What is the weight loss rate with the laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass?
Weight loss rate after mini Laparoscopic gastric bypass
The weight loss rate after the laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass depends on many factors, and those factors contribute towards making the process speedy.
Factors that contribute to the weight loss after laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass
Following are the factors that contribute to the weight loss after the surgery:
- Exercise
- Diet
- Lifestyle
- The size that the surgeon has made your stomach
All these factors play a significant role in aiding weight loss after laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass and also help to maintain the ideal BMI for the person in the long run. For maintaining a proper diet, you need a diet plan that can fulfil your nutritional values and also help in shedding weight.
Average weight loss after surgery
On average, a patient loses 70% of their extra weight by the help of laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass. 70% is a good number to give the percentage of weight loss after surgery.
A person needs to keep in mind that the average percentage for losing weight is 70, but it can vary in different individuals. For some, it can be more, and for others, it can even be more than 70. But the significant difference from the surgery comes with changing habits and incorporating a proper diet plan. Weight loss after surgery is also dependent on the body mass index, so a person with 6 foot 2 inches’ height and someone with 5 foot 4 inches will shed a different amount of weight after the laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass.
You should have practical expectations from the bariatric surgery. You cannot go from 250 lbs. to 120 lbs. alone. Bariatric surgery procedures aren’t some magic.
Staying motivated is the key.
Staying motivated is the key after the surgery, losing the first 50 lbs. is the toughest part. Still, slowly when you start to see results, you will stay enthusiastic and eat healthier and better and also maintain an active lifestyle. Stay consistent till you achieve your ideal weight and then maintain BMI.
Laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass helps to let you shed the weight in the following ways
- Reducing the hunger feeling by altering the gut to brain signal transmission but it is also important to maintain a proper diet plan.
- Creating earlier a feeling of satiety and fullness while eating a meal and in result, the meal size can be reduced.
- Reducing the calories, you absorb from food as a result of bypassing 150 to 200cm of the upper portion of the small intestine.
