Texas Lap Band Surgeons Talk With You

Most everyone I know has had a piece of exercise equipment in their house at some point in their lives.  An elliptical, a treadmill, a weight machine – something.  It starts out all shiny and new, or for the more cautious buyer, maybe with a few scratches from a previous owner.  Whatever its’ condition, it [...]

It’s the new year so it’s the time to start again fresh.  Do I think there’s something completely new or different just because it’s January? No, but it’s a great time to make a mental break and start afresh.  Whatever happened last year, whatever mistakes were made – they are now in the past.  You [...]

I will not single anybody out, but it seems like every weekend one of us docs gets a call between midnight and 4am from a patient who says they are too full.  The most common thing they say is that they’ve felt too tight since their fill earlier in that week, but that they thought [...]

May all of you have a joyful holiday, whether you celebrate Christmas, Channukah, Kwanza or even nothing at all.  Know that you, our patients, mean more to us than we can ever express and we are grateful that you have chosen us to help you through your weight loss journey.  We treasure your triumphs and [...]

I wanted to expand briefly on Dr. Hekier’s last post about everything having to taste good.  Everything in life has plusses and minuses.  Go to a club on Saturday night and have a great time, but have a hangover Sunday morning.  Buy a beautiful fast car with leather seats, pay more in insurance.  Go shopping [...]

Recently I had a patient that was doing well but had a minor slip-up in the past 6 weeks.  They had done well in the year or so since their Lap Band, but gained weight uncharacteristically since the last visit.  We went over their food choices and it turns out that they had seemingly “fallen [...]

I know I havent written a blog in a little while; I’ve been reallybusy…..well actually if I would take time out from my computer games I have lots of time to write. OK, so I don’t know what to write about today, I’m having a little writer’s block.  But then again, I think of things [...]

Food Safety  I am always ask these questions, “is this still good?, do you think this has been in here to long?, should I eat the turkey from 2 weeks ago?”.  My least favorite is “smell this, do you think it’s okay?”  With the holidays, I imagine that you will have the same questions at [...]

Food Cravings… Food cravings will strike all of us at one time or another. What we must learn is how to cope and survive the craving without over eating and having “productive burps”. One of my suggestions that you may have heard before – follow the 4 Ds.  Delay – wait 10 minutes before eating [...]

Many of you have probably already heard my discourse about why the last two months of the year are a toxic wasteland for dieters.  There is usually a lot of leftover candy from Hallloween which starts the junk fest on November 1 (here’s a free tip: only buy bags of candy you don’t like- if [...]