First you need to talk with your primary care doctor that can refer you to a weight loss surgeon . He will give you the information you need about weight loss . Usually before surgery you are required to lose X amount of pounds . This weight will be a percent of your current weight . Also, a follow up plan for healthy a safe weight loss after your surgery . Your surgeon will also instruct you on your needs and things to avoid post surgery .
Information about health and diet can be obtained from your family doctor. If you are interested in learning about weight loss surgery and diets, please see the following: fitbie.msn.com/lose-weight/after
To find out more about bariatric surgery you can use the following link. It is an easy to understand slideshow with useful information on what to expect before, during and after the procedure. http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/slideshow-weight-loss-surgery#getty_rm_photo_of_bariatric_surgery_target_area-_.jpg
Some good places to go in order to get information on weight loss and surgery would be a local nutrition specialist and a local surgeon or doctor's office. There is also information available online regarding weight loss and surgery at websites such as, yourbariatricsurgeryguide.com, and www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/surgery-for-you
For information of post weight loss surgery you can go to many websites.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov is a great source of information. thought the best for weihgt loss is diet and exersize.
You can find gastric bypass surgery before and after, physician details, and pictures as well as true stories of those who have gotten the surgery done at obeseinfo.com
Gastricbypass.com will give you all the info you need about the surgery before and after There is also a diet community on webmd.com which discusses the subject
Your doctor should have a list in his/her office of weight loss surgery doctors. You can also go to yellowpages.com type in your information and you will find phone numbers and addresses of weight loss doctors.
If you would like to find information on what weight loss surgery will do for you, you need to go to your doctor and have a consultation with them and they can tell you if it wil work for you.
If you are searching for information regarding bypass surgery weight loss, I would recommend going here: http://www.medicinenet.com/gastric_bypass_surgery/article.htm
You can get information about what to do before getting a gastric bypass surgery from a local gastric bypass surgerical center. Ask them about information about this.
A patient should ensure that he/she has exhausted all possible viable options before resorting to weight loss surgeries because they are prohibitively expensive to most and carry very high risks. http://www.realize.com/ is a good place to find information on weight loss surgery.
Once you have gastric bypass surgery, you will be able to tell a huge difference in the before and after weight. Your weight before the surgery played a part in the reasoning for having the surgery done. After the bypass is done and the amount of food that is consumed is decreased, your weight will begin to go down. Sometimes the amount of weight loss is drastic because you are not introducing the number of calories like you were before surgery.