Stop Environmental Weight Gain
America is becoming known for its obesity. Even in beautiful locales, like Miami, FL, there are many people who cannot enjoy the sun, sand, and surf for fear of others seeing them in a bathing suit. If this is you, you might blame it on genetics, but doctors and nutritionists say there is a second side to this – our environment.
The temptation of the high calorie foods that surround you, sedentary lifestyles and especially jobs, skipping meals, high stress, and not enough sleep are just the most glaring environmental aspects which contribute to weight gain, but these factors are under your control. Sometimes it seems as difficult to change these aspects of your environment that contribute to heaviness as it would be to change your genetics. The answer is to change the way you react to your environment.
One very effective way to do this is with gastric weight loss surgery, which surgically shrinks your stomach so you feel full sooner. As you make small changes in your daily routine such as getting the right amount of sleep, learning relaxation control techniques, and incorporating more activity into your day, then you will eat smaller amount of calories at regular intervals. This will help you burn off more calories than you eat and will help you to lose weight.
Do not despair if you have already had gastric weight loss surgery. Patients in North Miami that have regained weight following weight loss surgery are often eligible for the ROSE Procedure. ROSE stands for Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endolumenal, which means that a surgeon uses tubes and a miniature camera to access the stomach through the esophagus and restore the small stomach you gained from your first surgery. This gives you another chance to stick to the lifestyle changes that you started working on before.
You cannot underestimate your environment’s influence on weight gain. Being surrounded by high calorie foods at the grocery store, restaurants, work, and home is one of the most crucial aspects of this influence. Whether you are trying this surgery for the first time or not, it will give you the control you need to stop environmental weight gain.