Most of us know the long term benefits that come with a healthy lifestyle. We have our own personal goals and activities that we love to do so an exercise program helps to improve our ability enjoy more. The biggest driving factor for me after a long work day or
Celebrating Kevin's Before & After Gastric Bypass RNY Journey! I’ve been struggling with my weight since elementary school. I was the fat kid; the fat teenager and then became the fat adult. I tried Weight Watchers, Adkins, Slim Fast and several other diets. The weight would come off only to
Food cravings and emotional eating can be quite challenging when attempting to lose weight. Acting on food cravings and using food to cope with various emotions can lead to overeating and make weight loss or weight loss maintenance difficult. Are you ready to combat cravings and emotional eating? Check out
"Regain" is the word that all post-ops fear to experience. Unfortunately, it is a normal physiological response to extreme weight loss, as well as a side effect of slipping back into old habits. But what help is out there for those of us struggling with regain? Take a look at
How often do you say to yourself that you are finally going to change those old bad eating habits, but end up failing over and over again Why can’t you do it? How do you change those annoying habits anyway? Why does it have to be so hard??? I can’t
Celebrating Hsmcc1’s Journey Before & After Gastric Bypass RNY! Ten years has passed since my Gastric Bypass RNY surgery, and it seems so unreal! How did I reach this point in my journey? Why was I successful? The questions swirl in my head, but the answers are not what you
Happy New Year, we wish you much health, happiness and success in 2017! If you have new goals or a bucket list that you'd like to accomplish in 2017, a very helpful tool is the ObesityHelp Goal System! Sharing your goals or even posting them as a personal reminder for
Making the decision to have weight loss surgery usually does not come easy. For most weight loss surgery patients, efforts of dieting, losing and gaining weight and questioning the procedure itself may have taken years before they ever reach the O.R. Unlike other types of surgery, bariatric surgery is still
Despite what you may hear, processed foods can be part of a healthy diet! Thanks to the food processing techniques enrichment and fortification, Americans are better at meeting nutrient goals for vitamins A, C, D, and E, thiamin, folate, calcium, magnesium, and iron. Processed Foods Are More Than Cheetos On
Celebrating Skotti's Before & After Gastric Bypass Journey! I was always a “big boned” boy growing up. Yes, not fat, big boned. At least people meant well when they said that to me. One thing that I realized from an early age in elementary school is that I was bigger
