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Product Description The vertical sleeve gastrectomy, or gastric sleeve, can be your weight loss solution after years of struggling with obesity. Thousands of patients have successfully lost weight and kept it off after vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Making the right decisions can help you make the most out of this life-changing experience. The Big Book on the Gastric Sleeve: Everything You Need to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy! provides the information and tips you need to make the most out of this chance to overcome obesity forever. How does the gastric sleeve work? Is the vertical sleeve gastrectomy your best option? Who will your surgeon be? What will your diet be like? How can you reduce complications and side effects? This indispensable book answers these questions and more with straightforward and complete explanations. The authors, a successful weight loss surgery patient and a nutritionist specializing in weight loss speak to those considering weight loss surgery, current gastric sleeve patients and their supporters. Learn about Expected weight loss after vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) Choosing a surgeon and paying for surgery Safely preparing for and recovering from surgery Avoiding mistakes that can slow weight loss and harm your health The VSG diet for weight loss: what, when and how much to eat Health benefits and risks of the sleeve Embracing life as a sleeve patient This complete guide covers the entire VSG journey – don’t miss out on critical information that can get you the weight loss that you want and deserve! From the Author When I began my weight loss journey in 2003, I had no idea that it would lead to all of this. I only wanted a way to lose weight and get myself together. I had been fighting obesity my entire life, and I was desperate for a long-term solution that didn't involve starving myself, being obsessed with food, and regaining weight every time I stopped dieting. At 5 feet 8 inches tall, I hit a high of 255 pounds during college. I was able to successfully lose some weight, even a lot of weight, when I dieted, but the weight always came back when I stopped dieting. I began seriously considering weight loss surgery because of a friend of mine. Since getting the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (lap-band), he'd been losing weight and was looking better than I'd ever seen him. After doing a small bit of research, I decided that the lap-band could be my own ticket to controlling my eating and my weight. I got the band in 2003, and assumed that I could easily figure out what I needed to know by searching the internet when I had questions. I had thought there would be unlimited sites talking about the lap-band, providing social support and information and encouragement to all of the lap-band patients like me who were so dedicated to losing weight but needed a helping hand. Boy, was I wrong! There weren't that many resources available, and the ones that were there weren't that useful. They didn't have the information I needed, or they didn't have a friendly, welcoming vibe that made me want to go back. I wanted a place to go to communicate with other lap-band patients. I wanted to learn from them, be able to ask my questions and receive advice and suggestions from people who'd already been exactly where I was. That's why I started LapBandTalk.com almost immediately after my surgery in 2003. I want all of the lap- band patients out there, and the people who are considering the lap-band as a tool to fight obesity, to have a place to go for the assistance and answers they need, starting from before surgery and for as long as they want to continue the lap-band lifestyle and stay healthy. LapBandTalk.com took off beyond anything I'd ever imagined, and I realized that patients who were interested in or had gotten other weight loss surgery procedures had similar needs. I started VerticalSleeveTalk.com and other boards for different procedures.