May 2, 2017 – Clinical Pearls to Prevent Weight Regain
Facilitator: Chris Bovos, RN, CBN Taken from The Bariatric Times, November 2016 There is a lifelong threat of weight regain after surgery. A small amount of weight regain (3 – 5%) is expected after a patient reaches their lowest weight; but maintaining that weight loss is a challenge for most patients. Some of the […]
April 20, 2017 – Meal Planning
Facilitator: Stephanie Wagner, MS, RDN Stephanie Wagner is a dietitian who has spent the last 8 years working with bariatric surgery patients, and has developed a support website and recipe book specific for patients who have had weight loss surgery. Steph began by discussing how we frequently manage many areas of our lives well, but […]
Enough is Enough: Mastering Your Body Signals
It is well known that hunger is a common complaint after weight loss surgery. Bariatric surgery induces changes in various metabolic hormones such as Gherlin, Leptin, Gastrin, and Insulin. These hormonal changes have a long-term effect on energy expenditure and the sense of hunger and satiety. Still, as human beings, life and survival depend on […]
Optimizing Weight Loss
The fishbone diagram below shows different things that affect our weight after surgery and addresses what we need to do with each area in order to maximize weight loss in the first 6 – 9 months following surgery. The first 3 things to address when someone stops losing weight are to: Stop protein shakes – […]
Relationships After Weight Loss Surgery: For Better or Worse
What To Do When Those Closest To You Are More Comfortable With “Worse” We all know that change doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it’s dynamic. As you change, your relationships with those closest to you change too. Yet, most of us are caught by surprise when our dynamics with those closest to us begin to […]
March 23, 2017 – Post Op Exercise Options
POST-OPERATION BEGINNER EXERCISE OPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS Katherine Caddell (Element Fitness) – March 2017 Getting started exercising is the hardest part, but once you begin, your body will love you for it! Equipment Needed: Chair Resistance Bands – Color matters (Check package to make sure they comply) Yellow 4-6 lbs Green 8-10 lbs Red 12-14 lbs […]
Changing Relationships after Surgery
Bariatric Support Group Facilitator: Dr. Ravi Sabapathy Dr. Sabapathy came to talk to the group how bariatric surgery impacts relationships, both before and after surgery. He discussed that there were 3 domains that are impacted: Biological Psychological Social Patients talked about the ways their lives had been impacted positively in each of those domains. Biologically: […]
The Harm of Fat Shaming and its Effects on Weight Loss & Health
What is fat shaming and what does it mean for weight loss? Fat shaming is the process of insulting, bullying or stigmatizing a person for their weight. This is nothing new in American culture where rhetoric, the entertainment industry and media have all insisted fat people are inferior. Even well intentioned instances of fat shaming are […]
Empower Your Gut Microbiome Footprint to Heal and Protect Your Health
Microorganisms are everywhere. From those that live in the ocean to those found in the soil that helps feed the world. Other microorganisms live in a host environment, and our body is no exception to this rule. According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, a microbiome is “a community of microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi and viruses) […]
