Archive | October, 2009
You’ve Got a Lap Band – Now Rock On!!
So, you went to this big seminar thing….learned all about the surgery, what it takes to get you insurance to cover, how much it costs if you are not insured, what requirements you have to meet, do you just have to be overweight or do you have to have an illness along with the weight. [...]
Continue reading...Mistake of the Week #6
28. October 2009
This one comes courtesy of Debbie-Doo. When I asked the nurses what common mistakes they heard people making, the Doo immediately said, “eating Kentucky Fried Chicken right after having a fill!” I asked if KFC was really all that common (since I”m looking for general principles here) and she said that while KFC itself may [...]
Continue reading...Lori’s Food Journal “Aha!” Moment
26. October 2009
I confess!!!!
I’m not really sure but I think Amy mentioned me in her blog about the food police. Even if it wasn’t me I’m in the mood to tell you a story. I was having trouble with my blood sugar going way down despite doing “everything I could” to eat right and get enough protein [...]
Mistake of the Week #5
24. October 2009
I’ve heard it hundreds of time and who knows? One time might have been from you….
I didn’t lose anything this last time because it was my birthday/anniversary/first vacation in years/groundhog day/national ear-pickers association meeting….. and I naturally just ate too much.
So my mistake of the week is this:
WHATEVER FOOD IT IS – IT WON’T BE [...]
Calcium and Weight Loss
22. October 2009
Two scientific studies were published by British doctors in the last 5 years that I find really interesting.
Everyone wonders why people in Europe and the United States have been steadily gaining weight for the last 40 or so years. I think that there is some evidence that it’s the way our diets have dramatically changed [...]
The Lap Band Food Police
20. October 2009
Food Police…
Contrary to many people’s belief, I AM NOT THE FOOD POLICE. When you see me at the grocery store, out to eat, or in the cafeteria at Wadley, I am not going to put the plastic bag hand cuffs on you and lead you to the secret food police station and interrogate under hot [...]
What is the best thing you’ve lost besides weight?
16. October 2009
I was lurking on a Lap Band support forum and noticed a thread that really inspired me. The initial poster asked people to respond with comments on what else they’ve lost besides weight. I’ll reprint a few of them now, but I want to hear from all of you: what have you lost? Or, if [...]
Continue reading...Mistake of the Week #4
14. October 2009
Did you know that eating just 10 extra calories per day will cause you to gain one pound per year? That equals two pieces of sugar free gum. Sugar free gum!!!!
Now while my husband is unimpressed with the one pound per year, I’m using this as an example of how easy it is for weight [...]
7 Rules to eat by
12. October 2009
This past weekend my little hometown paper (that would be the New York Times) dedicated the entire Sunday magazine to diet and food. Michael Pollan, who writes often on health related topics, recently collected 2500 different peoples’ “rules for eating” and shared his results in this issue. Paraphrasing some of them, here are a few [...]
Continue reading...Mistake of the Week #3
10. October 2009
I know we overwhelm most of you with all the information we give at seminar, in the office and at consents. But one extremely important lesson I want to re-iterate is NO SNACKING. Sometimes, especially for people whose band is fairly tight in the morning, but who suffer from late night hunger despite this, a [...]
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31. October 2009
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