Helping People Lose Weight Via Traditional & Surgery Alternatives
A new study out of Canada finds that post-operative weight loss surgery patients are happier and healthier after bariatric surgery than they were prior.
The Weight Loss Benefits survey for bariatric surgery patients examined the outcomes of 386 post-operative patients from across the Great White North. Read the rest of this post
Source – Shari (WLS Support Contributor, Naniamo Support Group Leader)
June 17, 2009
During the June/2009 Naniamo Support Group meeting there was an excellent discussion about addictions and transfer addictions as they relate to WLS. What made the discussion was the openness and willingness of everyone who shared their personal struggles. STANDING up and talking about personal struggles is never easy, but when people share their stories, it provides a deeper understanding for everyone participating. Read the rest of this post
Will power. It’s one of those ideas we all talk about pretty often—and not usually when things are going well. You don’t hear too many people talking about how they really gave their will power a good workout today, or how it’s responding so well to their efforts to strengthen it.
Nope—will power is that mysterious, ill-defined factor that always seems to be missing whenever we need it most: “I just don’t seem to have any will power at all when it comes to______” (you fill in the blank). And then everyone nods their heads sympathetically, and jumps in with their own latest will power horror story. Read the rest of this post
