CONTENTS

HISTORY OF SURGICAL WEIGHT LOSS PROCEDURES
BARIATRIC SURGERY FROM THE 1950S
GASTRIC RESTRICTIVE PROCEDURES – STOMACH STAPLING
MALABSORPTIVE PROCEDURES – GASTRIC BY-PASS AND BEYOND
COMBINATION PROCEDURES
LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING – THE NEW GENERATION OF WEIGHT LOSS OPTIONS
LAPBAND PRE-SURGERY
POSSIBLE REASONS WHY YOU CAN’T LOSE WEIGHT
OBESITY AND HEALTH
COST OF LAPBAND SURGERY
GOOD CANDIDATES FOR LAPBAND SURGERY
WHEN LAPBAND ISN'T AN OPTION
QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR WEIGHT LOSS COUNSELOR
PRE-SURGERY PREPARATION
CHOOSING PROFESSIONALS YOU CAN TRUST
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A LAPBAND CLINIC
WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN SELECTING A SURGEON
INSURANCE COVERAGE AND LAPBAND SURGERY
GROUPS AND MEETINGS PRE-SURGERY
THE PROCEDURE
THE DAY OF THE PROCEDURE – WHAT TO EXPECT
THE LAPBAND PROCEDURE
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS AND RISKS
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LAPBAND
YOUR NEW DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
POST SURGERY CARE
ONGOING DIET AND NUTRITION
AVOID ALL CARBONATED BEVERAGES – FOREVER
CHEW FOOD SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY
EAT THREE SMALL MEALS AND DAY AND DON'T SKIP MEALS
EAT SLOWLY
DO NOT DRINK BEFORE OR DURING MEALS
AVOID HIGH FIBER FOODS
EAT ENOUGH PROTEIN
AVOID THE FOLLOWING FOODS
EAT HIGH QUALITY FOODS
AVOID AN EATING RUT
REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS
ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS
REVERSING THE PROCESS