WLS patients have poorer eating and exercise habits

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Patients who have undergone weight-loss surgery, even though they may have lost

100 pounds or more, engaged in poorer eating and exercise habits compared with

obese people who lost the same amount of weight through diet and exercise, a

recent study has found.

This study looked at Bypass patients and non-surgical patients and compared

them.

BANDSTERS, who have to work for their loss like the non-surgical patients here,

are much more likely to be able to keep the weight off, if they continue their

better habits re diet and exercise.

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Saturday, September 19, 2009, 12:49:57 PM, you wrote:

> Patients who have undergone weight-loss surgery, even though they

> may have lost 100 pounds or more, engaged in poorer eating and

> exercise habits compared with obese people who lost the same amount

> of weight through diet and exercise, a recent study has found.

This doesn't surprise me, but....

> This study looked at Bypass patients and non-surgical patients and compared

them.

> BANDSTERS, who have to work for their loss like the non-surgical

> patients here, are much more likely to be able to keep the weight

> off, if they continue their better habits re diet and exercise.

I know too many bandsters who also think the band is magic and will

solve all their problems by itself. Some on this board have posted

that kind of thing over the years. Yes, the band will help, as will a

bypass, but either one can be " eaten around " and anyone can ignore

exercise. It is still vital to learn NEW HABITS and you have to KEEP

ON KEEPING ON forever. I know. Even after six years I struggle at

times. One of them was tonite eating at the evil Cracker Barrel.

(Yes, you CAN eat healthily there, but it isn't easy, and I failed at

it tonite) But tomorrow is another day.

dan

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" It's OK to be a little broken, everybody's broken in this life " Jon Bon Jovi

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA www.riverofdata.com/lapband

Banded 4/27/03, Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

Started at 355, at goal in the 210-220 range for almost 4 years

Ultimate goal of 195 Tummytuck in Boise and SmartLipo in Tijuana