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Fortify Yourself This Thanksgiving!
by Eric Klein, Founder, ObesityHelp.com

The holidays are a well known pitfall for weight loss surgery patients. Below is a negative spiral you don?t want to have?..

 

Before you had weight loss surgery, the holidays were stressful enough? relatives driving you insane, being on the spotlight feeling like everyone is expecting you to perform with hosting and cooking, and all the food -- everywhere! But now that you?re a post op it?s 10 times worse. First, you feel out right jealous watching everyone else gorging themselves. When some of them invite you to do the same, however, you wonder if they are outright trying to sabotage your success. The cycle is insidious: in the past, you were always able to turn to your reliable friend ? food ? for comfort and stress relief. Now, however, that previous ally is itself a stress source. You wind up eating too much, but now instead of merely failing at your eating plan, you're also at risk of making a failure out of your surgery as well, which amps up your stress levels even more, where you feel even more craving for using food for stress relief, and the very act of becoming conscious of all of this makes you feel even more anxious and...Read More

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10 Tips for a Low-Stress Thanksgiving
Before & After Photos

Do you have a story to share with OH Members? For publication consideration, email your article submission to [email protected]. Feel free to include photos!

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Featured Recipe
Roasted Chicken

Ingredients
2 lb chicken
1 sweet onion chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tbl paprika
1 tbl black pepper
1 tsp...Read More

 *Recipe submitted by Gwen
ObesityHelp.com Support Services Associate, Photo Dept

Would you like to share your original recipes with OH Members? Send your recipe submissions to [email protected]. Please try to include a photo of your recipe. Additionally, you can check out the Recipe Forum for more recipe sharing.

Special Announcement
Big Medicine


If you haven?t read the main message board post yet, you have an opportunity to make a difference on
Wednesday, November 18 at 9PM Eastern!

ObesityHelp.com urges our community to come together. Turn on Discovery Health and watch BIG MEDICINE?S ?Where Are They Now?? so that our viewership can be counted towards the show being picked up for a third season. Click here to read more.

Members Speak!
What are you thankful for?

With Thanksgiving approaching, we often reflect and express our gratitude. We asked our members to share with us what they were thankful for. We were amazed at the great responses we received.

Over 50 ObesityHelp.com members shared their gratitude.
Click here to check out what they had to say!

 OH Bloggers?Inspiration, Support and Personal Journeys
Featuring: JeremyGentles

Super Slow Resistance Training
When was the last time you took ten seconds to lower yourself to sit on the pot? When was the last time you took ten seconds to pull the cord on the mower to get it started? When was the last time you took ten seconds to pick up a loaded box and another ten seconds to set it back down? When was the last time you took ten seconds to move out of the way of a projectile cast iron skillet the wife...Read More
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