Your Results
Lap-Band surgery is an effective morbid obesity treatment method. It helps limit food intake, reduce appetite, and slow digestion. Most patients lose about 60% of their excess body weight, averaging approximately two (2) pounds per month. Because this is a tool to enhance your weight loss, your success will depend on your motivation, commitment to a new lifestyle, and healthier eating habits.
You will lose weight if you follow the instructions of your surgeon and your health care team, and make a lifetime commitment to these changes. The Lap-Band® System by itself, though, will not solve your health problems nor ensure weight loss.
Some factors that will greatly influence your weight loss:
- Timely adjustments are a necessary component of the Lap-Band®. Your band will be filled according to your needs and to your weight loss.
- Your personal motivation will enable you to reach your weight loss goals.
- Compliance with post-operative dietary guidelines. Your first two weeks after surgery will be a liquid diet. Remember to eat slowly and chew your foods.
- Daily exercise, 30 minutes, should be incorporated into your daily routine.
- Aftercare or support groups. This is a place where you will have the opportunity to chat with other patients, ask questions, and share advice. Studies show that those patients who participate in support groups reach their goal and keep the weight off longer than those patients who do not attend.