You’ve worked hard all year long and are ready for those few rare moments of a tropical vacation. One of the most challenging things women find when shopping for plus size bathing suits is finding a suit that fits properly and won’t break the bank. What sense does it make to purchase a suit that doesn’t make you feel good (comfort) or make you look good (beauty)? Read more

Weight loss surgery options are available to those who are significantly overweight. If you find that you are obese and simply cannot lose the weight with a standard diet and exercise program, then it may be time to consider your options. There are many surgeries that are now available, such as the Duodenal Switch surgery or the Lap Band procedure. However, before you consider the DS, you absolutely need to know what the disadvantages are. Read more

For decades we’ve been told that to stay healthy and slim we should eat a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. But now, with obesity at an all-time high and the number of people with diabetes soaring, you may need to take another look at this approach. According to the Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet is one of the major reasons why more people are overweight than ever before. Read more

This Thanksgiving Day and the past several days I have been putting all of my energies into building a blog titled My Own Angel. This blog is devoted to my deceased wife Lynda who passed away 6 years ago. Lynda had been an insulin dependent diabetic since she was a young woman and her passing was primarily related to complications from diabetes.  Since having my own gastric bypass surgery I have had the privileged of meeting and talking to several people that no longer have diabetes since their own gastric bypass surgery. A similar surgery is now being used for those that may not be morbidly obese but are suffering from diabetes. Read more

Are you tired of those tight airline seats or being required to purchase two of them because you are obese? Apparently judges in Canada are tired of them too! This past Thursday the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada. Read more

Antioxidant rich foods and supplements are
important elements of a healthy diet and of good health. Luckily it is
not difficult to include antioxidant foods in our daily diet
because many of our favorite vegetables, fruits, nuts, and juices
contain a healthy amount of antioxidant compounds.
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I would like to say thank you to each of you that visits Terminal Obesity. We would really like to start posting the stories and pictures of those that have lost weight.  It makes no difference if it has been through traditional dieting or weight loss surgery. There is little that is a better motivator to others than hearing about and seeing the success of others. Try to keep your stories in the area of 500 words or less. By the way, don’t worry about spelling and punctuation. I make mistakes just about every time I write and in an English class the teacher would probably send this post back to me with red marks all over it. If necessary we will do a bit of editing.

Please email your stories and pictures to terry@terminalobesity.com

Thanks again, Terry

In a recent study reported by the University of California, San Francisco concluded that patients of gastric bypass surgery might be at risk of brittle bones due to disruption of nutrient absorption including calcium. When the absorption of calcium is impaired factors important to bone health are disrupted placing the patient at a higher risk for fractures. Read more