How to lose 112 pounds with LCHF instead of gastric bypass surgery!
Johanna Engström has had a fantastic journey. She was inches from having gastric bypass surgery, but decided at the last minute to try low-carb instead. Fast forward around one year and she’s lost 112 pounds! And her internal organs are still intact.
Truly impressive:
Expressen (Swedish paper): How we got thin and styled like the stars (Google translated from Swedish)
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It is startling how easily doctors recommend gastric bypass compared to how reluctant they are to suggest trying LCHF. Why it's not standard protocol to attempt LCHF first is absolutely baffling, and depressing.
Congratulations to Johanna for her success. She will be an inspiration to countless people.
-Michael
They look 2 different persons. I checked her Facebook profile but cannot see anything.
Thanks.
In that time I have known 9 people who have gotten some kind of bariatric (which, not-so-ironically, my spellcheck keeps wanting to change to 'barbaric') surgery. ONE has had long-term success, and he was a male in his mid-20s. One actually almost died just last month because they had to go in and repair something minor five years later, severed a major artery on the way out, and she lost 6 liters of blood as they frantically called every available surgeon in to repair her. I don't remember the specifics now, but I had googled it when I got the news and what happened to her has a 90% mortality rate. People should NOT be cutting into their bodies and rearranging perfectly healthy organs. Lose the weight with LCHF and save the money for a face lift! :-)
I'm really impressed with this young lady. I'm going to look into this type diet. It's yet another that I once heard is bad, that it causes stones, etc. But it has helped more than it has killed!!! Can't say that for weight loss surgery.
I recommend that you read this blog post:
http://www.dietdoctor.com/average-age-of-heart-attack-falls-to-60-gue...
Weight loss surgery is not the easy way out, not lazy, and not easy!!!!
It is only a tool. If you don't use that tool, it is useless. You still have to make the good healthy low carb food choices and you still need to get to the gym if you want to be fit.
So guys, lets not judge. Lets just support each other in our efforts to get healthy. We all have different bodies that react different ways. I support people who strive to get healthy no matter how they choose to do it : ) .
Good Luck
I also have had a Gastric Bypass, and it is not the saving Surgery that it portrays. Your facts about who experiences Death and Complications are not absolutely correct. I was extremely Healthy and had no medical problems prior to my Gastric Bypass. Now after being compliant, following the rules, taking my vitamins, exercising, and doing everything I was told to do.. No sugar, No Carbonated drinks, regular check ups, I am having complications due to the malabsorption this surgery causes. WE have been fed a big lie about Gastric Bypass. I have been researching to find Long term studies about the effects of Gastric By-pass and there are so few studies out there. The thing is we don't know what will happen in the long term. I am post 18 Years and only started having major issues with Iron, Dental, B12 Protein absorption 5 years ago. When you mess with the natural order of the body you will create problems. We first need to get the right nutritional message out there and help others understand consiquences of the Surgery and help others find a better solution. This is why I am trying to help others learn about LCHF.
I've had a few friends have surgery, they end up on LCHF diets anyway. They just lose the weight faster and they now believe that can do it. They have no choice.
I only have been for 8 weeks but struggling with cancer and hyperthyroidism , so might not be too late !!!!! but I will try my best, also eating no carbs (sugar) will help my battle agains cancer cells !!!
Good luck to all these beautiful people !!!!!! Thanks to Diet Doctor Team !!!
Fucking idiot.
I cried for my friend, Brooke, when she told me she had had it done .. suggested by her doctor and all in order to succumb to a positive pregnancy .
‘Hate crime’ is precisely what this procedure is: how did our medical practitioners come to view this procedure as every day acceptable??
Have a great day! Good luck to all on LCHF! I'm starting LCHF soon!
My email is.... jangibson550@gmail.com
Seems to me long term LCHF would be much better long term. I do know that many have success after surgery, but have also read that many do not talk about their struggles afterwards. Why? The shame of admitting defeat, again, after taking such a drastic measure. And, certainly the doctors that do the surgery don’t want to talk about it...they get the big bucks!
I quess there is not much money in running a weight loss support group
For their patients who they would alternatively recommend a low carb high fat adequate, protein diet to. They need that surgery and office pre and post surgery office fees first.
Per day??
You can read all of our information about starting keto here - https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto
Obesity is sometimes only a symptom
of other conditions
conditions like diabetes, etc...
If gastric bypass kills 1 in 200,
I do agree a diet should be used instead
That is a high statistic
Less than 1% of all cases.