by Tammy J. Colter After Lap-Band surgery, NY Jets Coach Rex Ryan Loses 120 Pounds! If you are a football fan then the name Rex Ryan will certainly ring a bell. As head coach of the New York Jets, Ryan is well-known throughout the NFL for his boisterous and outspoken
A Turning Point: What Is Happening to Your Body One-Year Post Surgery? by Dr. Milton Owens We now know that gastric bypass surgery triggers certain physiological mechanisms in the body that promote weight loss–primarily in the first year. It is not just restricted food intake that helps shed pounds but
Fashion Failure: Sizeism Earns Fashion Designers A Big "F"! by Tammy J. Colter "Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've never seen such hideous clothes in your entire life. I mean,
Here's an ObesityHelp (OH) Conference blast from the past! At the OH 2004 Los Angeles WLS conference, Dr. Leslie Seppinni spoke about coping strategies for weight loss surgery patients. In the video included below, you can view several outtakes from her talk and learn more about coping after WLS! Partial
Hula Hooping Those Pounds Away! by Tammy J. Colter While out shopping a few weeks ago I happened to walk by a big display of hula hoops and just like that I was brought back to my childhood days and found myself reminiscing about my very first hula hoop. That
Walter Lindstrom, ESQ once weighed 405 pounds and faced personal and professional discrimination. Before he became an advocate and trailblazer in patient advocacy, he had to take his own case on in his quest to have weight loss surgery. He won his appeals and underwent RNY gastric bypass in 1994.
When I made the decision to have weight loss surgery I was 100% sure that it was something I wanted to do. I had no doubt. I discussed my decision with my husband and he was on board. I went down the path of seeing my primary care physician, getting
Falling Forward: "I was looking at pictures and video with disdain because they only showed me how far I had fallen yet again. I gave up, but not really."-Bo McCoy Falling Forward by Bo McCoy VP of Operations, ObesityHelp Inc. It was 1986 and as I remember it, I was sitting
Bariatric surgeon Ian Villanueva, MD takes the time to answer some of your questions. Do you have a question you would like to ask of a plastic surgeon, bariatric surgeon, fitness expert, dietician, psychologist, or other bariatric professional? Send your questions to [email protected] and we will submit them to the
Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part three of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”. Part one can be found here and part two here. Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 3) Bariatric surgery is certainly life changing – for better or for
