Fighting Weight: How I Achieved Healthy Weight Loss with "Banding," a New Procedure That Eliminates Hunger--Forever
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061170968 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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With a father famous for his athletic abilities (and one sister following in his footsteps) Khaliah felt insecure about her weight. With the help of the band (which is wrapped around the stomach), Khaliah was finally able to lose the weight and step out of her shell. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. She tried many diets and weight-loss programs, but hunger always got the best of her. From Publishers Weekly Khaliah, daughter of Mohammad Ali, struggled with obesity for most of her life. The sections written by her doctors explain the mechanics of the surgery, who should or should not have it and what to expect if you do. Khaliah decided to try laparoscopic banding—a surgery this book
Amazon Customer said Who cares?. I didn't really care about her experiences with her father. I just wanted to know about her experiences with lap band surgery. I should have just bought the second half of the book!. Fighting Weight :^D I originally bought this because it was one of the few books available about Lap band surgery. I'll admit I was prejudiced against it at the outset because the writer is a celebrity, so how much similiarity to my own experiences could she possibly have? Well, I was wrong in my preconceived notions. Khaliah's journey before the Lap Band is similiar to those of many overweight folks - though I am thankful that mine wasn't as prominently displayed in the li. The band changes lives This book is less about biology and the specifics of the surgery and more about one person's struggle with weight loss through the band. It's a personal story and it is well told. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to grow up in such a physical family and be the fat one this book is very honest and if you are struggling with your weight and are considering making a change, this is a great read. It's not a medical journal, it's a personal jou
Lawrence Lindner is a New York Times bestselling writer who has published columns in The Washington Post and The Boston Globe and has penned numerous books and magazine articles.. Drs. George Fielding and Christine Ren head the NYU Program for Surgical Weight Loss. Nationally and internationally recogni
With the band placed around her stomach and completely taking away her hunger, Khaliah slimmed down to half her former size. Khaliah wraps her story of weight loss in this memoir of what it was like to grow up the daughter of one of the world's most famous men, and teams up with her surgeons at the New York University Medical Center to detail the lifetime of misery suffered by an obese girl; the ins and outs of the banding operation; and the joy, serenity, and health resulting from a solution that until now had eluded her.. Khaliah Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, shares her success at overcoming obesity through banding surgery—a minimally invasive, reversible, and extremely effective choice for drastically overweight peopleWhen Muhammad Ali's daughter Khaliah hit 325 pounds, she didn't need to be told again that she was morbidly obese. It is just as effective as gastric bypass but with a fraction of potential complications. Miserable, depressed, and unable to walk up a flight of stairs without losing her breath, she did not know which way to turn—until a friend pointed her toward a new type of surgery called gastric banding. A lifetime of dieting, of starving, had not helped