A Before and After Celebration: Featuring Jody Rielly OH Username: Butterfly56 Weight loss: 185 lbs. in total, 160 lbs. of that after surgery on October 17, 2011 Beginning and current stats: 320 lbs. size 30, currently 135 lbs. and size 4/6. Height: 5'5" Surgeon: Dr. Sheila Partridge, Newton Wellesley Hospital,
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” Often attributed to the 5th Century BCE Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, I first heard this quote from my USMC(R) father when I was struggling with my weight in high school. I was a newly minted freshman on the
Some of our best memories and traditions are created on Thanksgiving Day. The festivities always include great food and cherished time with family and friends. Here are 12 more ways you can celebrate and enjoy this festive holiday. 1. Watch The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with your family. 2. Volunteer
Thanksgiving-Just One Day A Year? Ah....November. The month of turkey, ham, roast beef, stuffing, pies, and holiday shopping. Pre-operatively, many of us started planning for holiday eating in September! True, November is the month for Thanksgiving and part of Thanksgiving is food, however, it is much more. During November, our
For many weight loss surgery patients, October marks the time that the holidays begin. There are the cute little candy bars that are aplenty, then followed by Thanksgiving, and then the grand finale of December holiday eating. The three month long eating spree is followed by the rationalization and promise
Weight Regain Can And Does Happen, You're Not Alone! “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is a quote that is well-known. “Yes, we can regain weight from weight loss surgery” is not so well-known. Actually, the fact of weight regain after weight loss surgery is a reality and a
Get A Life! Usually when someone says to “get a life” it is meant in a derogatory manner. For our purposes as WLS patients, it means that we are reinventing our lives after our surgery. Before surgery, most of us spent considerable time thinking about what we were going to
Habits fill your life. Most of life is habitual. You do the same things you did yesterday, the day before, every day for the last month, and every day the last year. Habits provide continuity, stability and predictability in an ever-changing world. Habits, good or bad, play a big part
Learning A Lifestyle It's All In Your Mind: Meal Adjustments At Home Living with weight loss and weight loss surgery is a lifestyle. Following WLS or during diets, you have to watch out not only what you eat, but how much of it. That can be pretty simple at home
Nine Lifestyle Changes For Weight Loss Success Little things add up. When it comes to losing weight, you can make small changes that add up to make a big difference. When we take on too much, it becomes too drastic and overwhelming so we give up. Don’t give up. Actually,
