Ahh vacation season, a time to kick back, relax, have fun, and explore! The word "vacation" is like music to my ears. While traveling somewhere new is exciting, thinking about trying to eat and stay healthy with food & exercise on vacation after WLS can be challenging and even evoke
Why I Decided to Have WLS From the time I can remember, food has been a focal point of my life. I love food, adore it actually, but I had an unhealthy relationship with it. It served so many purposes: a comfort when I was sad or lonely, a high
This Meatloaf Meatballs Recipe is my take on the traditional meatloaf flavor but making it into an easy-to-manage portion of protein. As weight loss surgery patients, all of us know how important it is to eat our protein! Protein is the necessary building block of many tissues in our body, it
#OH2017 Keynote Announcement: Rosie Mercado Plus-sized model and VSG post-op, Rosie Mercado, will join the 2017 ObesityHelp National Conference as the Keynote Speaker on October 28th in Long Beach, California! Rosie will share how she learned to be "Fearless" in spite of being Fat-Shamed, Skinny-Shamed, and told to "jump off a
This Salmon with Spinach Feta Stuffing is heart healthy, WLS-friendly and can make a quick romantic dinner or a make-ahead nightly meal for busy nights. This is one of those dishes that looks difficult to make but it isn't! This simple salmon recipe is a great option to include more salmon
Why I decided to have WLS As far back as I can remember, I had always been on the stocky side. I remember attending meetings with my mom (whom to me was always thin) when I was in 6th and 7th grade. Like other diets I had been on prior to this,
One of my favorite sayings is "What you allow, is what will continue." This phrase is very poignant when it comes to setting healthy boundaries after weight loss surgery so you can have healthy relationships. You want something to change, but you don’t know how to change it. You fear
This post is sponsored by Premier Protein® . Summer is here so we have two delicious protein popsicle recipes for a guilt-free cool down! These simple, easy-to-make recipes combine a few basic ingredients while packing a healthy dose of protein. So easy to make with that old fashioned delicious taste you
What does it mean to be “full from within?” This concept refers to the idea that we no longer have this psychological “black hole,” that needs to be fed through external things such as; food, drugs, alcohol, spending, relationships, gambling. ~ Dr. Colleen, The Psychology of Finally Being Full From Within
Why I decided to have WLS As long as I can remember I have always been heavy. I was a chubby baby, a chubby toddler and it didn’t stop once I was in school. I was always the fat friend who was loud and funny with a good personality. I just
