Celebrating a Non-Scale Victory with Kiba0003 As a Lap-Band post-op in 2008, and a revision to a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) in 2013, ObesityHelp member kiba0003 (aka Elena) began taking a Zumba class at her local gym. She had no idea that taking a Zumba class would become an amazing Non-Scale Victory
Do you have a question for a Bariatric Professional? We have answers! Join us on Saturday, October 17th at the ObesityHelp National Conference for Questions and Answers with the #OH2015 Bariatric Professionals Panel. This will be an interactive session where Bariatric Professionals will answer your questions! To ask a question, you will
Creepy Calories! It is important to be aware of creepy calories because they are the enemy of your weight loss surgery, perilous to your pouch, and the true nemesis of all your efforts to lose and maintain weight loss after bariatric surgery. What is this frightening foe that I call
3 Surgeons Donate Dramatic Skin Removal Surgery for Patient's WLS Loss of 650lbs At 980 pounds, Paul Mason was once one of the world’s fattest men. Bariatric surgery helped him shed 650 pounds, but he was left with 100 pounds of excess skin. This skin was not only debilitating, often
You've had surgery, lost weight, endured plateaus, eaten healthy, began exercising and you're at your goal weight. Yea you! You've reached your goal weight - now what? You've been focused on losing weight and improved health so now is the time to shift from weight loss to weight maintenance.
I’ll let you in on a little secret: I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using food as a form of celebration. Nope, I don’t! This Strawberry Cheesecake Pudding Parfait is a celebration every time I make it. You know who was a big fan of bringing people together with
ObesityHelp.com has been contacted by members of the OH community and individuals that are struggling with obesity about the Full Sense Device. ObesityHelp reached out to Randal Baker, M.D., F.A.C.S., creator of the Full Sense Device, for an interview about the Full Sense Device. For information on what the Full
For many of us, weight regain occurs after we've had weight loss surgery (WLS). Life happens and, sometimes as a result, we return to old habits. The return of old habits such as grazing, eating sugary carbs and processed foods, stopping or decreasing exercise, and others can result in weight
"The initial concept for the Full Sense device came in 2004. I came up with the idea as another way to help people who are struggling with their own obesity. Since then my partners, Drs. Foote, Kemmeter, Walburn, and I have been working hard to take the concept through initial prototypes
From being a bariatric dietitian for 15 years, I've learned that bariatric eating doesn't require reinventing the wheel. Many times, you can take a recipe and adjust the ingredients to make it bariatric friendly, like I did with the Veggie Pizza below. You'll find on Inside Karen's Kitchen there are many bariatric
