While exercise is beneficial all year, staying active can provide much needed additional health benefits during the winter: Boost your immune system - Research shows exercise can strengthen the immune system which can help you fight off cold and viruses that are more prevalent during winter months. Boost your mood
It is a new year, time to make and break resolutions. What does your new year hold? Weight loss surgery? Maintaining a healthy lifestyle? Plastic surgery? No matter what is in your future, it is time to check your health insurance policy for any annual changes. Even if you have
Each year People magazine publishes a "Half Their Size" issue in which they feature individuals who have lost a large amount of weight. While the achievement is one worthy of a front page celebration, the editors of People are sure to point out that the individuals achieved the weight loss with "No Surgery!,
Holiday eating after weight loss surgery reminds me how grateful I am that I had surgery. I'm free from all the craziness that comes with holiday goodies and food. I'm no longer dieting and white knuckling what I will and won't eat, and if I'm going to cheat (aka binge
Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles or Raleigh? #OH2015 planning is underway, we'll be having the Conference in October and we've narrowed down the locations for the next ObesityHelp Conference and would love your help in picking the final location! We'll be taking form submissions until December 30th. Once we've looked over the
You've had your weight loss surgery and reached your goal or are well on your way to your weight loss goals. Finally! Shouldn't it be smooth sailing from now on? Then, all of a sudden, you notice some behaviors of cross addiction such as consuming alcohol, gambling or shopping are
Recently I went to a holiday party and had a big "duh" moment. Just because I focus on healthy ingredients when I cook doesn't mean that everyone does. The host couple are very health conscious and run marathons. So I assumed their holiday dishes would be healthy. As I found
We have become a very judgmental species. We obsess over any imperfection. Magazines with titles like “Get rid of those wrinkles” or “5 steps to the abs you want” fly off shelves. We are competitive and constantly looking at each other and thinking, “Am I bigger? More attractive? Smarter? Who
Chances are there has been a situation where you have felt pressured into eating something that you didn’t want to because either a friend or loved one convinced you that you should have just one, or 20. This is what we like to refer to as a food pusher. Someone
Are you a worry wart? Do you find yourself worrying about little things that you have no control? Have people in your life told you that you worry too much? Worrying is a normal part of life, however, if you worry about small things that take up a lot of
