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  • Most people tend to think of the period after WLS where you have reached your goal weight as “maintenance”, but lately I’ve been starting to look at it in terms...

    Maintenance vs Prevention

    Most people tend to think of the period after WLS where you have reached your goal weight as “maintenance”, but lately I’ve been starting to look at it in terms...

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  • Maintaining a consistent exercise routine is tough. It’s tough for just about everybody, not just weight loss surgery patients. Finding time to exercise in our busy lives can be a...

    Breaking Free From The Monotony Of Exercise

    Maintaining a consistent exercise routine is tough. It’s tough for just about everybody, not just weight loss surgery patients. Finding time to exercise in our busy lives can be a...

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  • Living in your comfort zone can be either a good or a bad thing. If you have been working hard to transform your life and reach a level of change,...

    Breaking Free From Your Comfort Zone

    Living in your comfort zone can be either a good or a bad thing. If you have been working hard to transform your life and reach a level of change,...

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  • Last week I linked to an article on The Huffington Post that was pretty negative regarding agave nectar and presented a bunch of info to back a claim on how...

    Counterpoint: Agave versus HFCS

    Last week I linked to an article on The Huffington Post that was pretty negative regarding agave nectar and presented a bunch of info to back a claim on how...

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  • Thanks to Darya over at Summer Tomato for the link to this Huffington Post article by Dr. Joseph Mercola that gives some frank info on agave nectar and comes to...

    In the News: Agave Worse Than HFCS?

    Thanks to Darya over at Summer Tomato for the link to this Huffington Post article by Dr. Joseph Mercola that gives some frank info on agave nectar and comes to...

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  • I hear voices in my head. Our bodies generally know how they’re supposed to be, how they’re supposed to operate, and when something isn’t quite right with them… they tell...

    Voices In My Head

    I hear voices in my head. Our bodies generally know how they’re supposed to be, how they’re supposed to operate, and when something isn’t quite right with them… they tell...

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  • As a WLSer, we are given a tool to help us lose weight. Along with that tool our surgeons give us a set of guidelines on how to maximize the...

    Living With the Consequences

    As a WLSer, we are given a tool to help us lose weight. Along with that tool our surgeons give us a set of guidelines on how to maximize the...

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  • I’ve gone back and forth about posting things here on FFD that are just links to other sites, news articles, etc… when I find things of interest, I like to...

    WLS In the News

    I’ve gone back and forth about posting things here on FFD that are just links to other sites, news articles, etc… when I find things of interest, I like to...

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  • While I would much rather you spent all of your free time reading what I have to offer here at formerfatdudes.com, I can’t keep up with writing enough stuff to...

    Nutrition Info In Small Bites

    While I would much rather you spent all of your free time reading what I have to offer here at formerfatdudes.com, I can’t keep up with writing enough stuff to...

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  • Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It was roughly 13 months ago that I started down the path to WLS by getting a referral from my doctor to the bariatric clinic. One year...

    This Thanksgiving…

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It was roughly 13 months ago that I started down the path to WLS by getting a referral from my doctor to the bariatric clinic. One year...

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