Geesh! I see huge billboards everywhere I go here in Los Angeles for Lap Band Surgery! “If you need to lose 50 or more pounds, then lap band surgery is for you”. Unbelievable! I counted 11 lap band billboards on my way to a family reunion last weekend. I need to get my own billboard and post “QuickMomWorkouts.com will do the job without the cost and pain of surgery!”

I have seen more women lose 50+ pounds just with nutrition changes and working out for 15 minutes a day. I do plan to buy a few summer t-shirts with this on the front and the back.   Now let me share with you why you don’t need lap band surgery.

Top 8 Reasons Why You Don’t Need Lap Band Surgery

1. Many post operation complications – potential infections and excessive bleeding
2. Slippage of the band can cause heart burn and vomitting
3. The band can erode into the inside of your stomach
4. The band can spontaneously deflate because of leakage
5. The surgery is costly between $17,000 to $30,000
6. Additional surgery may be needed
7. More fiber is the answer to feeling more full, not surgery
8. A surgery will not change your habits for a lifetime

What Is a Lap-Band?

“Lap-Band System” is the brand name of the FDA-approved, adjustable gastric band used in the procedure. Most simply, a Lap-Band is a silicone belt that goes around the top of the stomach. This results in the ability to control your hunger and achieve a “feeling of fullness,” or satiety. Ultimately, you eat much less and should feel full sooner.

It is obvious that the end results of the lap band surgery (satiety) means lack of nutrition awareness. Fiber is definitely one of the key components to correct this problem as well as eating supportive healthy meals every 3-4 hours. The answer is not surgery which can lead to so many other problems but changing your lifestyle and learning nutrition and an exercise regimen for effective fat loss. Is this new surge of billboards only in Los Angeles? Or are other cities seeing more of these billboards as well?

Naomi Trower AKA
FatLossMama
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