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Learn How a Contingency Management Contract May be Your Ticket to Improving Your Compliance

Learn How a Contingency Management Contract May be Your Ticket to Improving Your Compliance Are you a weight loss surgery patient whose weight loss has slowed, stopped, or even started to go in the wrong direction? If so then you may be wondering what is keeping the pounds from falling off. In most cases [...]

Posted on 11/16/2009 21:34:24

Does Consuming Good Bacteria Help Gastric Bypass Patients Lose More Weight?

Does Consuming Good Bacteria Help Gastric Bypass Patients Lose More Weight? Within each of our intestines lives a colony of bacteria. In fact, researchers believe that each of us have around 4 trillion bacteria in our intestines. Most of the bacteria are located in the large intestine, while very few microorganisms are found in the small [...]

Posted on 11/04/2009 19:25:02

10 weight loss tips that worked for this weight loss surgery patient

Hello, my name is Leisha Blaylock and I am a Certified Bariatric Nurse here at Bariatric Solutions at Wise Regional Health System. I have had my adjustable gastric band for almost 4 years now. I am so happy to be a “bander”. There are a few tips that help me to maintain my success. I [...]

Posted on 10/27/2009 14:23:26

How to Double the Amount of Weight That You Lose

How to Double the Amount of Weight That You Lose Are you keeping up with your food logs? If not then you could potentially be hindering how much weight you could lose with weight loss surgery. As mentioned in your education class, food logs can significantly impact how many calories you consume and therefore [...]

Posted on 10/22/2009 21:19:19

Studies: Obesity Surgery Has Added Benefits

Researchers will tell you that weight loss surgery not only helps people slim down, it often cures their diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. These findings will come as no surprise for those who have had weight loss surgery. Unfortunately, many of our friends and loved ones have no idea how overwhelming the scientific evidence [...]

Posted on 10/19/2009 03:25:58

Want to Lose More Weight? Then Make Sure and Get Your ZZZs!

I met with a patient the other day and they expressed their frustration over only losing 1 pound over the past month. They said “Kyle, I’m eating right, I’m exercising 3-4x/week, I’m getting plenty of protein. I’m taking all of the recommended supplements; but I’m not losing much weight” So, I asked them, How much sleep are [...]

Posted on 10/19/2009 03:22:14

single incision weight loss surgery/single incision laparoscopic surgery/single incision laparoscopic weight loss surgery

Single Incision Weight Loss Surgery Are you considering having weight loss surgery? If so then you may be excited about the prospect of losing weight and getting healthy, but you may also be nervous about the potential for scarring. Traditionally a surgeon would have to make 3 to 5 cuts to your belly [...]

Posted on 10/13/2009 21:03:44

Weight Loss Surgery in Denton Texas/Denton Texas weight loss surgery

Denton Texas Weight Loss Surgery/Weight Loss Surgery in Denton Texas Are you looking to have weight loss surgery in Denton Texas? Did you arrive at this site by searching for Denton Texas weight loss surgery or Weight loss surgery in Denton Texas? If so then I would like to welcome you to our site. [...]

Posted on 10/13/2009 20:04:55

Doctor Dirk Weight Loss Surgery in DFW

Hello, I just wanted to inform everyone that Dr Dirk Rodriguez is back in town!! Dr. Dirk is once again performing lapband, gastric sleeve, and gastric bypass surgery in the DFW area. Dr. Dirk left us on a brief sabbatical to Ohio, but he finally came to his senses and returned to warm and sunny [...]

Posted on 10/06/2009 20:48:41

Kyle, he helps you get your ZZZ’s part 2

Ok…You’ve been losing sleep over the past week because you have been so anxious for me to come back to the blog and tell you how to get your’ ZZZ’s. And obviously that’s not a good thing because as stated last week…lack of sleep makes it hard to lose weight. So, here it goes. My clinical experience has [...]

Posted on 09/25/2009 14:39:05