by Lauren Armstrong | Nov 19, 2015 | Diet, Holidays, Patient Resources
You have prepared. Through the Healthy Holiday Series you have been building good habits, planned for days that suck the energy out of you, prepared to change certain traditions, and outlined your holiday menus. What else could you possibly do?! Well, most of the...
by WeightWise | Jul 28, 2015 | Health, How to..., Patient Resources, Transforming Lives University
Emotional eating, depression, and obesity are a vicious cycle. You get upset, you eat because you’re upset, then you’re upset because you have overeaten. Food becomes a temporary relief—almost like an analgesic—for the emotional pain. Yet while it may numb, or even...
by WeightWise | Jul 10, 2015 | Exercise, Health, Patient Resources
Membership card in wallet and workout clothes in tote, you are headed to the gym, equal parts courage and apprehension. You walk through the doors into a vast chamber with infinite rows of ghastly machinery and Barbie-like women doing voodoo-style contortions. “Would...
by Lauren Armstrong | Jul 8, 2015 | Patient Resources, Press
Have you been on the fence about weight-loss surgery and the benefits that can stem from it? A new study published last week on Medline Plus found that weight-loss surgery can be more effective for prolonged remission of diabetes… “In a small study of...
by WeightWise | Jun 11, 2015 | Health, Options for Weight Loss, Patient Resources
In order for weight loss surgery to truly be successful, a series of lifestyle changes are necessary to accommodate your new, bariatric body. Because you will be working so closely with your surgeon, it is natural to wonder if you should keep your primary care...
by Lauren Armstrong | Mar 9, 2015 | Clinic Operations, Patient Resources, Press
Understanding obesity. What does that mean? We hear so much about obesity in the media—and also from many people who know nothing about the disease. Yes, that’s right- I said disease. Obesity is not a lifestyle choice, it is a disease. It is not just a...
