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Your WLS Holiday Survival Guide

December 16, 2015 · 0 comments

Here we are - in the middle of the Holidays!  The Holidays are a special time of year but can bring their own sets of challenges, wonderful traditions and the need for healthier recipes.  Check out the articles and resources in Your WLS Holiday Survival Guide! WLS-Friendly Yet Yummy Recipes

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Playing With Fire as a Long-Term RNY Post-Op

December 13, 2015 · 0 comments

Recently, my husband and I were trying to find something decent to watch on TV after dinner.  We have two children, and we don't have cable or satellite service.  We have Netflix, and our kids watch the show 'Cupcake Wars.'  It is a competition where established bakers create cupcakes under

Your Relationship With Food

Breaking Up Your Relationship With Food

December 4, 2015 · 0 comments

It is not easy to break your relationship with food. When you think about relationships, what feelings come to mind? Love, safety, contentment, happiness, sadness, disappointment? These are the common feelings we experience during the relationships in our lives. Making changes in our lives and relationships are seldom easy. They

Relationships After WLS

Relationships after WLS – Helping Yourself Helps Others

November 25, 2015 · 0 comments

I’ve heard it said that the only thing in life that remains constant is change. It seems there are greater times of change at some points in life than at others. And the weeks, months and the first couple of years following weight loss surgery are filled with more changes

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Exercise Is Important: Why It’s Good to Sweat

November 12, 2015 · 0 comments

Many of us have heard over and over, likely more times than we can count, that exercise is important and that we should be doing more of it. So much emphasis is put on the fact that exercise has health benefits, but we rarely go into detail about those advantages. We

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Always Hungry? Blame It On Food Porn

November 9, 2015 · 0 comments

There is no doubt that living in a society in which we are constantly surrounded by highly palatable foods makes not overeating a challenge for most of us. Head hunger Now, an interesting paper by Charles Spence and colleagues from Oxford University, published in Brain and Cognition, makes a strong

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The Masks We Wear

October 30, 2015 · 0 comments

A client shared a photo, and the image stays with me. It’s a young girl, standing tall on a balance beam. So proud. So beautiful. I imagine she just danced gleefully, her 9 year-old limbs performing a both exquisite and adorable routine. Although young, she is powerfully connected to her own wild, divine,

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Stop Exercising, Start Moving

October 15, 2015 · 0 comments

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines exercise as “physical activity that is done to become stronger and healthier.” Exercise is a word I have always hated. For many, the word brings feelings of competitiveness, ambition, and achievement. For me, even after losing 140 pounds and becoming a group fitness instructor, it shines

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7 Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Warriors

October 6, 2015 · 0 comments

A few years ago, my coaching client Anna told me, “I was well informed when I had my weight loss surgery. I just didn’t think I would be one of those people who would struggle. I didn’t know it would be this hard for this long.” Another client, Debbie, shared,

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Drinking Alcohol After Weight Loss Surgery

September 30, 2015 · 0 comments

I’m writing this while on vacation in Europe. The initial purpose of the trip was to attend a professional meeting of the International Federation for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). I try to attend this meeting every year to gain information about how other parts of