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If you’ve just gone through lap band surgery, congratulations! Going through it is a big step in your weight loss journey. Any amount you lose brings you a step closer to a healthier you. However, you should also be aware that despite going through this procedure, it is still possible for you to gain back […]

Lap band surgery is the quickest, simplest, and least invasive among the bariatric surgery options. In fact, the procedure is usually done within one hour. It can even be less in the hands of skilled and experienced weight loss surgeons. Not only is the procedure relatively short, compared with other bariatric surgery options, but so […]

If you’re considering bariatric surgery for weight loss but you’re wary about its invasiveness of it, one thing you can consider is the Elipse Gastric Balloon Surgery procedure. It’s faster, can be effective, and is much less invasive. Plus, preparation and recovery time are both much simpler and faster when you compare it to a […]

Common, expensive, and very serious.  These are the words that best describe obesity in the US. Just look around you to see how widespread obesity is. Obesity prevalence is at an all-time high of 41.9% as of March 2020.  This means that a little over 4 out of 10 Americans are considered obese. Nearly 1 […]

Individuals who have had weight loss surgery will have to deal with one of the most common post-surgery consequences – excess skin. If you think it’s not a big deal, well, think of it this way: we are talking here of an extra 5 – 10 pounds of loose, hanging, or folded skin! In fact, […]

Losing weight is hard enough. But you know what’s worse? Keeping the weight off! It’s equally as challenging. Even with our most earnest efforts, the weight we lose just keeps coming back. It sometimes makes us feel that weight regain is an annoying automatic body function. Weight loss and regain is definitely a cycle that […]

You have been trying hard to lose weight but to no avail. You have exercised, counted your calories, and even tried to stop eating altogether. Nothing has worked. Your scale hasn’t moved, and you feel even worse than ever.   Thankfully, you don’t have to be stuck in that stage forever. There’s always another option […]

In our daily lives, it is inevitable that we will feel stress. And admittedly, stress has gotten a bad rap. But stress is actually the natural response of our bodies when we are in difficult or dangerous situations. There’s what we call “good stress,” which allows us to think and act quickly when the need […]

Gastric sleeve surgery is a weight-loss surgical procedure where 80% of the stomach is excised, leaving only a small portion of the stomach intact. The surgery is irreversible as the portion of your stomach that was removed cannot be re-attached, replaced, or will grow back after the surgery. What happens to my stomach after gastric […]