This summer, keep your LAP-BAND shakes fresh and nutritional with this Banana Shake. This quick and simple shake can serve as breakfast, a mid-day or late-night snack. Try it, post it on your Instagram and tag us (@lapbandindiana)! We want to know what you think: […]
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Our program focuses on weight loss and interventional weight loss surgery. We offer Medical weight loss, Lap Band System, Korr Metabolic Testing, and Orbera Gastric Balloon. Dr. McEwen is a Surgical proctor (Instructor for other Surgeons) for Apollo Endocare. Since 2005, our program, Indiana Obesity Center, has assisted well over 2000 patients lose weight (over 90,000 pounds lost) with the Adjustable Gastric Band. www.lapbandindiana.com #lapband #orbera #wls
What Are LAP-BAND Adjustments & Why Do We Perform Them?
A LAP-BAND adjustment is an in-office procedure. Doctor McEwen uses a specialized needle to insert into your LAP-BAND port to inject sterile saline. The saline can fill the band’s inner pockets to tighten the band, or remove saline to loosen it.
Adding fluid to the band tightens the stoma (opening) into the lower stomach. The fluid makes the opening to your LAP-BAND pouch smaller, making it harder for food to pass through while helping you to feel full quicker. This added restriction means you need to pay closer attention to your food eat, speed at which you eat it, portion control and of course, what you are actually eating. […]
Transformation Tuesday: Michelle
It has been a long and rewarding journey for Michelle. There were difficult times and also great ones but through it all her consistency and determination to obtain and keep a healthy lifestyle has enabled Michelle to have long-term success. Since her initial visit with Dr. McEwen, Michelle has lost 125 pounds and wants to share a little bit of what she’s learned. […]
Who Can Get The ORBERA Balloon?
Currently, there are over 220,000 ORBERA balloons in over 80 countries, making our ORBERA program a leader in the gastric balloon treatment. With that in mind, our ORBERA program is ideal for patients who need/want to lose 20-30 pounds with a body mass index (BMI) of 30-40 and have had several attempts at weight loss with diets, exercise and other programs. […]
ORBERA Intragastric Balloon | Bariatric Balloon 101
The ORBERA gastric balloon is a spherical silicone smooth surface balloon filled with saline that floats within the walls of the stomach to aid in weight loss. The 6 months short-term program is ideal for patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30-40kg/m who want to quickly kick-start weight-loss. Ideally, the ORBERA balloon is to be used in conjunction with a long-term supervised diet and behavior modification program to maintain weight-loss post ORBERA treatment.
LAP-BAND Recipe|Mexican Fajita Bowl
Mexican food is amazing and not hard to adjust to fit your new LAP-BAND diet. Below is a recipe Dr. McEwen’s dietician believes is perfect to feed those Mexican food cravings while closing following the LAP-BAND nutritional guidelines.
Bariatric LAP-BAND Myths, Part 2
In part 2 of Bariatric LAP-BAND® myths, we’ll address the post-op and patient-driven myths that surround lap band surgery. Every case varies and different variables can affect patients in different ways so no 2 people have the exact same experience. The following myths are general concepts we’ve experienced in our practice. If you or anyone you know has more questions, consider attending our FREE info seminar or email Cheryl Conwell at cconwell@ecommunity.com.
Bariatric LAP-BAND Myths, Part 1
Thanks to wonderful power of the internet, anyone can sound like an expert of any particular topic. The internet can provide some great and reliable info sources but for every reliable source there are just as many, if not more, sources that have little to no credibility. It seems we often find ourselves letting myths or negative experiences scare us from making the right decision for ourselves. Often, these myths will take a partial truth and blend them with an individual’s negative experience. These sources are largely based on emotion and not fact. Dr. McEwen has an extensive amount of experience in bariatric surgery with over 11 years exclusively in LAP-BAND® procedures and his experience can help address current myths often found while browsing the internet. In this two part blog, we’ll address surgical myths in part 1 and patient myths in part 2.
LAP-BAND® Full Liquid Diet.
The full liquid diet is the second diet phase you will advance to after your lap band surgery. Full liquids are liquids that you cannot see through and include protein shakes, soups (smooth, no large pieces of food), drinkable yogurt like Lifeway Kefir (ideally Greek, non-fat), sugar free Jell-O, sugar-free pudding, sugar free Carnation Instant Breakfast, etc. These full liquid enter your post LAP-BAND® diet on day 3 through approximately day 9. The goal is to slowly advance to foods with a thicker consistency and prep your lap band for solids and other appropriate foods.
During this period, the goal caloric intake is 600-800 kcal/day minimum although an overall goal of 1200 kcal should be reached by day 28. We recommend our patients start with protein shakes such as Bariatric Advantage Meal Replacement which we sell in the office or a quality whey-protein shake like Premier Protein. The minimum protein shake intake per day for women should be two servings and three for men. Don’t forget to start back on your vitamins at this phase as well! Chewable vitamins are recommended as they dissolve and won’t sit in the pouch above your band potentially causing irritation like a tablet would.
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