Message from Barbara Thompson (WLS Center Newsletter)

On Sept. 20^th I spoke at an obesity conference sponsored by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Also speaking was Dr. James Hill from the National Weight Control Registry http://www.nwcr.ws/ . The Registry follows people who have lost 30 or more pounds and maintained that weight loss for one year or more.  From questionnaires, they have been able to determine what the majority of the people in the registry do to maintain their weight loss. Here are things that successful weight losers have in common:

• 78% eat breakfast every day
• 75% weigh themselves at least once a week
• 62% watch less than 10 hours of TV per week
• 90% exercise, on average, about 1 hour per day

How many of these practices are you willing to do to maintain your weight loss?

I did have the opportunity to ask Dr. Hill what his opinion was of weight loss surgery.  He is a great weight loss surgery supporter for those who qualify, but looks for a day when obesity will be controlled and no one will need it.