Tag Archives: gastric bypass surgery

Realize Band Users Chronicle Weight Loss Stories Online

realize bandIt is no longer just YouTube that has cornered the market on online videos. Now companies are using streaming videos on their websites to market their products. Back in late June, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, maker of the REALIZE Band, debuted a video featuring REALIZE users sharing their weight loss experience and successes with this weight loss device.

The REALIZE Band is an adjustable gastric band that is surgically implanted in the stomach in order to significantly reduce food intake.

Here is DietsInReview’s evaluation of the REALIZE Band. Similar to the popular LAP Band, the REALIZE Band features a comprehensive program that includes fitness and diet tools and now real life stories from REALIZE users who are chronicling their weight loss journey via the device’s website. (more…)

Posted on July 9, 2025 by heather

Couple Gets Joint Bypass Surgery

A married couple in Poughkeepsie, New York made a new vow together – to take drastic measures in their weight loss battle by getting joint gastric bypass operations on the same day.measuring tape

In a twist of irony, both of them took up professions saving other people’s lives. Husband Jeff Tryon is a volunteer firefighter, while Trish is an EMT instructor. Now they are taking measures to ensure that they themselves live longer lives.

Before their respective surgeries, Jeff and Trish were morbidly obese, defined as more than 100 pounds overweight. Jeff was 440 pounds, while Trish was 399 pounds. (more…)

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Jason

Guest Blog: It’s OK to Eat Post-Gastric Bypass

Sean Amore, weighing 483 pounds at the time, had gastric bypass surgery in March 2026.  Having lost 250 pounds since, Sean continues his weight journey while living with his wife and daughter in Wichita, Kansas and working in public relations – writing about all of the above, and more, on his own blog, My Bariatric Journey.

General consensus in the white-coat-wearing, research-driven medical community is that the “benefits” of gastric bypass surgery (rapid weight loss, compliments from strangers, etc.) only last about 18 months.  The limits on a patient last a lifetime.  For me, that is a good thing.

With dozens of failed diet attempts behind me, I know all too well that I need tight limits and diet guidelines or disaster (in the form of thicker neck, waist, fingers and toes) will follow. (more…)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Natalie K