Posted - November 6, 2012
Get Slim at Your Gym
Where do you work out? If you’ve been taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather in Dallas, then you might be spending your workouts at a local park or outside in your neighborhood. Others may prefer sticking to the comfort of home, burning calories with a fitness DVD or at-home exercise equipment. Learn More
Posted - October 30, 2012
Friends, Fun and Fitness
The challenges of weight loss surgery will not be easy to face alone. Though procedures like sleeve gastrectomy will give you the tools you need to lose weight successfully, it’s best to face your weight loss journey with some supportive allies by your side. Learn More
Posted - October 16, 2012
Adjusting to the Sleeve Gastrectomy Diet
Every type of weight loss surgery has slightly different dietary restrictions that you’ll need to comply with to stay healthy and lose weight. The sleeve gastrectomy procedure is no exception to this rule. Whether you get weight loss surgery in Dallas, Plano, Frisco or Lubbock, the dietary restrictions after sleeve gastrectomy surgery are going to be the same. Adjusting to these dietary changes is the first action to take after bariatric surgery. Learn More
Posted - October 9, 2012
Embracing the New You
As much as people consider being overweight an aesthetic and physical concern, it can’t be doubted that obesity weighs on the mind almost as much as it does on the body. This is why even after getting weight loss surgery like duodenal switch or gastric sleeve so many people experience negative self-perception or struggle with “phantom fat,” the idea that you are still carrying around your excess weight even after you’ve lost 100 pounds or more. Learn More
Posted - October 4, 2012
Duodenal Switch and Malabsorption
Weight loss forums and surgical pamphlets throw the term “malabsorption” around to raise an eyebrow of nutritional caution among weight loss patients, and you might have even discussed malabsorption with Dr. Stewart, your bariatric surgeon. However, many people don’t have a firm understanding of what malabsorption means, and why it is so relevant in the conversation surrounding DS surgery. Learn More
Posted - October 2, 2012
Failure Is Success: Learning from missteps on your weight loss journey
The way you eat, the way you look, the way you act—many aspects of your life will change after weight loss surgery, but this is an undeniably positive thing. You’ve sought a procedure like sleeve gastrectomy precisely because it has such a great propensity to change lives for the better and help people develop healthier lifestyles where countless other methods have failed. Learn More
Posted - September 27, 2012
Phantom Fat
Have you ever had one of those moments when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and have to take a second before realizing it’s you staring back? This is a dissociative experience that happens quite frequently. We hear our own voice on a recording, see a picture of ourselves online or catch a stray glance while out and about and before we know it we are questioning how well we know ourselves. Learn More
Posted - September 25, 2012
The Wide World of Healthy Eating
Regardless of whether you’ve chosen sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch or another form of weight loss surgery, one thing is certain—there are big changes ahead. If you’re ready to make some positive progress towards ending obesity’s grip on your life, weight loss surgery is one of the best ways to do so, but the journey will not always be simple. Changing your body means changing your lifestyle, which may be easier said than done. Learn More
Posted - September 20, 2012
Visualizing Fitness
Think about the last time you attempted to start a new workout routine. How did it go on your first day? Were you frustrated when your MP3 player wasn’t charged? Maybe the music you downloaded didn’t sync correctly and you were left in silence as you walked around the block. What happens when you can’t find one of your sneakers, or you realize only when you are getting ready to meet your friend at the gym that your sweatpants don’t fit anymore? Learn More
Posted - August 29, 2012
Achieving Weight Loss with a Beginner’s mind
You should strive for constant learning and improvement after a weight loss surgery like sleeve gastrectomy. It’s rare, if not impossible, for us to know everything there is to know about a single subject, even in our field of expertise. Though you may devote years to improving your lifestyle after weight loss surgery, there will always be more ways to improve and enrich your life with healthy habits. Learn More
