http://www.motleyhealth.com/lose-weight/fern-britton-makes-gastric-band-surgery-more-popular Tue, 22 May 2012 17:17:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.motleyhealth.com/lose-weight/fern-britton-makes-gastric-band-surgery-more-popular#comment-14858 MotleyHealth Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:18:50 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/articles/?p=327#comment-14858 Hi Rachel, thank you for sharing your experience. It is interesting that you say "biggest problem is having to be organised". This really applies to any healthy diet anywhere. I have worked in banks in London and know how hard it is to find a really healthy meal when you need to. Sounds like you have the mental disciple to carry this through, triathlons and 101km bike races are not for the faint hearted - so well done there. Hi Rachel, thank you for sharing your experience. It is interesting that you say “biggest problem is having to be organised”. This really applies to any healthy diet anywhere. I have worked in banks in London and know how hard it is to find a really healthy meal when you need to. Sounds like you have the mental disciple to carry this through, triathlons and 101km bike races are not for the faint hearted – so well done there.

]]> http://www.motleyhealth.com/lose-weight/fern-britton-makes-gastric-band-surgery-more-popular#comment-14413 Rachel Wastney Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:48:35 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/articles/?p=327#comment-14413 I find it interesting that you haven't "talked" to someone who has had banding. Without the surgery I was dying, it was very slow and painful way to die. My surgery was 12 weeks ago and I have lost 3 stone in that time. I don't feel that my diet is restrictive, in fact it is easier than before. Half of each meal is protein with the other half being veges or fruit (most of the time), because I am full and don't feel hungry, I don't feel that I am missing out on anything. I still have the occassional piece of chocolate, and I can have just a piece and be happy. The biggest problem is having to be organised, all my work meals have to be prepared in advance because I can't just pop into the local cafe for a meal, they are all too big and not nutritious enough. I am now training for a minimum of 5 hours per week and I have entered into 2 triathlons, a half marathon (walk) and 15 duathlons to complete over the next 3 months. I couldn't have done these activities without losing some weight as I could barely walk. I tried dieting, but my hunger would take over and I would eat too much in each meal (I only had take aways once a week, although I will admit chocolate was my poison of choice a couple of times a week). I tried exercising, for one event I trained for a year and rode in a 101km race, during this time I only lost 1kg, this is depressing. If you have tried everything and failed, gastric banding may be the solution that actually works. I find it interesting that you haven’t “talked” to someone who has had banding. Without the surgery I was dying, it was very slow and painful way to die.
My surgery was 12 weeks ago and I have lost 3 stone in that time.
I don’t feel that my diet is restrictive, in fact it is easier than before. Half of each meal is protein with the other half being veges or fruit (most of the time), because I am full and don’t feel hungry, I don’t feel that I am missing out on anything. I still have the occassional piece of chocolate, and I can have just a piece and be happy.
The biggest problem is having to be organised, all my work meals have to be prepared in advance because I can’t just pop into the local cafe for a meal, they are all too big and not nutritious enough.
I am now training for a minimum of 5 hours per week and I have entered into 2 triathlons, a half marathon (walk) and 15 duathlons to complete over the next 3 months. I couldn’t have done these activities without losing some weight as I could barely walk. I tried dieting, but my hunger would take over and I would eat too much in each meal (I only had take aways once a week, although I will admit chocolate was my poison of choice a couple of times a week). I tried exercising, for one event I trained for a year and rode in a 101km race, during this time I only lost 1kg, this is depressing.
If you have tried everything and failed, gastric banding may be the solution that actually works.

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