A New Set of Eyes
By making the choice to be banded, we made a commitment to a healthier life. But the health of our body is greatly influenced by the mind. Therefore it is equally important to take care of the spirit
My Scale is a liar
Before you let your motivation fissile out from a unexpected gain. Know your numbers, do the math! if something doesn't seem right. Do some detective work by using your food journal. Remember weight loss is a math problem. It's up to you to solve it.
Build Success by Appreciating your Progress
Losing weight means your self-image is in flux, how your body is changing often reflects how you feel on the inside. No matter where you are on your journey, it’s actually not hard to make slight adjustments in your behavior and thinking to help you to feel skinnier, and therefore more successful and motivated. Feeling good helps keep you on track, so feeling good is incredibly important. The skinnier you feel, the less you’re interested in temptation.
Healthy Eating Resolutions you can keep
We all know that changing our habits to more healthy ones is our goal that leads to our weight loss success, Right! But how do we get it going and keep it going? That seems to be the big issue. Let’s start with what exactly are the things that need changing or adjusting. Yes, that means writing it down. Make it real! Challenge yourself for real changes you can put into action, not lofty ideas that you know you can’t maintain. What are the baby steps to real change? Try these healthy eating resolutions that you can maintain all year.
10 Lap Band Rules for successful weight loss
The 10 lap band rules were established to guide patients to the eating and behavior modification that is necessary for the care and function of the Lap Band to aid in weight loss and weight management. Sort of like your cars ownership manual helps you to care and maintain proper use of your vehicle. The 10 Lap Band Rules for the most part are common sense practices to healthier eating, and are a good set of guidelines for everyone, not just Lap Band patients. But for patients that have had Lap Band Surgery it is especially important to follow these rules to prevent complications.
How to Schedule a Fill Appointment with Dr. Kuri
When you became a patient of Dr. Kuri, you are considered a patient for life! One of the special rewards of Dr. Kuri's practice is to keep in touch with his patients and share in their success after surgery. In an effort to relieve some of the burden of cost involved in his patients returning back to see him, he offers his patients free fills for his services for life. This also allows the patient to ask questions and be reevaluated if necessary. When returning to Mexico for your Lap Band Adjustments (fills) these tips will help you set your appointment and plan your trip.
What is a Lap-Band Adjustment (Fill) and How is it Done?
An adjustment, or ”fill” as it is more commonly referred to, is adding fluid to the band around your stomach. This adjustment tightens the band and makes the opening between the upper and lower portions of the stomach more narrow so less food will go through. Find out more about Lap Band Adjustments (fills) and how they are done.
Is Your Band too Loose, too Tight or Just Right?
Like Goldie Locks exploring the three bear’s house, do you find yourself wondering if your band is too loose, too tight, or just right? Do you feel sometimes like the perfect fill level can sometimes be a bit confusing? Well, you are not alone. When you consider all the different things that can influence how your band will feel, unraveling the mysteries can be a challenge.
Eating Mindfully After Weight Loss Surgery
While the disappearance of hunger is almost instantaneous after you start eating, the arrival of pleasant fullness takes some time. The less you eat during the time that it takes the stomach to notify your brain that it is full, the less you will overeat. The solution is obvious: slow down
Weight Loss Survival Skills – Nurture A Desire to Get Healthy
What You Need to Lose Weight Despite the seemingly endless information out there, losing weight still seems like a mysterious process. We know it's fundamentally about burning more calories than we eat, and most of us have the physical tools we need to make it happen: getting in our workouts and watching our diets. Weight loss, though, is about much more than that.
Weight Loss Survival Skills – Commit to Your Exercise Time
Successful weight losers not only commit to exercise each week, they also guard that time fiercely. The more often you show up for your workouts, no matter what you actually do during the workout, the easier it will be to make exercise a habit. These tips will help you make that commitment to exercise
Weight Loss Survival Skills – Prepare for Slip-Ups
Most of us will slip up from time to time and those slips can lead to gaining weight. Most of us will be thrown off track by vacations, holidays, business travel, illnesses and life changes. It will happen. People often get frustrated when, just when they get into a solid routine, something happens to throw them off, but that's what life is all about. Sometimes just knowing it will happen can help you relax and deal with it. Some ways you can prepare yourself:
