Tips and Tricks for a Healthy Summer

Many people who are trying to lose weight or maintain their healthy weight find it difficult eating healthy while on vacation. The key is to find the happy medium between denying fatty foods and an occasional indulgence, and you’ll be on your way to healthy vacation eating. Here are a few healthy eating tips and tricks to follow while on vacation.
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Regulating Commercial Weight-Loss Programs

Many patients suffer repeated failure at diets that can lead to a unjustified sense of desparation, depression and subsequent low self esteem.

The following editorial was published in the Cdn Medical Assoc Journal on Feb 17, 2009.  It points out the lack of evidence to support the use of “fad diets” and commercial weight loss programs that promise unrealistic  results.  Many studies have shown that although many patients are able to lose weight with these programs, approximately only 2% are able to sustain a 20 lb weight loss for more than 2 years.

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Set Limits and Short Term Goals During the Holidays

With the holiday season comes the temptation of food. It seems to be a part of every family gathering, festivity and party! For those patients who have undergone the Lap-Band procedure, the holidays need to be approached with a similar healthy eating routine that has become adapted as part of your daily life, since the time of the Lap-Band surgery.
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Welcome to the first posting of The Surgical Weight Loss Centre Blog. This format is meant to be a way that the staff at The Surgical Weight Loss Centre can share some of the established ideas and new concepts regarding weight loss, with a particular emphasis on the role of the Lap-Band, Intragastric Balloon and other surgical procedures. If you wish us to comment on a particular issue or on something you are concerned about please let us know by sending your question to info@lapband.ca or filling out the fields below, we will do our best to respond.