Tag: Obesity and Weight Loss
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A Gym that Fits Just Right
Everyone who tries to lose weight needs exercise, but we all work out best in different environments. Though you’ll get exercise tips and guidelines from your weight loss doctor, Macon is full of places to get fit—which one will you choose?
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Finding Your Inner Weight Loss Resolve
After Lap Band surgery, your motivation levels are going to fluctuate. Though you may be filled with optimism as you read this article and are ready to make the right choice regardless of what comes, your resolve may weaken later when temptation rears its head.
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Work Out Outdoors for Added Health Benefits
Your weight loss surgeon in Macon has already informed you of how beneficial daily exercise is for sustaining weight loss after bariatric surgery, but a recent study revealed that outdoor exercise in particular is associated with greater decreases in tension, anger and depression when compared to indoor activity. What’s more, this research revealed that just…
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Social Media for Sustaining Weight Loss
Who could have thought your Facebook account or smart phone could ever become the ultimate weight loss tool (besides your Lap Band, of course)? In addition to the support from your weight loss surgeon in Macon, social media sites and applications can be more than just platforms to post pictures and “like” posts on—they can…
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Paddling Away the Pounds
Developing a more active lifestyle after surgery for weight loss often involves trying new things. As you adjust to your healthier life and shrinking waistline after LAP-BAND, you may encounter many new opportunities that will help you find a fitter future. With so many different activities for exercise available, there’s no reason to devote all…
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The Germs of Good Health
Germophobes read on with caution: every surface of your body, outside and in, is covered with bacteria. They number about 100 trillion, which amounts to about 10 bacterial cells for each human cell. Representing about 10,000 different species of microbe, they make up between one and three percent of a person’s body mass, meaning that…
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Exercise for Whole Body Health
If you’re a patient of LAP-BAND in Macon, there’s one thing you need to know about exercise: it is absolutely vital to your efforts to become healthier. Though many people have a difficult time finding the motivation to exercise, it’s often because they don’t think of it as an essential part of their daily lives.
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The Artificially-Sweetened Truth
Though artificially-sweetened beverages will help you stay away from the real thing, you may be unconsciously compromising that benefit by compensating with calories in other parts of your diet.
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Helpful Advice for Avoiding Beginner’s Fitness Mistakes
It’s only natural to feel a little unsure about how you’re supposed to use what seems like hundreds of machines at the gym, but don’t spend precious workout time worrying. In case it’s been a while since you’ve hit the gym, here are some helpful tips on how to make sure you’re preparing and engaging…
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Flu in the Grocery Bag?
We are not talking about the plastic shopping bags that you are given at the store, but instead the big canvas reusable bags that a lot of us tug around everywhere. The study conducted by the Oregon Public Health Division evaluated the way in which the norovirus, which most of us know as the stomach…
