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Mississauga get-together yesterday - It was delightful to see Liz and Shawn and Karen and Marny and Tobi and Wendy last night at the Mississauga Cawfee gathering. Our progress (especially you Marny - can't beli...

3 great articles on benefits of WLS - There are three really important articles in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) on the risks and long-term benefits of bariatric surgery. Now be aware, t...

Great to meet you-all at yesterday's Mississauga C - It was wonderful to touch base again with all the vets (you all look AMAYYYYYZING!) and so great to meet the newbies as well!   It really gave me a sense of how nerv...

So sad, so true - "Fat Phobia" in health - And the worst is, many of us fat people actually had the same defeatist attitude to ourselves! I know I did. The best part of this WLS journey has been losing the feelin...

Have you heard of the Dubai Diet? We'd all be very - Dubai diet: Slim down, get paid in gold under anti-obesity drive   http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/dubai-diet-slim-down-get-paid-in-gold-under...

Interesting - Is it possible to be addicted to car - We obese people could have told this scientist from our anecdotal knowledge that  - yes, it certainly IS possible to be addicted to carbs! But they've gone and proven it sci...

Hamilton doc wants NATIONAL coverage for obesity t - Hey you Hamilton peeps - look who's in the news!   Hamilton Spectator Hamilton doctor wants national coverage for obesity treatment http://www.thespec.com/news-s...

Touching reminder of how we used to feel - PHOTO-ESSAY This young woman is so brave. She unflinchingly photographed herself when she was large and then through the years of loneliness and self-doubt, until she wa...

Well DUH! "Is Food Truly Addictive?" - s - What I've been saying for YEARS   Biological Psychiatry published a paper where they studied whether addiction to food can be compared to other addictions - and guess wh...

Reminder - Mississauga Cawfee - April 17 - MarnyB posted this a couple of days ago, but because not everyone checks the board every day, I thought a reminder wouldn't hurt - Hi all!  There will be a south Mississaug...

North Mississauga Coffee group? - Hi there - I was hoping to check out the North Mississauga Coffee group - does anybody have any info to share?

Enlightening CBC item - Food industry engineers cr - I think most of us knew this already, but now there's science to back up our clams that our food addictions were not "just in our heads" Those rat-bastards actually plot to ...

Uh-oh. Could this endanger Ontario's funding of WL - A study apparently shows that health-care costs for the obese are NOT reduced by systematic programmes of WLS. Windsor Star Weight-loss surgery fails to cut obesity cost...

Oh poor guy - this article really shows how lucky - I cannot imagine how hard this must be  - to lose all that weight (from 890 lbs to 334) and not be able to move! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/world/europe/paul-mason-is...

Bad advertising - Special K's negative body-image - One of our own Ontario bariatric surgeons has posted an interesting blogspot on Special K's negative new ad, ostensibly promoting self-image improvement - when what it really do...

5 day pouch test link - Hi everybody -   I am 19 months post-op, and despite Christmas am maintaining at 135 pounds. I do feel, however, that I am sliding back into old habits in the evenin...

Happy new year to all my OH friends - I just wanted to thank you all for being you. The last 18 months have been the best in a very long time for me, and it wouldn't have been possible to be so successful at my ...

Any news on Smiley Sandy's hospital stay? - She had severe cramping, went to Emerg in Belleville, last I heard she was staying overnight and had undergone an enema.   Has anyone heard if she's OK?

Hawaii was GORGEOUS - and now I'm back in grey dar - Had a wonderful time. Went ziplining and snorkelling (four times) and up in a helicopter and rock climbing .... it was fabulous. Maui was a wee bit bit disappointing bec...

G&M article - Mom's bariatric surgery helps he - Mom's weight-loss surgery good for baby Andre Picard, Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/moms-weight-loss-surgery-good-for-...

Posting about our emotional baggage - There has been a wonderful thread going on today (thanks Karen!)  about the Ontario Forum, and I read every post with great pleasure. I just wanted to voice an opinion about som...

You are so brave to be so honest. It does the rest of us good to read...

The very fact that we had the chutzpa to get the surgery and follow The...

I am an enthusiastic subscriber to the "Slippery Slope"...

Lack of followup cited by U.K. study of WLS patien - This is an eye-opener ... they're saying that 2/3 of WLS patients are not getting appropriate aftercare, and revert to their old habits. Now, it's a British newspaper article - ...