Hitting Bottom – What Helped Guide Me Toward Gastric Bypass Surgery

Thanksgiving, what a wonderful time especially when spent with family and friends. The food sure was good – I am lucky that I did not burst the pouch that was constructed when I had my gastric bypass surgery last year.  Today I learned that one of our neighbors died unexpectedly and they think it was [...]

Signs That You May Need to Lose Weight

When we are seriously overweight we realize that we need to change our lifestyle and perhaps check into bariatric weight loss surgery. Hey doc grab that stapler – strap up that stomach! Many of us have spent a lifetime losing and gaining weight. Surprisingly enough many others are really unsure if they need to lose [...]

101 Ways to Use Zucchini and Here’s a Dieters Favorite!

Perhaps the economy is not that great but its been a bountiful year with many of us having weight loss surgery, going on diets and working on improving our health in general. Many of us planted gardens in the spring or early summer. Tending those gardens is getting us outdoors, giving us a bit of [...]

Terry One Year After Gastric Bypass Surgery

July 17, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of my gastric bypass weight loss surgery. I am not slim and beautiful and will not be down to the weight that I had expected to be for my 68th birthday on July 24th but maybe I will be for Christmas. I really wanted to go skydiving for [...]

The New Look of TerminalObesity.com

You asked for it so these fast few days I have started making some changes to the Terminal Obesity blog. It seems that the magazine style theme previously being used was a little too busy and confusing to some people. We are using a great new theme by Brian Gardner and Jason Schuller of Revolution [...]

Merry Christmas From Terry and Terminal Obesity dot com

Here we are in the Christmas season. My family has been spending the Christmas holiday in Southern California. The night time image here is of the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. We spent a nice cool day and night at Disneyland and had a lot of fun. All of Disneyland is decorated in a Christmas [...]

In Canada Two Airline Seats for the Obese the Supreme Court Rules

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 [...]

Weight Loss Images and Stories Wanted

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 [...]

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