Helpful Links For WLS Folks

Here are some links, all kinds of links. I am sorry they are not in link version but for some reason the software will not let me make them into links so you'll have to copy and paste to your browser before they will work.

Please please bookmark this site, this is a site that updates all the studies being done on obesity today. Read daily and keep up to date on the new science behind obesity, I will attempt to add an RSS feeder to this blog if you prefer to read the studies here:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/fitness-obesity/

This is the same as the above only on nutrition:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/nutrition-agriculture/

The following link is merely out of respect, a very dear banded friend of mine passed away from esophageal cancer, nothing in the world to do with her WLS. But out of respect I would like to post her blog:

http://www.scentednectar.com/sneerfactor/

A McDonalds Hamburger - This will show you that Mickey D's is not food, I don't know what it is but it is not food:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI&feature=channel_page

A friend of mine started a WLS forum, he couldn't make a go of it but he let me take it over and we use it for chit chat. The mods there are me, Elisabethsew from LBT and VST, and MacMadame from OH:

www.wlsfacts.com

Calculate your BMI:

http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm

Calculate your BMR:

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Why do some of us lose hair after surgery? Here is the explanation:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1071566-overview

This is a recipe forum where you enter the ingredients you have and then you can find recipes for what you already have in your house:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1071566-overview

American College of Surgeons:

www.FACS.org

American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery:

www.ASMBS.org

5 Day Pouch Test:

http://www.5daypouchtest.com/

My Favorite place to buy protein products and various supplies:

www.netrition.com

A great source to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about specific food items. You can enter a recipe here and it will make a complete food label for your entire recipe:

www.nutritiondata.com

Some sites to track your food and weight:

www.TheDailyPlate.com

www.FitDay.com

www.SparkPeople.com

A US Government Website where you can find various clinical trials:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

This study changed the way the world of medicine looks at diabetes:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/72982.php

Here is a detailed weight graph for those of us who obsess over weight (However, I use www.TheDailyPlate.com):

http://www.thinnerself.com/files/Expect_Chart.htm

The Scoop on Poop, things change, colors change, this explains your pooh:

http://www.heptune.com/poop.html

Why TUMS and Rolaids are not great for reflux symptoms:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Acid-Rebound,-Acid-Reflux-And-Your-Health&id=761343

What is Ghrelin?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ghrelin.htm

Surgery types explained:

http://www.asbs.org/html/patients/gastroplasty.html

Vit D Council (you can order a test kit to test your own Vit D levels here):

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

Gastric Emptying explained:

http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/emptying.html

Information on obtaining a passport if you choose to leave the country for surgery:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/fees/fees_837.html

What will you look like as you lose weight? Upload your photo and see!

http://www0.weightmirror.com/weightmirror/index.php?id

Comparing RNY and DS;

http://www.dsfacts.com/Comparison-of-DS-and-RNY.html

Weight Loss Plateaus explained:

http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=23561

Bariatric Revision surgery video:

http://www.orlive.com/ethiconendo-surgery/videos/bariatric-revision-surgery?cmpid=ens_2539_adwords&gclid=CMnur9_ZqZ8CFRwTagodJTcW0w