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Go for the grains!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:48:31 -0700

If you have had weight loss surgery, you probably understand the importance of eating nutrient dense foods. As a result of the surgery, a small stomach pouch is created, limiting the amount of food you can eat. This small stomach pouch fills quickly, which helps you feel satisfied with less ...

TV COMMENTATOR AND FORMER NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SHARES HIS WLS JOURNEY

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:02:20 -0700

Interview with Jamie D. Dukes
After several years of playing college football and cherishing the dream of making it to the National Football League, in the spring of 1986, Jamie Dukes was accepted to the NFL as the offensive lineman for the Atlanta Falcons. "Because I was smaller than some as ...

Chicago Event Update

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:25:36 -0700

Hi from OH Events!
We´re really getting excited about the Chicago event on June 12-13! In addition to our main stage speakers, we have added speakers in our breakout sessions to provide a variety of information to all who attend!
The new breakout speakers are local professionals that include:
- Dr. Constantine Frantzides, ...

Counteracting "Either-Or" Thinking

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:15:21 -0700

Most people struggling to lose weight or maintain their weight loss after weight loss surgery have learned from chronic dieting to be either-or thinkers. How many times have you started a diet only to find yourself eating something "off" the diet and saying to yourself, "I blew it, I might ...

Choosing the Right Fitness Class

Thu, 28 May 2009 09:23:59 -0700

Most of us are aware of the importance of adapting an exercise program into our daily lifestyle. Incorporating regular exercise after weight loss surgery is imperative in achieving maximum results and lasting benefits. In addition to helping you lose weight, regular exercise will improve your overall cardiovascular health, increase strength ...

Coming Up

Wed, 20 May 2009 12:09:45 -0700

ObesityHelp is pleased to announce that we expect to launch the first phase of our new Health Tracker on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. This first release focuses primarily on providing you with the tools to track and monitor a number of "Body" variables such as weight, body fat percentage, BMI, ...

High Definition Body Lift

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:21:18 -0700

The female shape embodies the true sense of a three dimensional form in space. It not only represents curves in a two-dimensional hour-glass form, but also curves that are appreciated as the bust in the front and the buttock in the back. Unfortunately, the body lift procedure is a purely ...

AT GOAL - Maintaining Your Goal Weight

Tue, 12 May 2009 07:17:46 -0700

by Terry Simpson, MD, FACS
Getting to goal and staying at goal are two different prospects. There are a number of weight loss surgery patients who get to their goal weight, only to see it quietly slip away over time.
When we study the difference between these patients, a number of themes ...

Aware of what you eat

Wed, 06 May 2009 07:03:18 -0700

After weight loss surgery, and often at the start of a new diet, our excitement and motivation are high and our ability to choose the "right" foods and limit the portions come fairly easily. When a broader range of foods are reintroduced, we experience many competing thoughts about what we ...

Before and After - Celebrate successful weight loss

Tue, 05 May 2009 14:22:08 -0700

Darcie Clark

Username: darcie
Weight Loss: 105 pounds
Method: Roux-en-Y

My life has been set free
from high blood pressure and
diabetes. I feel as though I am
out of the cocoon and starting
a new life. Maribeth Chavez

Weight loss: 148 pounds
Method: Roux-en-Y

My goal was to look and
feel better about myself ...