Health Law Will Make Calorie Counts Hard to Ignore
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Protein and calories, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »The U.S. health care bill will now require vending machines, fast food chains or restaurants with 20 or more locations to list their calorie counts on the menus. It’s true that some restaurants and fast food chains are already listing ...
Post-op day 30
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »I am sorry that I have not written in a week. I didn't realize it had been that long. I made the 4 week mark on Monday, March 29th. Tomorrow will be 1 month out. from the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. ...
Post op day 23
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today is 23 days since surgery. No change in the numbers on the scale yet. I saw the Dr. yesterday and he is pleased with my status. Healing well and progressing as I should be after the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. ...
Post op day 14
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have reached the 2 week out mark and have lost a total of 13.6 pounds since weight loss surgery and a total of 39.6 pounds since consult day, 1/11/10. I am happy with my results and am looking forward ...
Post-op day 11
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am still trucking along. Tolerating my fluids, meeting protein and fluid goals. Pain at the incision sites is almost non-existent. I still will have an occasional esophageal spasm when I take in too much, but happens only once to ...
Post-Op day 9
Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I stepped on the scale this morning and weighed 367.1 pounds. I weighed 374.6 on morning of surgery. I spent 2 nights in the hospital as I was having esophageal spasms and difficulty making me liquid intake requirements. I went home ...
*Patient blog-Introduction to Sharon’s journey
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi! My name is Sharon and my story started when I hit puberty. I was always a normal weight kid until I stated turning into a little lady; it was all down hill from there. Fast forward to high school where ...
Running Shoes
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Exercise, Uncategorized, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »It is strongly recommended to increase your activity after weight loss surgery. For some this might be participating in Pilates, yoga, biking, swimming, or using the elliptical machine. If you’ve gotten more into walking, jogging and hiking, these are great ...
Achieving Emotional Gratification Without Food
Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Uncategorized, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »“What can you do instead of eat when you want to eat for reasons other than hunger?” While it may seem superficial or simplistic to be asked the question, it is important to spend some time examining your response to ...
Build Your Muscle Mass, It Burns Calories!
Friday, June 5th, 2009 Posted in Protein and calories, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Research has shown that 1 pound of muscle can burn 30-50 calories a day. It is a metabolically active tissue that helps you lose weight and burn fat for maximum weight loss surgery results. In order to increase the lean ...