Arizona's Premier Lap-Band Blog from Dr. Terry Simpson

Diet is About Food Choices Not Restriction

You have to be accountable for what you eat; you have to measure it so you can manage it; and you have to know the foods that don’t work well with the lapband.

Lessons from a Patient

Virginia was a wonderful patient, who lost 100 lbs and kept it off for years. She showed up at every support group – but won’t be at another- as we heard she passed on. We will miss her, but Virginia gives us valuable lessons about how the Lap-Band works

Master Your LapBand

The Lap-Band is a great tool, but a lousy master. Do not let the band determine how much you will eat, what you will eat, or how fast you will eat. Follow some simple guidelines and you will do just fine.

It Doesn’t Work if You Stay the Same

Weight loss means you have to change things. It means you have to eat differently, you have to eat better, you will eat better food, you will taste better food – and food that will be used as fuel, not stored as fat.

White Bread and Peanuts and LapBand Slips

As a weight loss doctor, I wonder why people eat foods that have no nutritional value, the foods that only equate to empty calories and body fat. Why eat those things, when there are far more tasty, nutritious foods available?

The LapBand Is Not a Magic Cure for Weight Loss

Part of personal accountability is to account for, to measure and know how much you are eating at a time. The lapband is empowering; if you eat an appropriate amount and make appropriate food choices, you will be satisfied for several hours. This results in either weight loss, or weight maintenance (if you are at your weight loss goal).