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Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 4)

August 29, 2013 · 0 comments

Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part four of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”.  Links to parts one, two, and three can be found at the bottom of the page. Today’s post is not so much about a complication that arises when

Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 3)

August 22, 2013 · 0 comments

Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part three of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”. Part one can be found here and part two here.  Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 3) Bariatric surgery is certainly life changing – for better or for

Oh No, Plateau!

August 21, 2013 · 0 comments

Plateaus 101 You’re eating on track by making healthy food choices, staying active with regular exercise, doing everything right and you’re regularly losing weight. Then...Bam, it happens! Your weight loss stalls and you’re stuck on a plateau. Plateaus are one of the most frustrating occurrences while losing weight. Although they

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On Surgery & Gimmicks: An Open Letter To People Magazine

August 16, 2013 · 0 comments

As it happens every year, this morning I was standing in line at the grocery store and happened upon this: It’s People magazine’s annual (I believe) issue highlighting dramatic weight loss stories. As per usual, there are before pictures of overweight people and then after pictures, usually of women in

Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 2)

Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 2)

August 15, 2013 · 0 comments

Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part two of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”.  ObesityHelp will publish the entire series throughout the month of August. Part one can be found here.   Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 2) Perhaps the short

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After the WLS After

August 9, 2013 · 0 comments

We’ve all seen them. Those amazing weight loss stories on the covers of magazines or on talk shows. And there’s always a before and after photo. On the left is usually a particularly unflattering picture of a person when they were larger. On the right is the new, shiny, confident,

Embracing The Extra You

August 5, 2013 · 0 comments

One thing that we all seem to discuss when a group of us weight loss surgery patients get together is our excess skin. Where we have it, what bothers us about it, and what we plan to do about it. We pinch it, we grab it, we lift it, we

Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 1)

August 5, 2013 · 0 comments

Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part one of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”.  ObesityHelp will publish the entire series throughout the month of August.  Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 1) Last week, we looked at bariatric surgery, its risks, its

Why I Support Bariatric Surgery (Part 5)

July 29, 2013 · 0 comments

Featured graphic: Bariatric Food Pyramid Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part 5 of a 5 part series, “Why I Support Bariatric Surgery”.  Links to parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 are located at the bottom of this page. Why I Support Bariatric Surgery (Part 5)

Photographing Your Weight Loss Surgery Journey

July 24, 2013 · 0 comments

About two years ago I opened a photography business. I always had a love and appreciation for photography. My grandfather’s past time was photography. He took a lot of black and white images and developed the film in a dark room in his house. I loved to be in there