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Bariatric Surgery
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How do people feel about this procedure? Please be honest for as I am considering having it done. Thank you for your thoughts. Regards.

posted November 13, 2015
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I had severe diabetes, bad knees and hip and weighed 150kg on 27/10/15 I had Gastric Sleeve surgery today 3/6/16 I weigh 100kg have been able to reduce my insulin by 2/3 and go for a 3.5 kilometer walk every day. It is not an easy fix but it is the best thing I have done, you still have to watch what you eat but the surgery reduces how much you can eat. I would recommend the sleeve to any very overweight diabetic who has dieting problems.

posted June 2, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

I have campaigned major weight loss on three occasions during my lifetime. Each time I lost over 100 lbs. I was unable to avoid relapsing into old indulgent habits of eating and drinking which quickly had me tipping the scales at an even higher number! The lesson I need to master is the adoption of a lifestyle that will attain and maintain the ideal weight without surgery or "Protein Sparing Fasts", or any other artificial intermediary other than genuine behavior modification. I'm trying to learn to eat to live rather than live to eat.

posted January 18, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

The only safe way to lose weight is to study nutrition and change your eating habits, including a healthy balance and portion control. If you have bariatric surgery you still have to do that.

posted June 2, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

I considered bariatric surgery. I decided against it for me because whether you lose weight on your own or have surgery you have to change the way you think about food, eat food, etc. I decided to do it on my own. As of today I am down 103 pounds in 15 months. Good luck! No matter what you chose, you can do it!

posted November 24, 2015
A DiabetesTeam Member

Three things that are ultra important ........ number 1 is exercise ...... walk at least 8000 paces a day ... number 2 ..... eating habits, portion as well as balance. Need to have protein, carbs, fats and veg, lots of veg and 3rdly lifestyle ..... cut out the drinking and smoking and get at least 8 hours sleep a night .....

posted June 2, 2016

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