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REALIZE® Band Procedure: Why Do You Enjoy Food More?

 
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Andrea discusses why she enjoys food more since undergoing the REALIZE® BAND bariatric surgery.

Andrea:
I think there are few reasons why I enjoy food more than I did before. One reason is, I think I am really enjoying the taste. I didn’t eat fried food every day before, but when you have fried food, you’re not tasting the flavor anymore, and so now I am eating more natural foods, more seasonings are bringing out the flavors and I am enjoying the taste. I am not feeling a fried taste or something artificial. So I think I am really enjoying the actual flavor of foods more.

For example, I have always kind of liked spinach, but I love like spinach in salads in dishes and just the blend of flavoring I’m enjoying a lot more than I used to.

The other reason is I just think it makes me feel good because I know the results. It is part of what I learned in support groups about envisioning who I want to be and what I want to be and eating those foods helps me become that. Those are couple of reasons why I don’t feel deprived.

A third reason is probably because it’s an engrained habit now. It’s what I do every day all day and that’s one thing that initially I think I was afraid of. “Can I really bring myself to exercise this off and then can I limit those foods?” And another phrase that we learned in support group was, ‘not on a diet’. I am on a permanent life change. I have made a change. This is what I am choosing. I am choosing to eat these foods; it’s not that I can’t have the other ones, I am choosing to eat them, and I think all of those reasons together are why I don’t feel deprived.

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Keywords:
Condition: Obesity Morbid Obesity, Weight Loss, Morbidly Obese

Related Terms: Bariatric Surgery, Adjustable Gastric Band Procedure, Comorbidities, Nutrition, BMI, Weight Loss, Body Mass Index, REALIZE® Band

Health Care Provider: Banner Hospital, Banner Medical Center, Banner Bariatric, North Colorado Medical Center, Banner Health, Banner Bariatric Center

Location: Greenley, CO, Colorado, Cloverly, Alden, Johnstown, Hardman, Windsor, Auburn, La Salle, Gill, Elm, 80631

Expert: Dr. Michael W. Johnell, Dr. Johnell, Michael Johnell, M.D., Bariatric Surgeon Michael W. Johnell, Doctor Johnell

Expertise: Weight Management, Restorative Health, Bariatric Surgery, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Adjustable Gastric Band

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