After WLS Success...Kearsten's Fight Against Obesity Continues On Although always a very active child, Kearsten Weeks had been fighting obesity all of her life. Having been surrounded by family members who were also morbidly obese, she was basically given a free "all you can eat" pass. It was only when
The best ways to enjoy your holidays are to keep in place your healthy habits that you follow the rest of the year. We are on track, practice our healthy habits that are the foundation of our weight loss surgery success all year long. We flip the calendar and there
Thanksgiving-Just One Day A Year? Ah....November. The month of turkey, ham, roast beef, stuffing, pies, and holiday shopping. Pre-operatively, many of us started planning for holiday eating in September! True, November is the month for Thanksgiving and part of Thanksgiving is food, however, it is much more. During November, our
What Is The Glycemic Index? The glycemic index is a numerical index that ranks carbohydrates based on their rate of glycemic response (i.e. their conversion to glucose within the human body). Glycemic index uses a scale of 0 to 100, with higher values given to foods that cause the most
Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years.-CDC Childhood Obesity Rates Can Be Reduced With Healthy Habits At Home September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and you will find many articles in the press and news anchors on every channel talking
Everyone knows that to get and stay healthy (and maintain a healthy body weight) they need to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. So, why do so many people have trouble getting enough of them? When I ask my clients, they often say they don’t eat vegetables because they are
With one in three children in the United States being obese or overweight, the seriousness of childhood obesity cannot be ignored. Statistics show that children who are obese (compared to those of an average weight) are five times more likely to become obese adults. It is without a doubt that
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
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
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
