Food Doesn't Satisfy Emotional Hunger “Surgery fixed my stomach, but it didn’t fix my head or my heart.” This is what so many weight loss surgery clients share with me. At first, it almost seems easy. You’re eating small volumes of food, and you might even struggle to get in
The history of tracking the macronutrient breakdown of our food dates back to the early 1970s when obesity rates rose significantly from 14% to 30% in a matter of a few short years. By this time, the healthcare community was also recognizing the benefit of encouraging patients to track their
Typically, within the first 12-18 months of having WLS is when most of the excess body weight is metabolized throughout the body resulting in weight loss. After this period, maintaining a nutritious diet, a healthy lifestyle, and post-WLS medical follow-up compliance is crucial. Close follow-up care can help to facilitate
The most common WLS procedures of the Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, and Gastric Banding have occurrences of weight regain. Historically, the procedure with a better weight loss track record is the Gastric Bypass followed by Gastric Sleeve then the Gastric Band. However, we do see patients from all procedures returning
Are you bored with the same old chicken recipes? You can switch it up with Grilled Mediterranean Chicken! If the weather is cooperating where you live, you can make this on an outdoor grill, or you can make the chicken right in your kitchen with a raised edge grill pan.
With all the digital advertising and breathless discoveries announced by the pharmaceutical industry, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we had made some progress in treating type 2 diabetes. But the disturbing truth is that 30 million Americans battle type 2 diabetes today, and the number is climbing rapidly. Another
To lose weight regain after weight loss surgery (WLS), one must review weight gain as a whole. It is important to understand obesity and weight gain. The surgical management of obesity has become more popular to combat this worldwide epidemic. Obesity and Weight Gain According to the Centers for Disease
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If you want to get back on track or have regained weight, you aren't alone! As with anything in life, we can get off-track and find ourselves wondering if we're lost and need support to get back on track. Regaining weight after bariatric surgery is a common occurrence. Again, if
Why I Decided to Have WLS In November of 2014, I was close to 300 pounds. I had given up weighing myself, so I'm not sure how high I had gotten. (My all-time high was 345 in 2007 when I left a miserable 27-year marriage.) That November night, my significant other
