Tag Archive: WLS

Celebrate Your Successes With Non-Food Rewards

February 17, 2013 · 0 comments

Do you remember when you were younger and your parents promised that yummy dessert as a reward for eating cleaning your plate or eating your vegetables? Or perhaps if you cleaned your room or finished your homework, you received a special snack. Many of us were encouraged to eat, even

SHH…IT’S A SECRET

February 15, 2013 · 0 comments

SHH...IT’S A SECRET To Tell Or Not To Tell Perhaps you are just starting to think about having weight loss surgery. Maybe you’ve made the decision but haven’t yet had the procedure or you’ve already had surgery and are on the other side of this life-changing decision. No matter where

Getting The Desires Of Your Heart

February 13, 2013 · 0 comments

Getting The Desires Of Your Heart As a Life Empowerment Coach whose focus is to help people create their life dreams, one question I am continually asked is, “How do we manifest our desires?” Meaning, how do we get the love we want? How do we get the job and

14 Heart-Healthy Foods

February 13, 2013 · 0 comments

 14 Heart-Healthy Foods February is American Heart Month and a reminder to us all that heart disease is the number one cause of death in men and women in the United States.  So what steps should we take to maintain a healthy heart?  Here are a few tips to remember:

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Getting Back To Goal: 5 Key Steps To Reverse Weight Regain

February 12, 2013 · 0 comments

Recently, I got on the scale after noticing that my clothes were feeling (and looking) tighter than I am comfortable with and realized that I had slid right past my “safety zone” into the new (or more truthfully, old) territory. I immediately realized that I had been traveling a lot

Test Your Sleep Disorder IQ

February 12, 2013 · 0 comments

Test Your Sleep Disorder IQ How much do you know about sleep disorders? Take our quick quiz to find out! True or False? Alcohol abuse and certain drug use can be attributed to snoring. There are 11 types of sleep disorders. People who have sleep apnea can stop breathing several

A Before And After Celebration: Featuring Judith Dufort

February 11, 2013 · 0 comments

A Before And After Celebration: Judith Dufort Patient: Judith Dufort Surgery: Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Date: 3/25/2011 Surgeon: Surgeon: Kent Sasse, MD, MPH, FACS, FACRS I struggled with being overweight my entire life. I felt like I was always the fat one among my friends. I had tried every single diet

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6 Things I Wish I’d Known About Weight Loss Surgery

February 11, 2013 · Comments Off on 6 Things I Wish I’d Known About Weight Loss Surgery

Are you a weight loss surgery pre-op or early post-op?  There have been many twists and turns in my own weight loss surgery journey. I believe in paying it forward so I'd like to share the 6 things I wish I'd known as a weight loss surgery pre-op and early