July 26th, 2008 — , 100 miles, IAAF, Lance Armstrong, Last Year, Oscar Pistorius, Tour de France, Vermont, bosu ball, ice, medicine balls, obesity, prosthetics, records, shin splits, smoking, swiss ball from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
This week last year covered a lot of news, and I answered quite a few reader questions.
This week last year started off with The Running Shoe FAQ, which explained why runners wear specialty shoes and what makes them different from normal walking shoes.
I answered a question from an aerobics instructor about how to treat posterior [...]
Continue reading → This Week Last Year » Running Shoes and Lots of News
June 23rd, 2008 — , Body Image, genetics, obesity, weight loss from Jenn @ Cranky Fitness
[by Crabby]It is not a scientific secret that genetics play a role in weight gain and obesity.People have different metabolisms. There are people who eat tons of food and never exercise, yet they are skinny. There are other people who eat healthy foo…
Related StoresMay 7th, 2008 — , WLS, eating disorder, fat acceptance, fat phobia, health problems, obesity, regain, review, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Junkfood Science has a couple of great posts about the 60 Minutes WLS episode.
Junkfood Science: The other side of the story — Part One
Junkfood Science: The other side of the story — Part Two
As usual, Sandy does an outstanding job at sorting through the fluff and showing the hard scientific facts.
April 23rd, 2008 — , Diabetes, Low Carb, WLS, diet, health problems, mortality, nutrition, obesity, truth, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Now that I have had time to reflect. I want to share my point of view on the 60 Minutes show. I still believe it was just another attempt to sell an elective surgery, a totally biased one-sided report.
Nothing was said about how your entire life is turned topsy turvy after the surgery. Did it tell how many people end up losing friends they have had for years? Did it show how many couples end up
April 21st, 2008 — , WLS, complications, fat acceptance, health problems, mental health, mortality, obesity, rant, suicide, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
The Bypass Effect On Diabetes, Cancer, Surgery Can Send Diabetes Into Remission, And May Reduce Risk Of Certain Cancers - CBS News
WOW!!!
And here all this time I thought 60 Minutes was a news program.
This crap is nothing but a friggin’ infomercial…..
And don’t even get me started about the WLS cheerleaders throughout the comments section. Many of them I know. Let them walk a few days
April 18th, 2008 — , WLS, complications, depression, discrimination, eating disorder, empowerment, fat acceptance, health problems, mortality, obesity, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I have found many things I would like to blog about. But time is not a luxury right now. I’ll just give you some really great links.
Junkfood Science: News updates: Decisions guided by fears, misinformation and insecurities
An investigative report for the Courier-Mail learned of a doctor who has performed more than a dozen bariatric surgeries on underage teens in the past year. Most disturbing,
March 24th, 2008 — , Stress, WLS, blogging, complications, eating disorder, health problems, nutrition, obesity, protein from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I’ll be away from blogging for awhile…..real life is kicking my ass right now…..all these WLS complications…..
Be back when I feel able…..
March 20th, 2008 — , Anatomical Donor, Diabetes, Health, WLS, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, mental health, mental illness, mortality, nutrition, obesity, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I can just hear the majority of y’all out there going EWWWW!!!!
If you feel that way based on your particular spiritual beliefs, then don’t bother reading further. I respect your beliefs. Just wish more respected mine. That’s another post for another day.
I am an Anatomical Donor.
I’m sure many of you out there are organ donors. Here again you may not be, based on your spiritual beliefs. Yet
Continue reading → Anatomical Gift–Donating a Body to Science
March 16th, 2008 — , WLS, anemia, calcium, health problems, iron, ketogenic, mental health, nutrition, obesity, rant, regain, unhealthy eating, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Newest Research from “Obesity Surgery Journal”
11-Year Experience with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity—What Happened to the First 123 Patients?
Abstract
Background Few long-term studies regarding the outcome of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity have so far been published. We report our 11-year experience with the technique by looking
March 12th, 2008 — , Exercise, WLS, diet, fat acceptance, mortality, nutrition, obesity, protein, supplements, unhealthy eating, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I’ve always prided myself on being an ideal post WLS patient. I take copious amounts of vitamins. I eat a blanced healthful low carb diet. I get in plenty of calories according to my BMR(basal metabolic rate) to maintain my weight. In spite of my anal like adherence to this. It still has not kept me from becoming severely malnourished.
One place I am severely lacking are my protein levels. I’ve
February 28th, 2008 — , WLS, eating disorder, fat acceptance, fat phobia, health problems, mortality, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
More and more people are opting for the lapband procedure for WLS. Most believe it will eliminate the nutritional complications associated with the malabsorption procedures like RNY. They are also under the mistaken assumption that there are fewer complications with this procedure.
Junkfood Science shows us the dark side of this popular procedure.
Junkfood Science: They didn’t want the surgery,
February 23rd, 2008 — , diet, eating disorder, fat phobia, health problems, mental health, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I moderate the comments on this blog to keep out spam. I’m not here to censor others comments. I recently had a comment that honestly I did not want to publish. It pissed me off and made me sad all at the same time. I’ve been trying to figure out how to respond. Here is the comment. My responses in red.
Why have your posts become so negative about WLS?
I will be the first to admit my present
February 20th, 2008 — , Low Carb, Oopsie Rolls, WLS, ketogenic, nutrition, obesity, onion tarts, recipe, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I gave up bread eons ago. Tried there for awhile to make do with lettuce wraps or low carb tortillas when I got a hankering for a sandwich. They were never quite the same so just gave it up completely.That is until I discovered the fab-tab-bu-lous Oopsie Rolls.
Check out that link to see how great they are. While you are there, look into some of the other recipes to be found utilizing the Oopsie
February 20th, 2008 — , Low Carb, Motivation, WLS, diet, eating disorder, fat phobia, health problems, healthcare, ketogenic, nutrition, obesity, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Just a quickie post here. some reading for you and a couple of interesting tidbits I’ve found on the web.
NASA - Total Lunar Eclipse: February 20, 2008
A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21).
February 18th, 2008 — , WLS, advocasy, depression, eating disorder, health problems, mental health, nutrition, obesity, suicide, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I have been following the news of the death of Polly Williams. Polly was one of the four women featured in Lauren Greenfield’s Emmy-nominated documentary Thin. The film documents the experiences of young women at the Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of eating disorders.
Here’s an update on Polly’s death:
There has been much speculation on how Polly died, with many people
February 16th, 2008 — , Bad Calories, Gary Taubes, Good Calories, Low Carb, carbohydrates, diet, fat phobia, nutrition, obesity, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
It is long but it is so worth watching.
Gary Taubes
Stevens Institute of Technology; February 6, 2008
February 16th, 2008 — , WLS, diet, eating disorder, hotfat4sale, hunger, mental health, mental illness, nutrition, obesity, rant, unhealthy eating, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Here I go once again writing about eating disorders and WLS. I’ve been very open about my loooooong history with an ED, over 30 years now. I knew I wasn’t alone in this. Shoot, I’m of the opinion if you don’t have an ED before WLS, you sure end up with one afterwards.
Some of the WLS support boards are very much like the pro-ana, pro-mia boards. Well, diet support sites in general, really.
February 12th, 2008 — , WLS, anemia, complications, health problems, healthcare, iron, mortality, nutrition, obesity, protein, supplements, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I’ve done several posts in the past about the need for many supplements after WLS. In each one I have stated multiple times you need to be proactive in your own health care. Do not take it when the doctor tells you your “labs” are fine. Know what it is they are checking and the values. Ask for copies.
The OSSG Gone Wrong Yahoo Group I have recently joined has a complete list of ALL lab work that
February 8th, 2008 — , WLS, anemia, diet, eating disorder, health problems, mortality, nutrition, obesity, rant, regain, supplements, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
First let me thank my online friends for their support and concern. I appreciate all of your support and encouragement.
With all this junk going on with me, I did what I normally do….research.
Do you know how really difficult it is to find long term research on WLS? It doesn’t exist. Most I could find was for 5 years tops.
Surgery for Weight Loss: Comparison of Risk and Benefit- Ernsberger
February 4th, 2008 — , Dana Carpender, Health, Low Carb, WLS, carbohydrates, diet, fat phobia, health problems, ketogenic, mental health, nutrition, obesity, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
It’s Monday morning and I really don’t have time for an in depth post. Just wanted to share some interesting blog posts from around the web.
Weight of the Evidence: Bill Introduced to Mandate Restaurants Deny the Obese Service
MISSISSIPPI; HOUSE BILL NO. 282
An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state
January 29th, 2008 — , Health, Low Carb, WLS, carbohydrates, cravings, diet, hunger, ketogenic, metabolic advantage, nutrition, obesity, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
For those who are regular readers of this blog, you have probably noticed a downward trend in my satisfaction with having had WLS. I guess the fact that I have had some really bad problems with the malabsorption properties of the RNY. Not to mention that I may be facing a new surgery because of an ulceration or fistula or combination of both. I don’t know the full spectrum of it, I’m still
January 12th, 2008 — , Dana Carpender, Health, Low Carb, WLS, diet, fat phobia, ketogenic, mental health, nutrition, obesity, weight loss, whole foods from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I believe in following an eating plan made of “whole foods”. Just what are whole foods?Whole foods are those that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible before being consumed. They typically do not contain added s…
Related StoresJanuary 6th, 2008 — , Exercise, Motivation, WLS, fat phobia, fraud, hiedi diaz, hunger, kimkins controversy, nutrition, obesity, weight loss, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I was over a Junkfood Science the other day, catching up on some of my blog reading. Sandy had few posts that I had missed earlier.Junkfood Science: Part One: What does the evidence reveal? Can diets work?Junkfood Science: Part Two: What does the evide…
December 29th, 2007 — , Diabetes, WLS, carbohydrates, healthcare, nutrition, obesity, review, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
ADA RECOMMENDS LOW CARB DIET…….sort of.Yup, the ADA has new recommendations coming out for 2008. They are adding in following a low carb lifestyle.You can read further about it in the links at the bottom of the page. The issue I want to address is …
Related StoresDecember 27th, 2007 — , Diabetes, Exercise, Gary Taubes, Health, Motivation, WLS, depression, ketogenic, nutrition, obesity, regain, weight loss, weightloss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
That’s right folks. Exercise does NADA as far as weight loss is concerned.Too many people use exercise as a form of losing weight. You find it everywhere. The problem with this is people are under the mistaken assumption they are burning loads of calor…
Related StoresDecember 22nd, 2007 — , Health, Low Carb, Simpleology, WLS, blog communities, blogging, mental illness, nutrition, obesity from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I’ve been looking lately into ways to increase traffic to my blog. I feel like there are others out there who have dealt with some of the same issues I have. So I’ve been digging around on the net looking for information.I’m evaluating a multi-media co…
December 15th, 2007 — , Gary Taubes, Health, Low Carb, WLS, carbohydrates, fatblogging, nutrition, obesity, protein from BG @ Back Across The Line
I just can not believe it—mainstream media actually writing something positive about consuming dietary fat.What if bad fat isn’t so bad? - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com: “Nina Teicholz”This author writes for Men’s Health, so that is not a surprise….
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December 12th, 2007 — , Health, carbohydrates, healthcare, ketogenic, nutrition, obesity, protein, unhealthy eating from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Regina Wilshire always does a wonderful job in reporting new research coming out concerning nutrition. She didn’t let me down this time either. Check out the full post here.A newly published study, in the journal Lipids - Comparison of Low Fat and Low …
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October 26th, 2007 — , Health, SAD, WLS, bipolar, carbohydrates, complications, depression, healthcare, inspiration, mental health, mental illness, metabolic advantage, mortality, nutrition, obesity, protein, suicide from BG @ Back Across The Line
I did a post early on this subject. In light of new research,I felt compelled to go more in depth on some things. Living life after having WLS is difficult enough on your mental health. Throw in the added complication of a severe mental illness and it …
October 24th, 2007 — , Health, Low Carb, WLS, accountability, fun stuff, hunger, ketogenic, nutrition, obesity, protein, weight loss from BG @ Back Across The Line
Adam asked in a comment way back about things to increase the fat in his eating plan. I figured I’d just share some of the things I normally buy. I have done this in the LAWLS Neighborhood before, so I’ll share that.Dairy-Real milk–from a local dairy-…
July 26th, 2007 — 800m, Disney, News, Tour de France, USATF, doping, obesity, records, running, smoking from Blaine Moore @ Run to Win
I was checking the news wire this morning and saw quite a few articles of interest that I thought that I would share with you:
Two national records were broken yesterday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, both in the 4×800. The (15-16 year old) intermediate boy’s time was brought down [...]
Related StoresContinue reading → Morning News » 800 Records, Doping, Smoking and Obesity