“Obese Patients Tried on 24 Diets Before Surgery”

 The above title is actually the latest news title from usatoday-dot-com. It generally reflected that people who have had weight-loss surgeries say they tried an average 24 diets and exercise programs over the years before deciding to have the procedure. The surgery done was bariatric or gastric bypass, which creates a much smaller stomach and bypasses part of the small intestine. Bariatric surgery costs over $20k-30k.

After all, if a gastric bypass is the ‘right’ thing to do for those who are morbidly obese, then why not just do it on your own without the surgery! Well, I am not being critical about surgery, but if anyone eats sensibly and care about their health and well-being, why is surgery required? Further more, I could have used $30k to buy myself a new car.

As a matter of fact, diet and programs don’t work only if the person does not follow the guide. They work, although not as fast as surgery, if the people change their lifestyles.

Of course, it is always easier said than done. Telling a baby to drop the pacifier just does not work. Food can become an addiction just like alcohol and drugs. But with support and positive changes, it can happen, if not fast, eventually.

After the surgery, “patients are advised to exercise, change their eating habits, receive nutritional counseling and psychological support, keep a food diary, go to patient support groups and see their surgeon or doctor regularly”.

Ironically, if they have done these before the surgery, they wouldn’t need the surgery at all!

The secret in diet plans is to “play” around with food and your body’s mechanism and metabolism. Different food has different amount of calories while your body adapt to calories differently. If you are able to shift or change the the type of calories you eat everyday, it will ‘confuse’ the body metabolism and this will aid in burning more fats away.

The reasons why obese patients tried on 24 diets on average before surgery are as followed:

1. They did not stick to a particular diet and were diet-hopping.
2. They did not follow the diets closely.
3. They followed the wrong diet program.

Don’t let these factors fall upon you. If you think weight loss is that difficult, think again, what have you done wrong? Losing weight is not as hard as you assume it to be, not until you overcome your own mentality and mindset. Change yourself and bring back your confidence.