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Topic: RE: New sleever as of 2/11/11
Starting Weight: 300
Day of Surgery 12/15/2009: 294
Congrats Michelle! Glad to hear you are doing well! i remember the first few weeks after my sleeve and the mantra running through my head....sip sip walk walk ....sip sip ....Walk walk ....so happy for you ! love my sleeve!
Starting Weight: 300
Day of Surgery 12/15/2009: 294
Topic: WAKE UP NYers!
Is anybody lurking?
Maryellen
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
Topic: RE: OH Conferences for 2011
Hey
Maryellen
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
Topic: RE: New sleever as of 2/11/11
WELCOME Michelle!
Maryellen
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
Topic: Happy Thursday!
What are we eating today New Yorkers?
Maryellen
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
Topic: RE: New sleever as of 2/11/11
Congrats!
Good job at doing what you should be doing - keep it up and you'll have nothing but success!!!!
Good job at doing what you should be doing - keep it up and you'll have nothing but success!!!!
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
Topic: 2011 Event Dates and Locations!
Yay!
We're so happy to be able to announce the OH event dates and locations! It was really tough on me to keep my mouth shut! Now we can all spread the word!
Schedule:
Bellevue, WA July 15-16 Hyatt Bellevue
New Orleans Sept 9-10 Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, French Quarter
Long Island, NY Oct 21-22 Sheraton Hotel, Long Island at Hauppauge
Hotel booking links are on our events page now! Visit www.obesityhelp.com/events to view the details for each location. Be sure to book in our room block for the ObesityHelp Conference so we get credit for you booking. It helps keep the event costs lower.
We are offering new speakers, new topics, a photo booth for unlimited photos of you and your friends, a member fashion show and much more! Please visit the Community tab on our website and click on Events in the drop down menu for more information and the blue ticket sales link! We will update this area as the event speaker list grows! Watch for discount codes!
Sincerely,
Kim
Yay!
We're so happy to be able to announce the OH event dates and locations! It was really tough on me to keep my mouth shut! Now we can all spread the word!
Schedule:
Bellevue, WA July 15-16 Hyatt Bellevue
New Orleans Sept 9-10 Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, French Quarter
Long Island, NY Oct 21-22 Sheraton Hotel, Long Island at Hauppauge
Hotel booking links are on our events page now! Visit www.obesityhelp.com/events to view the details for each location. Be sure to book in our room block for the ObesityHelp Conference so we get credit for you booking. It helps keep the event costs lower.
We are offering new speakers, new topics, a photo booth for unlimited photos of you and your friends, a member fashion show and much more! Please visit the Community tab on our website and click on Events in the drop down menu for more information and the blue ticket sales link! We will update this area as the event speaker list grows! Watch for discount codes!
Sincerely,
Kim
Topic: RE: Whether it's for chocolate or cocaine...
Hi, Karen! Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for sharing such a poignant article. Very, very interesting. You are right in the fact that it is alarming how many patients seem to switch their addictions. I have seen some even become exercise bulemics to the point where it takes over their lives.
The only thing that I could tell you is about Wellbutrin is that I used it for smoking a few years back and it really did curb the cravings. It would be amazing If research could come up with a med to physiologically change the brain chemistry.
Funny, but I wouldn't have guessed that Wellbutrin would have been prescibed only because it is a medicine that has the propensity to affect some people to have seizures. Alcohol & Wellbutrin together could be a disaster, at least I would think. (I'm No Doctor.)
The excerpt from the article below seems to me to be right on.
Take care Karen.
Thanks for sharing such a poignant article. Very, very interesting. You are right in the fact that it is alarming how many patients seem to switch their addictions. I have seen some even become exercise bulemics to the point where it takes over their lives.
The only thing that I could tell you is about Wellbutrin is that I used it for smoking a few years back and it really did curb the cravings. It would be amazing If research could come up with a med to physiologically change the brain chemistry.
Funny, but I wouldn't have guessed that Wellbutrin would have been prescibed only because it is a medicine that has the propensity to affect some people to have seizures. Alcohol & Wellbutrin together could be a disaster, at least I would think. (I'm No Doctor.)
The excerpt from the article below seems to me to be right on.
Take care Karen.
The behavior has long been explained as a psychological phenomenon as patients seek new strategies for filling an inner void. But as substance-abuse experts learn to decode the brain's addiction pathways, some researchers are coming to believe that swapping behaviors may have a neurological basis.
A new wave of research suggests that the biochemical causes of compulsive eating are extremely similar to those underlying other self-destructive addictions, such as alcohol or cocaine addiction. Alcohol use in particular is a concern for bariatric patients because some versions of the surgery can change the way patients metabolize alcohol, making it far more powerful.
~Many Blessings ~ 
230lbs(start)-139lbs.(now)-130 lbs.(new goal) Total loss-91 lbs.
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