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YWM2015 – Bariatric Vitamins in a Whole New Way
It’s really a great time for bariatric patients when it comes to getting in your supplements. I chatted with Derek of Bari-Life, they have the usual supplements and such in a variety of flavors, but...
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YWM2015 – You’ve Got To Move It, Move It
I bumped in to Lisa and John towards the end of Saturday’s break out sessions – Lisa has attended every year, while this is John’s first year.. but they echoed each others sentiments about what they...
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YWM2015 – When it comes to supplements, get your Bariatric Advantage
Bariatric Advantage is one of the original companies to step up and start producing supplements specifically for those who had bariatric surgery, and they continue to come up with new flavors, new...
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YWM2015 – Dieting, Dating, it’s all a roller coaster ride
I caught a group from the Austin Medical Center support group that included Jean, Dawn, Kelly, John, Lisa and Wendy who talked about what brought a few of them here as first time attendees as well as...
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YWM2015 – Medtronic, Working on patient goals
Covidien has long been involved in bariatrics, and the reach they’ve been able to attain is only growing after a recent acquisition by Medtronic. I spoke with Patric, who is part of a group under...
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YWM2015 – Bug Your Friends Until They Go!
The main portion of the event was winding down, you can hear vendors tearing down behind us as I chat with Bonnie, Erin and Andrea from Dallas area about how they’ve been members for awhile and Bonnie...
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YWM2015 – Taking Care of Ourselves, Inspiring Others
Sunday morning during our virtual walk to DC I had the chance to chat with Cynthia, Sharron, Tammy, and Katie. From the feeling of a family, to the education, to spreading the word of the work the OAC...
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YWM2015 – It’s Like A Fountain of Youth
David, Cherie, Wendy… They’re the next group I had a chance to chat with Sunday morning and shared with us their thoughts about what they were taking home with them after this weekend.
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YWM2015 – The Foundation of the OAC
To wrap things up for YWM2015 I decided to wrap things up by chatting with Kristy Kuna, VP of Programs and Operations and Joe Nadglowski, President of the Obesity Action Coalition. Along with James...
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YWM2015 Follow Up: Turning the Tables
While bugging people doing the conversations I had with people at Your Weight Matters in San Antonio last month, I had a few people asking when it was going to be my turn to answer the questions –...
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YWM2015 – Appreciating Just Being You
While everyone is still checking out the various advocacy stations I trapped Pandora (again) along with Jennifer, Sarah and Pam… Sarah and Pam are very active with the inner working with the OAC, but...
View ArticleConnie Cast! A Different Take on Weight Bias
Miss Connie Stapleton started a new online webcast this year.. and she asked me to be her July guest. I meant to mention it before hand.. but things kind of got distracting… but now that it’s been done...
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Tom Glaser is one of my former co-hosts on The Wake Up Call Radio Show. Tom is a Licensed Psychologist, but also very active in the local theater.. and now also an author. He’s combined these things,...
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YWM2016 – National Obesity Care Week
It’s Friday morning of the YWM2016 convention, and I am visiting with my first exhibitor. I had a great chat with Vicky and Annie about just what National Obesity Care Week is all about. National...
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YWM2016 – Living it up with Livliga
My first vendor chat, Sheila with Livliga. They’ve been a long time supporter of the OAC and YWM, introducing their products back at Phoenix in 2013, and this year they have another new product to...
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YWM2016 – BariLife, New Look, Still Great Stuff
I caught up with Pandora once again, where she was visiting Guinn and Derek from BariLife. We had a little chat about some of their products, new and old, as well as their new look. BariLife
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YWM2016 – A first step to fitness
Before the Friday Lunch with the Experts sessions kicked in, I got the change to chat with two presenters; Abby Lentz and Mira Rasmussen, ACSM, EP-C. Abby Lentz – Heavy Weight Yoga Mira Rassmussen –...
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YWM2016 – Celebrate Life!
I stopped by the Celebrate Vitamin booth to chat with first time attendee as well as Laura Preston of “Bariatric Regain” who was helping out Nadia and Lindsay at the booth with their Celebrate Selfie...
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YWM2016 – ReShape Your Health
One of the newest obesity treatment options include gastric balloons, and I took a moment to chat with the rep from ReShape about their dual-balloon and the support system that goes with it. ReShape...
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YWM2016 – Palling Around at YWM
Jackie, Carol, and Sarah from the local VA area are three gal-pals that came to YWM together, and had some nice things to say about one of our regular exhibitors, Bariatric Pal. Bariatric Pal
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