information also is available atlouisvilleky.gov/government/health-wellnessfrom the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. The department's COVID-19dashboardis atlouisvilleky.gov/covid19.
Reach Deborah Yetter atdyetter@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4228 or on Twitter at@d_yetter. Reach Grace Schneider atgschneider@courier-journal.comor on Twitter at@gesinfk.
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Teddi Mellencamp from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills got emotional while discussing the backlash her diet accountability program is receiving.
Teddi Mellencamp fromReal Housewives of Beverly Hillshas been facing fierce backlash over her All in By Teddi diet program. She has been trending all week after users of the programaccused it of promoting extreme and unsafe weight loss practices.
The program is oneMellencamp credits for helping her lose weight after giving birth to her third child in February. However, former users of the program have been speaking out with claims they were "bullied" into dieting a certain way.According to the anonymous accounts, members of the program have to sign an NDA and allegedly pay upwards of $700 to start and $150 a week to continue. They're allegedly allowed to consume about 600-1000 caloriesa dayand take photos of every meal. Some accounts claimed the coaches would talk down on them for consuming carbs or not working out.
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Mellencamp addressed the claims on the latest episode of her podcast,Teddi Tea Pod with Teddi Mellencamp.The 39-year-oldReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstarslammed recent criticism against her accountability coaching business' alleged viewpoints on dieting, exercise and NDAs.She admitted that she didn't want to speak on the criticisminitially "because it's very aggressive and there's some hate going with it," but she decided to use the opportunity as a "learning" experience to "talk about what's going on."Mellencamp became emotional while discussing the backlash, which she credited to "strangers" on social media speaking against her coaches and current clients.
"The reason I started All In With Teddi had nothing to do with the business. I wanted to change my own life. I wanted to feel good in my own skin," she said. "That's how the business was formed. And I realized that my calling, my purpose, was not just to change my life, it was to help others feel good in their own skin, feel confident, feel comfortable, reach their goals, to know they're not alone," she said. "And that has been something that lights me up every single day. It makes me feel proud, I am excited about it, and I love every second of what I do. I know that so many lives have been changed. I love the community that's been formed."
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Weight loss: Rujuta Diwekar shares tips on choosing the right diet plan – Times of India
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As per Rujuta, the first sign of an unsustainable diet is that it promises quick weight loss. We all know that weight loss is a time taking process and you have to have a realistic goal when aiming to lose weight.
She said that in an unsustainable diet, you can surely lose weight quickly in the beginning, but it will cost your health. Moreover, the weight loss is for the short-term. After a while you tend to gain the lost weight again.
The second common thing about unsustainable diet trends is that it always revolves around carbs, protein, fat, calories and mostly suggests eliminating a food group entirely from the diet. Rujuta added that the easy way to distinguish these diets is by their names. She said that these diets always come with fancy names like Keto, LCHF, Paleo, IF, Atkins and others.
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Detoxing: is it healthy? should you do it? – All4Women
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Summer bodies are due in the next few days and many of us havent made the efforts we thought wed make. In our searches for the quickest, easiest route to getting a summer body, the word detox often comes up
Should you do it?
Weve searched for answers for our detox questions to help you decide if its the way to go this summer.
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A detox diet can come in many forms; whether its a series of enemas, eating certain cleansing foods or taking medications. Detox aims at cleansing your body of toxins that either influence your health or block you from reaching your health and weight loss goals.
According tohealthline.com, detoxing can sometimes involve periods of fasting aimed at re-booting your system and your metabolism. In the case of weight loss detoxes, the detox is a short-term intervention meant to kick-start a healthier way of eating, living and weight loss
While many dieters and cleansing products make claims to improving wellbeing and accelerating weight loss, others have claimed that the effects are only temporary and do not contribute to long term weight loss or health.
One study published inHavard Health Publicationsclaimed that because detoxes do not provide ongoing benefits or usually contribute to healthy nutrition they are only stop-gap measures that instead of correcting dietary problems provide temporary relief. With no lasting benefits.
The study suggests that long-term changes to your diet and lifestyle allowing your body to gradually and repeatedly rid its self of toxins and unwanted substances are healthier and more sustainable.
Read more: Victoria Beckham drinks moon water during health detox
Most detox diets involve some sort of purges and fasting restricting what comes in and increasing what comes out which at least lead to some weight loss.
A popular detox diet, the master cleanse or lemonade diet has been used by dieters since 1940 and has since been used by stars like Beyonc so shed the kilos quickly. It isnt easy though since when on the master cleanse diet you eat absolutely nothing and sustain yourself on a spicy lemonade mixture which is said to be a diuretic and laxative to some extent.
Multiple diet sites have specified that although weight loss is one result of a detox diet, it isnt the actual aim, even when the detox is t kick start an actual weight loss diet. The aim of the detox is to get your body working optimally.
As with and temporary measure the results only last as long as the diet does and with extreme diets like the master cleanse, its impossible to stay healthy while continuing long term.
While All4Women endeavours to ensure health articles are based on scientific research, health articles should not be considered as a replacement for professional medical advice. Should you have concerns related to this content, it is advised that you discuss them with your personal healthcare provider.
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Review of benefits and risks of bariatric surgery – Portsmouth Daily Times
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This weeks Journal of the American Medical Association has a study done by investigators at our Cincinnati Childrens Hospital that showed that closing K through 12 schools in March for corona virus resulted in 62% fewer cases and 58% fewer deaths. This shows that though children dont get and die of and transmit the virus as much as adults, there are many other issues involved. Nobody has any idea what this tells us about what will happen when we re-open schools now but because there are many ways that this will happen determined by so many local school districts we have another big natural experiment underway.
Be that as it may there were also three other pieces in this weeks JAMA that review the state of the art of bariatric surgery as of right now. Weve written a lot about bariatric surgery but I always learn new stuff.
Although bariatric surgery is currently recommended more than ever before very few candidates choose to make this choice. There is strong evidence that bariatric surgery is effective and safe and results in abundantly more weight loss that is way more durable than not getting the surgery for obesity. Also it cures or prevents the complications of obesity type 2 diabetes, hypertension, abnormal cholesterol levels, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, fatty liver disease and cancer and it cuts death rates in half. The lack of uptake of bariatric surgery must be because it seems too drastic and dangerous and expensive and insurance companies impose often unreasonable requirements and restrictions.
This is not to say that the risks of bariatric surgeries are zero. The biggest risk perhaps is the fact that up to a third of bariatric surgery subjects will eventually need another surgery though for many reasons not always related to the first surgery. But this kind of weight loss surgery still results in better outcomes and life extensions and is cheaper in the long run than avoiding it.
The relatively newer procedure, the sleeve gastrectomy, is now more common than the classic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) because it is simpler and gets almost as good results and maybe has fewer complications and need for later re-surgeries. The adjustable gastric band procedure and other kinds of bariatric surgeries have largely been abandoned because of their inferiority to sleeve gastrectomy and RYGB. The weight loss average is 19% for the sleeve gastrectomy and 26% for RYGB. The long term failure rate, defined as getting back to within 5% of whatever you weighed before you got the surgery, is 14% for sleeve gastrectomy and 4% for RYGB. An almost fourfold difference in failure rate sounds bad but a 86% long term success sounds plenty good enough.
All patients who get this kind of surgery should take vitamins and be followed closely for nutritional deficiencies and complications. Ideally they should all be part of ongoing study by the surgeons who are doing them. I still have so many questions. I always say that the best way to learn to be a good cook is to eat what you make.
1. Arterburn DE et al. Benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adults. A Review. JAMA. 2020;324(9):879-87.
2. Yijun C, Zhaoping L, Dutson E. Primary care treatment of patients following bariatric surgery in 2020. JAMA. 2020;324(9):888-9.
3.Brajcich BC, Hungness ES. Patient page. Sleeve gastrectomy JAMA. 2020;324(9):908.
This writers opinion is their own and not the opinion of this newspaper
John DiTraglia M.D. is a Pediatrician in Portsmouth. He can be reached by e-mail- jditrag@zoomnet.net or phone-354-6605.
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