Posted - July 9, 2012
Embracing Change in Your Life
After struggling with your weight for a large chunk of your life, deciding to have weight loss surgery is one big step towards lifelong change. Making change in your life transpires one step at a time. Since you will be taking a whole lot of steps as you progress on your weight loss journey, why not take the opportunity to give your life a ‘you’ make-over? Learn More
Posted - July 6, 2012
Don’t Make Excuses for Not Eating Healthy
Before weight loss surgery it was easy to make excuses for not eating healthy. However, now that you’ve had surgery for weight loss there is no room for making such excuses—healthy eating is a requirement. After bariatric surgery space for food is limited, making nutrition of utmost importance for every meal. Learn More
Posted - July 2, 2012
Anxious and Overweight?
After weight loss surgery in Dallas, focus on easing emotional stress and anxiety as you lose weight. Obesity is not the only epidemic on the rise in the United States. According to recent estimates, one in every five people nationwide is coping with severe anxiety. Anxiety disorders are now the most common type of psychiatric ailments in the United States, coming in far above mood disorders like depression which plague one in every 10 American adults. Learn More
Posted - June 28, 2012
Weight Loss of the Future
It is hard to tell sometimes whether advances in technology are going to help us or hurt us, particularly in regards to weight loss. For one thing, the rise of telephones, machinery and computers have reduced the need to move around continuously, leaving many of us sitting in desk chairs at work all day instead of on our feet and using our hands. Learn More
Posted - June 27, 2012
The Good, the Bad and the Fatty
Though all of the world’s fats often get lumped together under the broad umbrella of “bad” foods, fat plays a crucial role in our bodies. Along with helping us absorb many vital nutrients, fat is an important component in structuring all the body’s cells, regulating blood pressure and maintaining a healthy heart. Fat is one of three macronutrients that provide our bodies with energy, along with protein and carbohydrates. Learn More
Posted - June 25, 2012
The American Junk Food Intervention
From New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recent ban on large sodas to the Institute of Medicine’s strategies for reducing the “Weight of the Nation,” this year’s headlines have been full of ideas for how to slim down American waistlines. These focus more attention on the obesity epidemic as we work to reverse its progress, opening the eyes of many Americans to the real threat that our country’s steady weight gain poses. Surgeries for weight loss in Dallas and beyond have helped countless Americans control obesity, but slowing weight gain throughout the country will require widespread changes in how all of us think about and consume food. Learn More
Posted - June 22, 2012
Temptation in Aisle 3
Despite our best intentions when we head to the grocery store, temptation lurks down every aisle. Though you may have a plan in mind and a list prepared as you start to push that empty cart, you may find it quickly filling up with the kinds of foods that your weight loss surgeon would frown upon, justifying your decisions with every excuse from A to Z. Learn More
Posted - June 18, 2012
Take Weight Loss to New Heights
Looking to take your weight loss to new heights (literally) after your bariatric surgery? Weight loss surgeries help thousands of people each year lose weight and live healthier lives. To maintain those weight loss results many people engage in daily physical activities such as walking, cycling and swimming. Despite the fact that all of these are excellent forms of exercise, let’s face it—sometimes, they can be a bit boring. Learn More
Posted - June 15, 2012
Half the Food and Half the Price
Eating out is hard to do in the first place. The ingredients are hard to verify, the calorie counts are almost always skewed and the portions can often feed three. Over the past 50 years everything from the size of a piece of pizza to a glass of soda has doubled if not tripled in both size and calorie content. After bariatric surgery, it can be difficult to consume a whole proper portion, let alone a plate of restaurant food—and that is a good thing. Learn More
Posted - June 8, 2012
Flower Power
When you talk to your weight loss surgeon about life after bariatric surgery, you will probably hear Dr. Stewart talk about the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle. A lot of us think of this as exercising every day by going to the gym or sweating to a workout DVD at home, but really the idea of an active lifestyle is a lot broader than that. Learn More
