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2013: 20 Funny New Year’s Resolutions

January 2, 2013 · 0 comments

2013:  20 Funny New Year's Resolutions When it comes to New Year's resolutions, our family members and friends can get quite creative and even funny with what they resolve to do in the New Year.  Here a few good ones I have heard along the way...Oh, and a few of

2013 New Year’s Resolutions A-Z

January 1, 2013 · 0 comments

2013 New Year's Resolutions A-Z Happy 2013 OH family!  I have been reading about some of your goals and resolutions for the New Year. I thought it would be fun to put some of them together using every letter of the alphabet.  Maybe these are some of your resolutions as

Video: Bo Talks About His WLS Journey And Goals

December 31, 2012 · 0 comments

Bo Talks About His WLS Journey And Goals Having once weighed 626 pounds, ObesityHelp's Bo McCoy talks openly about his WLS journey and the struggles he has faced along the way.  In this short video clip, Bo talks to OH Event attendees about the day he stopped working his weight

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New Years Day Can Be Any Day!

December 30, 2012 · 0 comments

New Years Day Can Be Any Day, Start Today! New Years Day is a day that is considered a new beginning. We set this day up as a time to change our lives in many ways. We do this by creating resolutions (i.e., a firmness of mind or purpose) that

Goodbye Comorbidities, Hello Life!

December 19, 2012 · 0 comments

Goodbye Comorbidities, Hello Life! -Article courtesy of OH Magazine Joyce and Daniel Tucker live in the Pacific Northwest and neither are strangers to obesity. Both say they have been obese since childhood, and both admit they have yo-yo dieted for years. Early in 2011, Joyce, a homemaker who suffers from

Featured OH Blogger: Chanakurtz

December 17, 2012 · 0 comments

It's Ok to Embrace Your Weight Being Over Featured OH Blogger:  Chanakurtz You guys have been so amazing, encouraging me daily to continue to tap into my passion...I love you all! Please continue to encourage me by sending me notes that I've said something to inspire you..it's what I have been

Video: The Weight Loss Journey Of Ramon Lopez

December 15, 2012 · 0 comments

Video:  The Weight Loss Journey Of Ramon Lopez The video below is a musical pictorial of OH Member Da Shrinking Dawg Ramon in 2006 after he had lost an inspiring 270 pounds!  He shared this with us at an OH event that year.  I get emotional every time I watch

Goal Of The Month: Volunteer Your Time!

December 13, 2012 · 0 comments

Goal Of The Month:  Volunteer Your Time! The OH community has been going strong for almost 15 years now.  We are surrounded by members who are supportive and inspiring, caring and dedicated, and last but not least...giving. Over the years, many members of the OH community have volunteered their time

Brittany Ratliff is Now Loving Life!

December 12, 2012 · 0 comments

Ratliff is Now Loving Life! by Lynn Wiesen, Communications Coordinator at United Regional Health Care System OH Magazine “Since I was 13 years old, I have either been trying a new diet or visiting a diet doctor,” says 29-year-old Brittany Ratliff. “And other than my nine months of pregnancy, there

WLS After 50: Fit And Fabulous At Age 62!

December 7, 2012 · 0 comments

WLS After 50:  Fit And Fabulous At Age 62! “At age 53, in 2002, my life and weight had become unmanageable. I had steadily and easily added 10 pounds a year for over 10 years. Do the math on that, and you can see I was over 100 excess pounds.