I’m all for celebrating successes, for relishing what’s working, for gargling the fine wine of glorious triumph.

Don’t let me stop you frolicking in the Yes’s. (In fact, I’d encourage you to do it…

Too Tight or Just Right

Okay I’m sure each one of you has a fickle band like me. It is enough to drive you insane, one day you’re wide open and the next your band is so tight you can only…

How many times have you had a fill; then bam you can no longer eat like you could before? I hear this from clients all the time “I get stuck all the time”. After years of being banded I…

Hit a Road Block, take a detour

Ahh the dreaded plateau, what to do? Well actually there are several things you can be doing to get the scale moving again. First and foremost you have to be…

I know when I signed up for my surgery I had all sorts of high hopes this was the be all-end all and my life was going to be what I finally wanted it to be. Well as many of you know that’s not what…

It’s like when the new car smell leaves and we start treating our Twenty Five thousand dollar car like a Five hundred dollar Junker. It’s the same principle the newness of it all has faded and…

I hear this from my clients more than I would like to admit “I’m not worth the effort, time or energy required to be successful in my weight loss efforts”. As I’m coaching my clients I hear this…

I was about six months post op and visiting friends. We all sat down for dinner (grilled pork chops, broccoli, and mashed potatoes) I found the smallest pork chop got some broccoli and a little…

Everyone has high hopes of reaching of their sweet spot. I hear this all the time “I just want to be tight”. AGB Patients feel like if the band is tight it will stop them from overeating….