I never thought that food could cause an addiction? Is there such a thing as food addiction????

Hi Guys,

I think with Alli, you need to follow directions like the amount of fat you can eat. If you go over that, then you get the bowel discharges. Remember that you have to maintain a good...

Well you have to take note the Bullseye7 is nothing but caffeine. Its ingredients, green tea, caffeine, ashwagandha and guarana are all variants of the same thing: caffeine!

Eargggh!!! I could go on and on! Like you, I cherish the fact that I am now able to participate in my favorite sports without wheezing my way through it! The combined exercise and healthier...

Well it does take a little getting used to, but you will eventually learn to reduce your serving sizes by default. You should use measuring cups and spoons when you are just starting out, so that...

That is correct, the post op diet is designed to help you heal and lose weight. but more than that, the diet plan you had before your surgery is designed to shrink your liver and make it easy for...

You are right, sleeve gastrectomy is much less complicated and safer than other weight loss surgeries because there are no foreign bodies introduced into your system, provide less chances for...

Give it time Alynnea :) I think that you're stressing yourself too much over the lack of weight loss. I am sure you are excited, but there is no sense in defeating yourself with the thought of...

I usually have hiccups now and usually it happens after eating or when I eat too fast. I noticed that it only hurts when you get it after eating. Hiccups you get on any other occasion don't.

I think that's about the clear dangers for now. IT is a surgery and other things could go wrong, but I think it's safe to say that gastric sleeve surgery is a relatively low risk procedure.

Those initial weeks will be worth it. I tell you within a year, you'd have noticed weight loss of up to 50% of your excess body weight, that is how great this weight loss surgery is... not only that...

To be sure, check out HealthGrades, which rates hospitals on various procedures. It can tell you how your potential hospital ranks among all other hospitals when it comes to complication rates and...

While I agree with you that gastric sleeve surgery in Mexico are unparalleled for now, there are other countries in Latin America that are also good when it comes to gastric sleeve surgery. Costa...

Hmmn... this is the first time that I've heard of anyone being turned down, but from what I know, you have to be very obese which clinically translates to having a body mass index of more than 50 or...

Am not really familiar gastric sleeve surgery in the United Kingdom, but I am going to venture into a guess. Just about everything is more expensive in the UK, so it just follows that medical...

Hi Tammy:

You are so right with your observations. Let's junk the idea that gastric sleeve surgery is the magic wand for losing and keeping off the weight. When I had my own operation, I always...

Hi Tammy:

I am sure that you have read up on the literature and this site, so I would just want to reiterate that gastric sleeve surgery is relatively new and it is a permanent thing. That should...

Well, if that were true, I think that the savings you get from the diabetes cure alone is well worth the price of the procedure!