Set Goals and Achieve Them! Are you ready to set goals and achieve them? We've gathered 8 helpful articles to help and support you with your goal-accomplishing journey! It is important to remember that we can set goals and achieve them year-round. We never need to wait until January 1st to begin making
Are You Ready to Start a Healthy Lifestyle? Starting a new weight loss or fitness plan can be overwhelming. Goals can seem unattainable without making immediate major life changes first. But it doesn’t have to be that way. By making the conscious decision to lead a healthy lifestyle, you are
A Bariatric Patient's Journey From my experience as a bariatric nurse, I'll explain the process of a bariatric patient's journey so you know what to expect. The decision to pursue weight loss surgery is a difficult one, and never something that is decided on a whim. Typically, individuals have attempted
Lose Weight Regain After WLS Many people seek out WLS (bariatric surgery) as a last resort; what they hope will be a final step toward lifelong health. They usually don't think about having to lose weight regain after WLS. It takes tremendous courage to undergo bariatric surgery, the courage that
We set goals or resolutions as we welcomed in another year that might have been related to your bariatric surgery tool. How are you doing with the progress you wanted at this point in the year? This is a check-in so we can support each other about getting back on
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The Pandemic of Chronic Obesity, SARS, and COVID-19 As a society, we have gone through many pandemics such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), COVID-19, and the ongoing pandemic - chronic obesity. Chronic obesity has many serious health issues that impact people with the disease of obesity. History of Pandemics -
Life happens! And sometimes, we are faced with roadblocks that make it hard to stick to plans and adhere to the healthy habits we have committed to. We get busy with work, caregiving for family, doing daily chores, and get caught up in last-minute schedule changes. There are days when
Stay Healthy During Times of Crisis On March 16th, President Trump issued his guidelines entitled “15 Days to Slow the Spread.” Soon afterward, 90% of our country was told to not go to work or school or even leave their house at all, unless absolutely necessary. As we wage a
Finding Opportunities to Make Healthy Choices During the COVID-19 Crisis The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is probably the greatest crisis of our lifetime. Hopefully, you and your loved ones are safe, well and can avoid harm. During this crisis, it can be especially challenging to make healthy choices. There is a great
