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Published 23rd July 2009

The Come Dine With Me Kid

It was a surprise request from deep inside Suzanne Gregory's womb.
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My Italian Dream!
How a Gateway Health Patient relised her dreams of Italy

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How a gastric band helped me conceive the miracle baby I thought I'd never have

Weighing in at 19 stone, Suzanne Gregory was told the devastating news she was too heavy to get pregnant.

But after an £8,000 gastric band operation helped her lose four stone in as many months, the 36-year-old is now the proud mother of one-month-old baby Brooke.

Suzanne had been trying to conceive for 12 months and was stunned when she was told by doctors her weight meant she would never become a mother.

Suzanne and partner Richard Wilson, 38, were desperate to start a family but discovered her weight was contributing to a hormone problem and making it impossible to conceive.

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A growing problem, a simple solution!
As a nation our portion sizes have become larger, our lifestyles more sedentary: we eat more and exercise less. Healthcare professionals call this the obesity epidemic. Lincolnshire based Gateway Health have been helping the people of Grimsby to find a solution - using the best of today’s technology alongside their proven lifestyle change programme they have amazingly produced the best weight results ever documented . An independent report published in the Medical journal ‘AUGIS’ (The Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of GB and Ireland) found that Gateway Health patients lost on average 73.4% of their excess weight in six months. Similar studies elsewhere in the world show an average of 33% in the same time scale.
Gateway Health offer the non surgical Gastric Balloon programme alongside the Gastric Band programme.

Diane Fuller of Grimsby had the Gastric Band 10 months ago and has to date lost almost all of her excess weight -moving from BMI 35 to BMI 26. When interviewed, the radiant Diane said “People I’ve not seen for a while don’t recognise me; I get so many compliments on my appearance now. I feel FANTASTIC! It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I thought about having it done for a couple of years, my only regret is that I didn’t have it done sooner. With the help of the Gateway Team and my partner David I’ve had no problems whatsoever. The team are always there at the end of the phone and I see them in clinic every single month. They encourage and support me in every way possible.”

 

Balloon weight loss is not just a lot of hot air

FOR years, the diet industry has led us to believe that having a stomach feeling like a balloon is a bad thing. But the proponents of a new weight loss procedure would disag ree. A process known as the intra-gastric balloon programme is being pioneered by the Lincoln- based Gateway Health clinic as the weight loss alternative for those who have tried every diet without success but who would never consider going under the knife.

 

 

 

EVERY morning Clare Beech tucks into fruit and yoghurt for breakfast.
It's a healthy start to the day which leaves her with a satisfied feeling that keeps hunger at bay for much of the morning.But the 40-year-old, who has shed over two stone since September, has an unusual ally in her battle against the bulge - a saline-filled balloon inserted into her stomach.

The balloon partly fills her stomach and creates a feeling of fullness which helps her to shed the pounds. It is intended as a 'kickstart' to long-term weight loss.

Clare, a mother of two, has waged a long battle on her weight and was beginning to despair of ever getting it under control. Since her wedding in 1995, when she weighed a svelte nine-and-a-half stone, she gradually piled on the pounds and was shocked to find last year that she tipped the scales at 14-and-a-half stone

By Kate Lahive

 

People must change lifestyles