Obesity is a chronic and complex disease. Just as other health conditions, it is important that every bariatric surery patient has and utilizes a strong support system as part of their obesity treatment. However, many patients come to my office believing “ I should be able to do this by
What is your relationship with food? Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food? What word comes into your head right now as you're reading about your relationship with food? Comfort, emotional, joy, happiness, pleasure, celebration, love, shame, secretive, disappointment, anger, or hopelessness? Do you feel shameful after negotiating a
Have you been overindulging? Are your “cheats” becoming more frequent or have your portions gotten bigger? Are you eating food from your kid’s plate and not really “counting” it? Have you been slacking on exercise? Or are you exercising, but not seeing results? Be honest with yourself. Even seemingly small
I am a DS post-op and on December 10th, 2016, it was my seven-year surgiversary. After having the Duodenal Switch (DS), I have lost and kept off 220 pounds, not had a single pound of weight gain, built a strong and fit physique, completely changed my relationship with food and
Let the hunger-games begin! It’s the time of year when your access to food increases like no other time during the calendar year. The holiday season is rich in opportunities to stray off course from the lifestyle you’ve tried to maintain over the past months and years as a WLS
I first started my journey into the WLS life as a student, so it feels right to be a student once more, furthering my education as a post-op. I know that this is not every post-op’s passion, so I am bridging the gap between what I have learned as a WLS
