Monthly Archives: May 2012

Leah can still remember the day she decided to have bariatric surgery for her weight issue. It had only been 25 years ago that her issue with obesity began, so the fact that it took her 6 months to make the decision, was relatively fast. Now that the decision was made to proceed with weight loss surgery, …

1. Lap-Band patients can no longer travel by air.FALSE. It’s perfectly safe to travel with the Lap-Band. Some patients may experience tightness in their band during a flight and may continue a short time afterwards, but if you are aware and prepared in advance, there’s no reason to worry. The band is also “alarm-free” meaning …

Dr. John Morton is a bariatric surgeon from Stanford University who published a study (Archives of Surgery, October 2011) indicating that when one member of a family has weight loss surgery, there is a weight loss effect that can be measured in other members of the family.  Other healthy habits such as regular exercise were …

Link to Article Written By: Carly Weeks TUESDAY, May 8th 2012 (Globe and Mail)----Nearly half of all Americans will be obese by 2030, according to a new U.S. government report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report used factors such as the cost of healthy and unhealthy food, fuel prices and Internet access …

Arlene was always a bit intrigued as to why they call weight loss a “journey”.  Having a French background, she saw things more literally and thought of a journey as a place to go to over time, not an abstract state of mind to achieving her healthy weight.  Since her transformation, she has learned a …