Tag: Bariatric Surgery Lifestyle

Walking is a great way to ease into a more active lifestyle. Practice these safety tips to get the most benefit from your walking regimen.

Lap-band surgery helps obese people lose weight by restricting how much food the patient can eat. An adjustable band is placed near the top of the stomach, creating a smaller pouch that holds about 4 ounces of food. Although lap-band surgery can help you lose weight by limiting how much food you can eat, adding…

Weight loss and weight maintenance is rarely easy, but the holidays can make it even harder. Holiday parties, an abundance of food, and added stress and activities all make sticking to a healthy diet and exercise routine more difficult than ever. But with a little preparation, you can survive the holiday season with your weight…

One of the most exciting aspects of weight loss surgery is the clothes shopping you get to do as you move toward your weight loss goal. And what’s not to love about an entirely new wardrobe for an entirely new body? The dilemma is: what do you do with your old clothes? Keep one outfit. It’s important…

Living in South Georgia makes getting active after bariatric surgery easier. Southern Georgia could not be more different than its northern half. Without a large city like Atlanta, southern Georgia is a quiet, more rural setting. In southern Georgia, there is almost no need to restrict yourself to a designated nature trail in order to…

Joining a support group can be a great way to help you get through the time following your lap band surgery. Navigating your new lifestyle can be so much easier when you have people to share your concerns with. It can also be a lot of fun to celebrate successes together! You can really benefit from the…

The LAP-BAND does not create an impenetrable barrier between the pouch and the rest of your stomach, so there is still a small opening that high-calorie liquids can slip through.

Take advantage of the great outdoors in and around Albany this month as you look for new ways to increase activity for weight loss. The nature trails and parks here are educational and breathtaking and the biking trails are long and rambling. The longest biking trail in Albany, Georgia is the Albany Nut Roll Classic.…