After having the Gastric Balloon for 12 months, I can say that it was way easier and safe to lose weight. In just 2 months I lost the desire weight and I had the 10 remaining months to change my eating habits so I could keep on with the lost weigh, I fully recommend it.
Thanks to the Gastric Balloon I could wear again, my clothes that no longer fit, along with the lost weight my insecurities vanished. I acquire a confidence in myself that never had, the change in my image helped me achieve the position I wanted and in my personal life, my marriage took a second air, I am really happy with the results.
The most difficult part of having a Gastric Balloon is to learn your new limits; if you eat too much or spicy food the balloon “warns” you that you did something wrong and you learn never to do it again. After this stage the rest is pretty easy because you practically start to lose weight and eating correctly.
They placed my Gastric Balloon prior my Bariatric surgery, with this treatment I lost 45kg in 12 months, I am still on the road of weight loss and I expect that with the surgery I can have a normal weight according for man my age.
The health plans the nutritionist sends you are pretty easy to follow, you don’t need to elaborate or have special food, there are plenty of options and everything is personalized according to your lifestyle, work tempo, etc. By choice, I decided not to adjust the balloon on the 6th month of treatment, and only with the balloon and the nutritionist indications I was very closed to my weight loss goal.