There are two keys to success. Using your surgery as a tool and following up with your surgeon. Those are critical regardless of which procedure you have done. Weight loss surgery is a tool to help make lifestyle changes. You will be given the rules for eating that you will need in order to make the tool work optimally. For example, you will be instructed to avoid high calorie liquids like milkshakes before they will pass quickly through your stomach pouch and you will not get the benefit of having had the procedure. Grazing or snacking also allows you to eat too many calories, particularly if you are making poor food choices. Successful patients are also those that make the time to exercise regularly, slowly building up their conditioning with cardio activity. Follow-up with your surgeon is also critical. It is not only important to make sure that you are healthy, but it is also important to keep you on track with using your new tool properly. And of course, if you have a LAP-BAND®, having your band adjusted to meet your body’s needs is essential to have it work best. We hope to see you for years after your surgery and consider our patients to be patients for life.
