OH Magazine Announces Digital Transition Dear OH Magazine Subscribers and Readers, Since July of 2003, OH Magazine has been an important resource for the weight loss surgery community. Throughout the years, we have shared your weight loss journeys, before and after photos, funny post-op moments, recipes, the latest in bariatrics
Featured Blogger: Wrapdiva Wheeee! Puree Baybay! Mmmm...nothing beats mushed up food from the blender!! One more small step towards normalcy. I started pureed food yesterday & I was ready...like WHOA!! All week I have been dreaming of fat free refried beans with melted cheese & a little dollop of Daisy!
Thanksgiving Traditions: Pass The Turkey Butt! My family has a funny and hopefully not so unique Thanksgiving tradition. I mean, no one wants to think their family is the only one that plays "pass the turkey butt" right? What? Your family doesn't do this? Okay, well here is how this
The ObesityHelp Team Salutes our Veterans! Thank you for your service and sacrifice! -Photo courtesy of Barby JB Crabb
Weight Loss Surgery After 60 A Surgeon’s Point Of View At 66 years old, my patient was in reasonably good health. Her heart was strong, and her only medical condition was high blood pressure that was well-controlled with medicine. She was, however, over 100 pounds overweight. “Am I too old
A Letter To Myself by BigGirlsDoCryDear Veronica, I know you’re asking yourself right now, “Why did I do this to myself?” So let me remind you of just some of the reasons you decided to have weight-loss surgery: 1. You were diagnosed with diabetes last fall, remember? You panicked, knowing
Nutritional Deficiencies in Restrictive Procedures: WLS is well known as a cause for nutritional deficiencies, especially with malabsorptive procedures like the RNY, GB, and DS. With the increase in restrictive procedures, like the Gastric Sleeve and Lap-Band, the short-term risks are probably diminished, but without proper follow-up and supplementation, the patient
Weight Loss: The Integration of Mind and Body Many people believe that they know what a healthy diet for losing or maintaining weight loss looks like. As a clinical psychologist who has worked with bariatric surgery patients for six years (I have done more than 1,100 pre-surgical evaluations for bariatric
Obesity Advocates: Thank You For Your Support! We would like to say thank you to the Bariatric Professionals who are currently sponsoring our ObesityHelp community and advocacy outreach missions. Each month, we will feature a few of our sponsors. Please join us in thanking the following professionals for their commitment
Best Investment I Ever Made! It only took me forty years to perfect my investment strategy. But now when I think about all the lost years of investing in things that didn’t matter, I wish I could liquidate my past and start again. I suppose every investor has similar wishes.
