With massive weight loss, you lose fat everywhere. Most people lose fat in their legs. This loss of leg fat can lead to the appearance of prominent leg veins. These prominent leg veins can also become very painful. These painful, ropey leg veins are called varicose veins. There are many causes of varicose veins. The majority
A review conducted by a Brazilian team of researchers found a possible association between weight loss surgery and a reduction in cancer diagnosis. The researchers reviewed the results of 13 studies conducted involving cancer rates after weight loss surgery. The combined studies included more than 54,000 patients. Results of
Transfer Addiction After WLS: Addiction is like a whack-a-mole game: just as you clobber one, another one seems to pop up! If you struggled with food addiction prior to WLS, than you are at greater risk of developing a substitute, or transfer addiction after WLS, because addiction is the ultimate
Summer vacations are one of the best parts of the year. Vacations are a time when we can get away from day-to-day responsibilities, have fun with family and friends, or travel to new places. The most important to-do item on a vacation is to have fun. You are going on
Join us on Friday Night for the… HAWAIIAN LUAU MEET & GREET sponsored by Lap-Band. LUAU STYLE August in Southern California is absolutely beautiful! Grab your flip-flops, Hawaiian shirt, tropical dress or anything that feels like a summer luau night to you. Let’s have a mini vacation and enjoy all of the milestones
Hi, I’m Nikki: human, mother, student, writer, blogger and – probably most pertinent to you all – speaker at the 2014 Obesity Help Conference. The title of my session is, “Awkard! Dealing with uncomfortable food situations and social settings after weight-loss surgery.” I’m currently planning this session and, heads up,
Through my clinical observations on relationships after weight loss surgery, I have developed what I call, The Thriving Principles. The journey of weight loss after surgery can be one of the most profound life changes. The fact is, somewhere around half of all marriages in the U.S. end in divorce,
Imagine this: It's the birthday of your coworker. Hooray! Someone brought in a cake. What you say aloud: Awesome! What you feel inside: Sigh. If only you had something else to nosh on that would make avoiding that cake so much easier! Or perhaps this is this more like you:
I got on the scale this week after noticing that my clothes were feeling (and looking) tighter than I am comfortable with, and realized that I had slid right past my safety zone into new (or more truthfully, old) territory. I've been traveling a lot for work, and as a
I’m so tired of hearing that people who have had weight loss surgery are somehow taking the easy way out. While at the beginning, weight loss surgery provides much more support or help than it does later, it is the individual who must provide a lot of effort long term
