Health & Wellness

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5 Steps for Confidence to Go Into the Gym

June 27, 2016 · 0 comments

It's the moment that you have feared for a long time.  This exact moment is one that is giving you heart palpitations, the cold sweats from the inside out and anxious gas that you know only happens when you’re nervous.  You have avoided this moment you have made every excuse

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8 Tips To Get Rid of Bad Habits After WLS

June 9, 2016 · 0 comments

The unthinkable has happened - bad habits have crept back in. The very things you thought you would never do, you find yourself doing again. You swore off the desserts. You said never again to fast food. You told everyone that you would never go back. Then life happened. The

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Memorial Day Holiday – To Honor and Remember

May 30, 2016 · 0 comments

Memorial Day Holiday, With Our Appreciation and Gratitude The Memorial Day Holiday is a day set aside in the United States to honor and remember the men and women that have given their lives to fight for our freedom and liberty. Most Americans know that Memorial Day is about honoring

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Are Exercise Labels a Good Idea?

April 28, 2016 · 0 comments

Before you ate a slice of pizza, if you knew how many minutes you would have to walk or run to burn it off, would it make you think twice before eating it?  Would you not eat it at all? British researchers and medical professionals think that information is important

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5 Tips For Dating After Weight Loss Surgery

April 7, 2016 · 0 comments

Dating after weight loss surgery can be a daunting endeavor. For many of us, it is the first time we've thought about dating since our surgery. The important thing is that you're thinking about it and wanting to add dating to your post-WLS lifestyle.  Now that you've had surgery, lost

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Make Healthy Eating Fun for You and Your Kids

March 16, 2016 · 0 comments

My mother never spanked me. Not once. She did, however, hit me once. Well, it was really more of a slap on the wrist. After I had misbehaved yet again, she screamed at me and told me to hold my hands out, with my palms faced downward. Sullen and confused,

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Can You Cross Your Legs?

February 15, 2016 · 0 comments

When we are morbidly obese or even overweight, one of the things we lose is the ability to cross our legs. Instead of being able to sit comfortably, with our legs crossed, many times we have to position our bodies like a pretzel.  It is an ability that people that

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Could You Have Lipedema?

February 4, 2016 · 0 comments

Lipedema May Increase Obesity in Women Fat on the outside of the body is called Subcutaneous (beneath the skin) Adipose Tissue (SAT). Increased SAT around the hips, buttocks and thighs is gynoid obesity; excess abdominal SAT is common in men and is called android obesity.   Android obesity increases the