Share Your Journey

Let's Share and Celebrate your Success!

Every day, we see ObesityHelp members reaching amazing goals, embracing health and wellness, and celebrating non-scale victories. We invite you to share your weight loss surgery story with us!

Before & After Gallery Submission Instructions

Do you have Before & Afters from your journey that you’d like to share? The OH team wants to hear from you! To have your photo added to the OH Before & After Gallery, please follow the below instructions.

  1. We ask that you have either lost 100 lbs or be at or near your goal
  2. Please send your username, email address and photos to [email protected]
  3. Photos should be the non-cropped originals, preferable front facing with similar pose and non busy backgrounds.
  4. If you would like to include your before and after weight, or would like the photos to be captioned, please also include that in the email as well.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please let us know in your email.


Before & After Featured Photo Instructions

The Photo Department also accepts submissions for featured photos that might go into ObesityHelp's blog, Social Media and for Print.  If you'd like your photos considered, please follow the below instructions.

  1. Photo Release form. Please initial where needed and provide all the needed information - it will remain confidential (Click to download your authorization form: PDF). You can return it by fax, or scan and email to the email address on the form.
  2. Before & After Photos. Photos ideally should be non-cropped original, preferably front facing with similar pose and non busy backgrounds. Please submit one or more before photos and one or more after photos if possible to photos@obesityhelp.com. Photos should be a high resolution, 300dpi—or in non-technical terms, please send photos in their original state that you can zoom in on and make very large without them getting fuzzy or blurry. We know that sometimes you may not have access to high resolution photos but that is ok, we can still consider smaller web-sized photos!
  3. Information to Include:
    •  OH Username (what you sign into OH with)
    • Total weight loss (how many pounds)
    • Method of weight loss (RNY, DS, Lap-Band, VSG, Diet & Exercise, etc.)
    • Your Surgeon’s Name
    • Your email and mailing address
    • A Non-Scale Victory Milestone
    • 2 to 3 paragraphs with the details about your weight loss surgery journey.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please let us know in your email.


Non-Scale Victory Submissions Instructions

Do you have a special non-scale victory (nsv) that you'd love to share? The OH team wants to hear from you! If you'd like your NSV considered for featuring (OH's blog, Social Media and Print), please follow the below instructions.

  1. Email your NSV story to us at [email protected]
  2. Information to Include:
    1. Your Non Scale Victory  (NSV) Milestone
    2. OH Username (what you sign into OH with)
    3. Method of Weight Loss (Surgery Type) and Surgeon's Name
    4. Optional: Photos that go with your Non-Scale Victory (Example: A photo of you riding a Roller Coaster)
    5. Optional: Before & After Photos

If you will be including photos, please download this authorization form and send it back to us.


Want to Share More?

We also accept submissions for funny post-op moments, goals achieved, creative works, recipes and stories about your journey! If you have something you'd like us to consider for featuring, please email us [email protected]!

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