auditor0007
Gold Member
I am 75 and over 100 lbs overweight. Just talked to my doctor about having surgery to help me reduce that weight.
I've read the various sites on the subjects and am aware of some of the drawbacks as well as benefits [which I feel far exceed any negatives].
My question have you or anyone you know had one of the various procedures?
What is/was your experience?
Would you recommend it?
Thanks in advance for comments.
I cannot imagine anyone wanting or needing bariatric surgery for being 100 pounds overweight, but maybe you have some special circumstances. Get active, if possible, and change your diet. "Diets" do not work long term. You have to change your entire eating habits. It is a lifetime commitment.
You may well already know all this, but as an example, if you currently drink two 20 oz sodas per day, that equals 3500 extra calories per week. If you give up those two 20 oz sodas and replace them with water, you will lose one pound per week, assuming everything else remains the same and that you were not gaining weight but maintaining your weight. Add in just a daily workout for 45 minutes, and you can burn an extra 500 calories per day. Now you are dropping two pounds per week.