Choosing to lose weight is a long term commitment. You aren’t going to lose weight over night, even if you have seen adverts that promise you will. Depending on your current weight and lifestyle, losing weight can take months or even years and keeping that weight off is a life-long process.
To lower your body mass index (BMI), you will need to change your lifestyle and stick to those lifestyle changes. A gastric balloon procedure can help you start those changes, and begin your weight loss journey. Allure Weight Loss are gastric balloon specialists, based in Cheshire, but active all over the country.
Traditional Weight Loss
The most effective way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. This sounds much simpler than it is. Most people are overweight not because they are unaware of this idea, but because they do not live a lifestyle that is conducive to losing weight.
Traditionally, the weight loss industry has been built around personal willpower as the main method of losing weight. This means that it is exclusively up to you to stop yourself from eating. However, being overweight is often associated with a range of other mental health issues. Telling a person trying to lose weight that it is a simple case of willpower means that when they inevitably fail to lose weight quickly when that is what they might have been promised, it is their fault for not trying hard enough, or not having the requisite will power. This in turn can worsen the emotional reasons for over-eating.
How does a Gastric Balloon Work?
A gastric balloon can start you off on the path to changing your lifestyle and eating habits. When you get a gastric balloon fitted in our Cheshire centre, you get a helping hand on the journey to losing weight.
An alternative to weight loss surgery, a gastric balloon is a silicon balloon that partially fills your stomach. Your weight loss team will then fill the balloon with water, so that it inflates. The inflated balloon then stays in your stomach for a length of 6 or 12 months, depending on how long you need the help for. A gastric balloon helps you lose weight by partially filling your stomach, so that you will feel full to encourage eating smaller meals and healthy eating habits. Gastric balloons help patients develop healthy habits so that when you have the gastric balloon removed those habits can be more easily maintained.
Losing Weight with a Gastric Balloon vs Other Methods
76% of people who have tried to lose weight in the traditional way, through diet and exercise alone, say that they are not satisfied with this approach. However, with a gastric balloon from Allure Weight Loss, you are much more likely to succeed in achieving a healthy weight and mitigating the risks of obesity related health problems.
95% of people who lose weight with a gastric balloon from Allure in Cheshire keep the weight off. They lose a massive 14.5% of their initial body weight on average, which is much higher than many alternative weight loss programmes
Losing Weight in Cheshire
Allure Weight Loss are national experts in supporting weight loss with a gastric balloon. We have a gastric balloon centre in Cheshire, an easy travelling distance for people across the North West and West Midlands. However, we also have centres across the country, including:
Whether you want to lose weight with a weight-loss balloon in Cheshire, or elsewhere, we can help. Get in touch to learn more.
