“When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail!” We have all heard of this saying, and all of us agree. A skilled laparoscopic surgeon plots to take out huge tumors and cysts through the keyhole method, while the dinosaur surgeon tends to think of employing his hands to remove organs (like the appendix) [...]
This morning, I was supposed to train with Ranadeep Moitra (the fitness coach of BMI) and a group of youths at his bootcamp (usually sprint intervals and stuff) at a local cricket ground. I was late, and reached the camp when it was on its way. I had brought my kettlebells anticipating this, and started [...]
(pic credit goes to this site) If you have decided to go for a bariatric operation, you need to do some preliminary preparation for it. 1. We tell our patients to go on a liquid diet for 15 days before the day of surgery. This does not mean you can drink ghee, condensed milk, juices and [...]
This is one of the commonest questions we face as providers of obesity care. The question may be posed by a matronly lady in her fifties, an out-of-shape PYT, or by a morbidly obese patient looking at bariatric surgery. (pic source: here.) The answer to that question, therefore, has to be contextual. In the more [...]
From Journal Watch: The more healthy lifestyle behaviors that adults follow, the lower their risk for a number of chronic conditions, reports Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers in Germany recruited some 23,000 adults aged 35 to 65 and followed them for roughly 8 years. At baseline, four healthy lifestyle behaviors were assessed: never smoking, having a [...]
We have some patients who, a few months after bariatric surgery, want to maximise the weight loss following the procedure, and want to start off with exercise. This article will attempt to answer some of the most common questions we have faced. When can I start working out after my gastric bypass? The answer depends [...]
A well known person in Kolkata called me up for helping her to lose around 20 lbs of fat. “But I don’t have the time to exercise like you!”, she said. (pic source: flickr.com/photos/ geekandpoke/2231731282/) Now, she had no real way of knowing anything about my exercise regime or durations. I took it as a [...]