EVENT INFORMATION
ObesityHelp.com is coming to Houston Texas, November 5th and 6th! Due to overwhelming requests, we will be welcoming back Dr. Garth Davis and MaryJo Rapini of TLC's Big Medicine, Bariatric Chef Dave Fouts and author Dr. Connie Stapleton as our main stage speakers! Each of these speakers will be presenting new and exciting talks that cover a wide range of issues like bariatric surgery, plastic surgery, insurance issues, healthy dieting, exercise and rebuilding your relationships after weight loss.

Please join us for inspiration, motivation and fun with your peers from the website.

In addition, a wide variety of bariatric product companies will be providing free samples so you can try before you buy!

About the Area
This hotel is just one block from The Galleria Mall in the center of the Uptown business district and 30 minutes from IAH and HOU airports. We have negotiated a great room rate of $89! Use the group code OHH to get this great discount! Come make this a fun weekend with your friends and make some new friends! Day parking is discounted to $6 per car. Overnight is $8 per car. We have two overflow hotels providing rooms for purchase, since the event hotel is full. Please see below:

Doubletree Guest Suites, 713-585-2722
$89 + tax for doubles, all suites
separate living room area and kitchen will all appliances (sounds like a party room!)
Smoking or non
Parking $12 per day
Valet $22 per day
Wireless internet in guest rooms is $9.95
It's complimentary in public spaces
Complimentary shuttle to/from Hilton Post Oak (event hotel)
Direct Booking:
http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/HOUSYDT-OHG-20101102/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Hilton Garden Inn/Galleria Area, 713-629-0101
$99 + tax for doubles
In room refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, complimentary internet in all areas, including guest rooms
Complimentary parking
Complimentary shuttle to/from Hilton Post Oak (event hotel)
Direct Booking:
http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/HOUGHGI-OBEMTG-20101104/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Announcements
Join ObesityHelp for education, inspiration and motivation for researching weight loss, weight loss surgery or plastic surgery following weight loss, staying on track with your journey, and for help in finding the product supplements that fit you the best! Back by popular demand, offering new topics on main stage are speakers at the tops of their fields, such as Chef Dave, Dr. Garth Davis, Mary Jo Rapini and Dr. Connie Stapleton. We have also added a free form q & a period on Friday, hoping to address weight regain, vitamins and labs and other issues. Some of this same information will again be addressed on Saturday in breakout rooms by individual speakers. In addition, Jeremy Gentles will be offering his exercise physiology expertise, specific to bariatrics. Watch this page for the additional speakers to be announced as they are confirmed. Physical tickets are not mailed; your purchase registers you automatically. Check in at the door.

 
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission
Price
Quantity
Includes Full Event Access, Friday Night Meet & Greet
and Saturday Lunch
$60
 
Commemorative OH Event 2010 T-Shirt (to be picked up at the Event)
$10
* T-shirts will be available at event for $15 each
 
SCHEDULE
Friday, November 5th
Clothing Exchange
Bring gently used WASHED clothing please.
1:00pm - 6:00pm
 
Q&A Panel
Free Form Q & A. Grads join some experts for healthy conversations!
3:00pm - 5:00pm
 
Meet & Greet Reception
Meet & Greet Reception, Light Food Served.
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday, November 6th
Clothing Exchange con't.
Bring gently used WASHED clothing please.
9:00am - 6:00pm
 
Exhibitors Setup Time Ballroom C
7:00am - 7:30am
 
Registration
Registration, Exhibitor Visits Coffee Served.
7:30am - 8:15am
 
Welcome Ceremony
Greetings, Intro of Breakout Speakers
8:15am - 8:30am
 
Beyond the Honeymoon - For Better or Worse!
Connie Stapleton, PhD

Sustained weight loss and healthy living, like being married, requires learning and using new skills. Dr. Stapleton teaches you how to develop positive thought patterns, to address emotional issues underlying weight regain and how to maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors.
8:30am - 9:15am
 
The Food We Eat and Why It Leads to Weight Gain
Dr. Garth Davis

We've all heard the saying "You are what you eat" but what does it mean on a day-to-day basis to you, why does it matter, and how does it affect your metabolism, mental outlook, acuity, weight, emotions, and even your self-esteem? We promise you'll never look at food the same way again. Come and be inspired to take the "Healthy Me" Challenge!
9:25am - 10:10am
 

Getting your MOJO Back! (Adult content discussed)
Mary Jo Rapini

As a relationship therapist, Mary Jo provides you with tips on how to repair and strengthen your relationship as you continue on your journey to becoming a healthier individual.

10:20am - 11:05am
 

Holiday Eating, Who's Getting Stuffed?
Chef Dave Fouts

As a post op, Chef Dave makes it his life's work to educate bariatric patients how to shop healthy and cook healthy. Come catch his passion for a healthier lifestyle and find out how to avoid the holiday pitfalls.

11:15am - 12:00pm
 
Buffet Lunch/Exhibit Visits, Vendor Bingo Starts 12:50, Pro Lunch/Discussion in Forum Room
Visit Ballroom C at 12:50 for Vendor Bingo, a chance to win more prizes! Have each vendor stamp your bingo card to be entered into drawings! One card per person.
12:00pm - 1:15pm
 

OH Leader Pow Wow, Concorde Room
Led by Vivian Prouty

1:30pm - 2:10pm
 

Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss: Old Problems, New Techniques,
Ballroom A
Dr. John LoMonaco

1:30pm - 2:10pm
 

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Weight Regain, Ballroom B
Dr. Vadim Sherman

1:30pm - 2:10pm
 

Men Issues, Concorde Room
Sean Nichols, OH Leader

2:20pm - 3:00pm
 

Nutrition for Success After DS, Ballroom A
Jamie Carr, BSN, RN, CBN

2:20pm - 3:00pm
 

Staying With Your Exercise Plan During Cooler Weather, Ballroom B
Dan Benintendi, Extreme Athlete

2:20pm - 3:00pm
 

Photo Break, Vendor Visits, Concorde Room

3:10pm - 3:50pm
 

Innovations in Bariatric Surgery, Ballroom A
Dr. Guillermo Alvarez

Dr. Alvarez will present the Stomaphyx, The TOGA Procedure and the new Sleeve Plication surgeries

3:10pm - 3:50pm
 

Dr. Andrew Lyos, Topic TBA, Ballroom B

3:10pm - 3:50pm
 

The Supplement Jungle, Concorde Room
Annessa Chumbley, RD

Annessa will guide you though the confusing jungle of supplements. Find out what in the world vitamins and minerals truly are, how they work for your body, how to properly use them and even secrets to increasing their absorption.

4:00pm - 4:40pm
 

Been There, Done That: Real Plastic Surgery Patients Speak, Ballroom A
Dr. LoMonaco

4:00pm - 4:40pm
 

Long Term WLS Success and the Keys to a Better Journey! Ballroom B
Yvonne McCarthy, CLC - Bariatric Girl

4:00pm - 4:40pm
 

Ask the Professionals: Q & A, Main Ballroom
Learn something new today!

4:50pm - 5:30pm
 
Closing Remarks, Bo McCoy
5:30 pm- 5:45 pm
 
Dinner Break-On your own with Friends!
6:00 pm- 8:00 pm
 
Member Fashion Show, Social, Dance & More!
8:00 pm- 12:00 am

 
 
WHERE?

Hilton Houston Post Oak
2001 Post Oak Blvd
Houston, TX
Hotel Website
713-961-9300


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ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

John LoMonaco, MD, PA is a board certified plastic surgeon in Houston, Texas and specializes in breast and body surgery. He has a dedicated interest in the care of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery and have experienced massive weight loss.
www.drlomonaco.com

Dr. Guillermo Alvarez specializes in laparoscopic Bariatric surgery and has dedicated his life and practice to this most amazing and rewarding area of medicine. To him, there is nothing more rewarding than helping obese individuals change their lives forever both mentally as well as physically.
www.endobariatric.com

Mary Jo Rapini is an intimacy and sex counselor, and a certified anger management therapist. She is the author of Is God Pink? Dying to Heal and co-author of Start Talking: A Girl's Guide for You and Your Mom about Health, Sex or Whatever. Mary Jo has a show on Thursdays 9 to 10 AM on Fox Local TV (Mind, Body and Soul with Mary Jo) dealing with relationships as well as a show "The inside track to a sexy, confident you" on Diva Tool Box.Com. She also is a regular on CNN Headline News and had appearances on The Today Show with NBC, CBS up to the Minute, Montel, Fox National News and various Houston television and radio programs.
www.maryjorapini.com

Dr. Garth Davis is a leader in the field of bariatric medicine. He was recently recognized as a Texas Monthly Super Doc! His recently published bestseller, The Expert’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery is available nationwide. Dr. Davis along with his father, Dr. Robert Davis, operate The Davis Clinic for surgical and medical weight loss in Houston.
www.thedavisclinic.com

Connie Stapleton, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and owner of Mind/Body Health Services in Augusta, GA. She is an expert in recovery from addictions of all sorts, and her passion is the mental, physical and spiritual health of parents and families. Her book, Eat it Up! The Complete Mind/Body Guide to a Full Life Following Weight Loss Surgery will be available for purchase.
www.mindbodyhealthservices.com

Annessa Chumbley, RD enjoys public speaking, and has given nutrition, wellness, and exercise presentations for corporations, wellness centers, fire departments, and Christian groups. She created and developed Bariatric cooking classes that grew into the establishment of Flourish, LLC.
www.flourishyourlife.com

Yvonne McCarthy, CLC - Bariatric Girl, who is nearly 10 years post-op, a health and wellness coach, and member of Obesity Help since 2001 will share just how to work a successful journey. Nothing she learned pre-surgery could have prepared her for the roller coaster she was about to face post-op. Yvonne was told not to have unrealistic expectations but she didn’t listen! Come and let her show you where some of the speed bumps are so you can walk the path you were meant to experience. Vitamins, supplements, makeup, learning to walk differently. Let’s talk about it all.

Dan Benintendi, Motivational Speaker After coming to the realization that I was going to die if I didn't do something about my severe Morbid Obesity, I decided to have Gastric Bypass, and on January 14th, 2008, I had the procedure done. It has been the best decision I have ever made for my health. Not only have I lost 201 pounds in 14 months, I have completed 10 triathlons. 
www.trimywill.com

Dr. Sherman's clinical expertise is minimally invasive gastro-intestinal surgery, with the primary focus being bariatric surgery. As well, he performs surgery for reflux disease, hernia repair and other intestinal diseases. Dr. Sherman is committed to providing patients with comprehensive care and advanced surgical solutions at the highest standard of excellence.

Dr. Andrew Lyos has made a commitment to combining the best techniques and newest technologies with his passion for art and beauty. This masterful combination has made Dr. Lyos one of Houston's most sought after plastic surgeons.
www.lyosmd.com

Chef Dave Fouts has a passion to help bariatric patients overcome their challenges with food choices following surgery. Being a post op himself, he focuses on teaching people how to shop and cook healthy recipes and how to make wise choices while eating out. Since he and his wife have two children at home, Chef Dave is dedicating much of his time fighting childhood obesity and is developing school lunch programs in Oklahoma that will contribute to healthier lifestyles.
www.chefdave.org

Jamie Carr, BSN, RN, CBN, Jamie Carr joined The Davis Clinic as the Executive / Clinical Director in February 2008. With over 14 years of healthcare experience, Jamie has spent the last 13 years of her career focused on bariatric medicine and the treatment of obesity. Her background is in developing bariatric programs, and she has been involved with outcomes establishment and measurement, patient support programs, critical pathways, protocols, and bariatric team development.

Bo McCoy is the National Sales Director for ObesityHelp.com, and our great motivational ambassador! Being a post-op himself, he knows the journey and the obstacles that you may face along the way. He will be joining us at each event for 2010 to help get you awake on Saturday morning, up and out of your seat! Meet Bo at the Q & A session on Friday from 3 pm to 5 pm.

 
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