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I was dying. I wasn’t going to see my daughter graduate.

• A stressful and sedentary desk job led Tim Lighthart to stress eat his way to nearly 500 pounds.
• After nearly missing the birth of his daughter, Lighthart decided to make some serious changes.
• The keto diet, exercise, and gastric sleeve surgery helped the father lose nearly half his bodyweight.

Tim Lighthart nearly missed the birth of his daughter because he couldn’t fit into hospital […]

Gastric Sleeve Surgery is now the most common weight loss procedure worldwide

Weight loss surgery was once considered a last resort and relatively extreme treatment for obesity. However, the procedures and attitudes towards them have changed dramatically over the years. Gastric Sleeve Surgery also known as Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is now one of the the most common procedures worldwide. The procedure rapidly overtaking Gastric Bypass and the Lap-Band because it is viewed as effective, and […]

Diets like Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and Atkins worked “but nothing ever stuck,” she said. Then her mother asked if she would consider surgery.

Stephanie Sasek of  Commack, New York

Age: 28 Years Old

Occupation: Preschool teacher

Before: 299 lbs. (March 2017)

After: 169 lbs (April 2019)

It was during Stephanie Sasek’s middle school years that her pediatrician officially declared her overweight. She was referred to a pediatric nutritionist, and that was the beginning […]

“Every time I stood on the scale and saw the difference, it would keep me going,” says Tatty Hovannesya

Tatty Hovannesya is ready for a girls’ night out.

The 26-year-old senior fashion designer recently lost more than 110 lbs. and tells PEOPLE that for the first time in years, she is excited to dress up.

Hovannesya once weighed 250 lbs. — a number she reached by not exercising and too often […]