Exercise after Weight Loss Surgery gwhqadmin June 28, 2009 Life After WLS 12 Comments When it comes to exercise after weight loss surgery, the first rule of thumb is: start slow. You didn't gain all the excess weight overnight, and you...
Colorectal Cancer Rates Driven by Obesity, Lifestyle Factors gwhqadmin June 26, 2009 Breaking WLS News The increasing popularity of the high-calorie, high-fat, low-fiber diet and other lifestyle factors common to Westernized nations is causing a...
Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity gwhqadmin June 25, 2009 Breaking WLS News African Americans have a 35 percent greater risk of developing obesity as a result of lack of sleep than whites, according to new research from SUNY...
Scientists Discover Genetic Pathway to Promote Fat Loss gwhqadmin June 24, 2009 Breaking WLS News 2 Comments New research out of UCLA indicates that genetic engineering techniques could trick the body's cells into burning more fat....
90 Seconds to Success – What Are You Tending To gwhqadmin June 23, 2009 90 Seconds to Success If you tend to a garden -- watering and pruning the plants, and adding fertilizer to help them grow -- odds are, your plants will flourish. Likewise, if you fail to tend to them, your plants will die or be overgrown with weeds. The same holds true for our lives. If we tend to our hearelationships, etc., these areas will flourish -- but they can also wither from neglect. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson challenges us to explore what we are tending to.
90 Seconds to Success – Through the Eyes of a Newbie gwhqadmin June 22, 2009 90 Seconds to Success As someone who already has a few months or years post-op under your belt, you may want to help others on their weight loss journey, only to have your words of wisdom fall on deaf ears. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson reminds us that -- although we may have wise counsel to share with a newbie -- often, people have to learn through their own experiences. He offers insights on how to best help newly post-op patients find their own personal wisdom.
90 Seconds to Success – Got Faith? gwhqadmin June 19, 2009 90 Seconds to Success If you are struggling at times to believe that everything will work out, or that your life has a greater purpose, you may need a big helping of faith. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson reminds us that our Creator designed each of us with unique, wonderful attributes, and we were each created for a purpose. Although we may at times step off the path that was planned for us, when we put faith into practice, we find the strength to forge ahead.
Higher Income Earners Achieve Better Bariatric Surgery Results gwhqadmin June 19, 2009 Breaking WLS News 2 Comments A new study finds that patients who rely on Medicare to pay for their weight loss surgery lose less weight afterward than patients with private...
