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A rant, by me.
I was obese my entire life. I too did hundreds and dad diets...I too could walk at a very fast pace...I too lost and regained probably thousands of pounds!
Then one day I made some changes. I have *stayed consistent* in my diet and activity and I have lost 160 lbs. here is my secret I LET GO OF MY EXCUSES! I LET GO OF MY "I CAN'TS" and then I frickin' did it. Period.
I run 5 miles or more a day...usedta couldn't! I started where I was and worked my way to where I am. None if it was easy. I earned this...YOU can too.
Disclaimer: this is not an anti surgery rant as I support the choices of others. This IS a rant about people asking how I have lost and maintained my weight only to throw the "oh I could never do that" card up. You can if you choose!
The problem with Victoza is that it is injectable AND has nasty side effects including pancreatitis.
The tongue patch seems to be too extreme.
A new drug that has just been approved by the fda called Belviq seems to be promising. Drugs.com has many reviews by individuls that have tried it and it seems t work pretty well. It also seems to affect mood in a positive way abd to help with smoking cessation. http://www.drugs.com/comments/lorcaserin/belviq.html
Since this post is 3 years old, how did you make out? Were you successful on the program? I am currently using Omni Drops and the weight is just melting away!! I can add you to the FB page, it's awesome!!! You can see how successful thousands of people are by using their products. Let me know!!!
Hi ! I am currently doing a VLCD with Omni Drops!! I am on my second round! The first round I lost 27lbs in 42 days and now I am up to 35.5 pounds lost. I can add you to our closed group facebook page if you want!! It's amazing and super easy. Weight comes off super fast!!
I was more than qualified for the surgery and carried a bmi over 50 for years. However,I have watched 3 immediate family members have gastric bypass surgery. *ALL* three initially lost alot of weight. Then a few years out gain and again struggle with their weight and maintain "overweight" or "obese" BMIs. I chose to make lifestyle changes that are also required with surgery. I did the head work (which I believe is the key to success) and started to exercise. I put down my drug of choice, food, and worked on my recovery and sobriety.
I currently weigh less than what I have lost. I never lost 60 in a month but had to go at it slow and steady. I have denied myself when I would have liked to indulge. I have maintained 160 lb loss for almost 3 years. *NOT* having surgery but changing the core of how I abused food did. I knew that in order for my children not to live the "fat my whole life" story that I would have to teach them a better way.
Btw, the sucking the stomach contents out sounds gross...and really just encourages the future abuse of food....uh, gross.
Have you tried Prescopodene? I used it for more than 4 months and didn't experience any side effect. I found it very effective in suppressing my appetite and boosting my metabolism.
And I am posting all kinds of yummy and healthy recipes! You can check it out here http://gracioushealth.wordpress.com/ enjoy!
Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net
It seems lately the flood gates have opened on the prescription diet pill market (see my sharepost Prescription Diet Pill Market Set to Expand). After writing that piece, I learned that Novo Nordisk is staffing up for an obesity drug they plan to launch in 2014 - liraglutide – which is already on sale as a treatment for type-2 diabetes under the brand name Victoza.
Now with the AMA just this week declaring obesity is a disease, I expect new and novel approaches to weight loss will be trying to hit the market (see my sharepost Is the Tongue Patch the Next Weight Loss Innovation?). One of the more controversial devices on the ASMBS emerging technology list is the AspireAssist pump, which works by sucking the food right out of the stomach so that only about a third of the calories are absorbed by the body. Patients wait 20 minutes after eating, then empty 30 percent of their stomach contents into the toilet through a small, handheld device that connects to a skin-port discretely embedded on the outside of the abdomen. Calories not digested are calories not absorbed, which, in theory should lead to weight loss. Did I just hear someone say Roman vomitorium?
And now I learn of the EndoBarrier by way of this article, which at least sounds more promising than the aforementioned devices. My gut feeling on this, however, is that it either will not get US FDA approval - getting drug/device approval outside the US is typically easier so I do not take those approvals as a sign that this will be approved here - or if it does get approved I think the device will not show long-term success. That's just my instinct and I am neither a clinician or a scientist, but the fact remains that outside of bariatric surgery there are virtually no effective long-term weight-loss solutions although many have come to market and failed.
Clearly with 70% of Americans being overweight or obese and a high percentage of those having obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes, solutions are needed. Speaking for myself, as someone who initially struggled with the decision to have bariatric surgery, in hindsight these 10-years my life has been wonderful since taking control of my health (read my sharepost My Life after Weight-Loss Surgery is Wonderful). And I don't know why I or anyone else who meets the criteria for weight loss surgery would not want to have this life-saving procedure.
I get it - the permanent rerouting of my anatomy scared the heck out of me. But looking back I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Living larger than ever,
My Bariatric Life
