ASMBS Conference Coverage – Getting Ready Behind the Scenes gwhqadmin June 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News 1 Comment Weight Loss Surgery Channel Executive Producer Leslie Thompson checks in from behind the scenes at the 2009 annual conference of the ASMBS while the...
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.
Survey Shows Bariatric Patients are Happier, Healthier gwhqadmin June 22, 2009 Breaking WLS News The results of a new study reveal that the majority of weight loss surgery patients in Canada look good, feel great, and are on track to their target...
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...
Weight Loss Surgery News – June 19, 2009 gwhqadmin June 19, 2009 Breaking WLS News, WLS News 4 Comments In the June 19, 2009 edition of WLS News, we’ll explain how a lack of sleep increases the risk of obesity for certain ethnic groups, how carrying excess weight can hamper the effect of asthma medications, and how Medicare patients stack up against those with private insurance when it comes to losing weight after bariatric surgery. Plus, a new survey reveals whether WLS posties really are happier after weight loss surgery -- and we have the results!
90 Seconds to Success – Quality vs Quantity gwhqadmin June 18, 2009 90 Seconds to Success You have made a commitment to improve your life, and you are doggedly determined to achieve your aim! In fact, you are a goal-setting machine! But, as you scramble to complete all the projects you've created for yourself, at times you feel completely overburdened, overwhelmed, and even a little hopeless. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson reminds us that when it comes to setting goals, sometimes less is more. And, he offers sound advice on how to maximize your odds of success in achieving your aim.
