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Is there a gastric bypass surgery for people that are 20 pounds overweight?
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Heck, you'll lose 20 pounds simply staying in the hospital.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:37PM
Simple answer. No. You have to be considered morbidly obese before you get that kind of surgery! 20 pounds over weight don't even bring you close to morbidly obese!
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:20PM
I hope you are kidding... Maybe you should just try the "gastronomic bypass". That is where you simply bypass all of your favorite gastronomic delights for a while. :)
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Posted Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:23AM
Nooooo! And you wouldn't want there to be. Gastric bypass is a very serious surgery for those whose life is in jeopardy because of their weight. However they do have a new injection called Lipdissolve that gets rid of problem areas on your stomach. Ask a comsetic surgeon about it. However, nothings better than good old diet and exericse.

Trust me. My dad's a plastic surgeon. Gastric bypass isn't a weight loss step. It's a life changing move towards a harder lifestyle. Specialized diet and exercise plan. You have to be about to die from obesity for it to be even considered an option.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:36PM
yeah' those extreme methods are really only available when excersize and diet won't work, or will be too slow.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:47PM
Boarderline is right, I don't think a doctor would even consider recommending that kind of surgery for someone who was just twenty pounds overweight. They still consider it a rather drastic step and they take care to ensure it's only the people in real danger of serious health complications due to obesity that get the procedure done.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:50PM
NO. You must be deemed clinically obese and have a body mass index that reflects that. Sorry! This surgery is for a specific part of the population and is a last resort. Dont think of it as a diet but truly a life changing event for those that do it and committ to it. It isnt easy to live a life overweight but obese is even more difficult.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:08PM
You want to lose 20 pounds? Use the cabbage soup diet. It's really gross but it works and fast. Just modify it slightly and put exercise into it, that way you won't gain the weight back. Worked for me and I have kept the 16 pounds off for over a year now.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:24PM
No, but if you want to lose weight, stop drinking soda. I lost 15 lbs. in a month.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:39PM
No. Being 20 pounds overweight does not put your health at enough immediate risk to justify something as extreme as gastric bypass surgery.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 6:00PM
Do the South Beach Diet if you can afford to. You will lose 20 lbs in one month. I lost 6lbs in one week on that diet.
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Posted Nov 19th, 2008 at 6:03PM
No
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