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      WLS Success: Separating Head Hunger from Physical Hunger

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    • Weight Loss Surgery Helps Laura Preston in Her Battle with Food Addiction

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Weight Loss Surgery Transforms Yvonne McCarthy Into ‘Bariatric Girl’

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November 24, 2009
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Weight loss surgery helped Yvonne McCarthy lose 130 pounds. Today, she's best known as Bariatric Girl and loves to help others on their weight loss journey....

Weight Loss Surgery and Joanne Brown: A Winning Match

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November 3, 2009
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Weight loss surgery meant Joanne Brown could get rid of 120 pounds, her C-Pap breathing apparatus and her health worries. But what she gained was even better: confidence....

Monica Clark: Life in a New Body

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October 30, 2009
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Monica Clark, who weighed 275 pounds, had gastric sleeve surgery in 2004. When results were mixed, she had gastric bypass surgery. Today, she is seeing herself shrink....

Weight Loss Surgery Removed Layers of Shame for Kristin Petolino-Szilagyi

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October 20, 2009
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Weight loss surgery removed layers of timidity and shame for Kristin Petolino-Szilagyi. She had the surgery in late 2002, and has maintained her 175-pound weight loss for several years....

Jennifer Walters: 230 Pounds Disappear

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October 15, 2009
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Jennifer Walters had a weight problem creeping near 400 pounds. After weight loss surgery, her life seemed to improve in every way....

Larry and Beth Tipton: Surgery Success

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October 9, 2009
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Larry and Beth Tipton had fun being big and jolly until the bill of health was past due. Today, after their weight loss surgeries, they feel new and improved....

Twanda Trader: Katrina Victim Transformed By WLS

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October 1, 2009
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Twanda Trader had weight loss surgery in March 2007. Before that, she struggled with being both obese and a displaced Hurricane Katrina victim. Today, life is nice....

Dino DeVita: From Bypass to Body Building

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September 8, 2009
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Dino DeVita struggled with addiction issues stemming from childhood sexual abuse. At one point, he weighed close to 400 pounds. Read more to learn about a successful weight loss surgery that enabled his dream...
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