Ten days after the surgery, Liang Yong had lost 32 jin (16 kg), and 22 days post-surgery he had lost 47 jin (23.5 kg). Currently, Liang Yong's weight is 193.35 kg (pre-surgery it was 216.5 kg). Professor Wang Cunchuan predicted that after the surgery, Liang Yong's weight would show a significant downward trend, with an average monthly weight loss of 10-15 kg. In the first month alone, he could lose 15 to 25 kg, after which the rate of weight loss would gradually slow down. The weight reduction would cease 1-2 years after the surgery as his body gradually approaches a new balance. Within one year, he will lose 50%-90% of his excess weight, meaning a weight loss of 70-120 kg. After two years, the most noticeable results will be achieved. "An ideal weight is expected to stabilize around 70-80 kg," said Professor Wang optimistically. Liang Yong displayed the five incisions from the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. (Photography: Superslash)
Page three: Liang Yong wants to climb Baiyun Mountain and will provide weight-loss consultations to help others.
Key points: On June 21, "China's First Fat Man" Liang Yong underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery at Jin Hua Hospital. Twenty-two days after the surgery, Liang Yong had lost 47 jin (23.5 kg). At the press conference on July 13, Liang Yong, who had traveled across the country seeking medical help for weight loss, sincerely shouted: "Thank you, Guangzhou! I love Guangzhou!" deeply touching those present.
Weight Loss Surgery: Shrinking the stomach and rerouting the intestines.
In medicine, this method is called laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, a golden standard weight-loss surgical procedure with over 50 years of history. In the U.S., more than 180,000 people undergo this surgery each year. It involves a "renovation" of the gastrointestinal tract, separating the stomach into a large and small part, and connecting the upper portion of the jejunum to the smaller section of the divided stomach. This way, food no longer passes through the majority of the stomach, duodenum, or part of the jejunum but instead takes a new route directly bypassing the larger part of the original stomach. As a result, both intake and absorption are reduced, leading to gradual weight loss. Initially after the surgery, the amount of food consumed is significantly less—two steamed buns per meal suffice—but gradually, the intake increases to approach that of a normal person. By then, the patient's weight will also have decreased to near-normal levels, achieving a new balance and maintaining an ideal weight in the long term.
At 10:30 AM on July 13, the "Successful Information Release Conference for China's First Fat Man - Liang Yong’s Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Surgery" was held in the lobby of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University. The event was hosted by Vice President Chen Bin of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University. President Huang Li of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University and President Cai Quan of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University successively spoke, thanking all sectors of society for their attention to Liang Yong's minimally invasive weight loss surgery. Liang Yong, who had sought medical help across the country for weight loss, expressed gratitude to the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, shouting loudly, "Thank you, Guangzhou! I love Guangzhou!" expressing joy over his successful weight loss and gratitude towards Guangzhou. (Click here to view the full process photo album of Liang Yong's weight loss surgery.)
Professor Wang Cunchuan, Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Institute of Jinan University and the first expert in China to conduct gastric bypass surgery, introduced the details of Liang Yong's surgery and postoperative conditions. He stated that this surgery was not liposuction as many might imagine but rather a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach and partially reroutes the intestines, fundamentally achieving the goal of reducing food intake and absorption to lose weight. He mentioned that this was the heaviest weight-loss surgery conducted via minimally invasive techniques in China so far.
Post-Surgery Food Intake Drastically Reduced: Two Steamed Buns Are Enough To Feel Full
Page Two: Liang Yong suffered discrimination due to obesity and began searching for effective weight-loss methods from the age of 14.