How Surgery Reduces Weight
The body is a perfect calorie counter. The amount of weight you maintain is determined by your metabolism and the amount of food you consume, as well as liquid calories.
The band allows patients to eat a smaller portion, and yet feel satisfied, and feel satisfied for hours.
By making good food choices—that is, those foods that stay in the upper pouch, such as meat, poultry, and vegetables—and with a well adjusted band, patients find they can eat less, and be satisfied for hours.
Weight loss occurs two ways: eating less for meals and not feeling hungry between meals.
This occurs at a pace of about one to two pounds per week, again depending on the choices made and the metabolism of the individual.
Speaking of metabolism—because the brain is fooled by thinking a person has eaten a large meal—there is no decrease in metabolism. But we not only teach you to make healthy food choices, but to eat meals regularly: maintain your metabolism, get healthy.