Choice of 3 Free Gifts - WLS Cookbook Sale!

Our Neighborhood Cookbook is back in stock! To celebrate we are offering you the choice of one three free gifts with your purchase:2006 Best of You Have Arrived Newsletters on CD5 Day Pouch Test Wallet CardRecipe of the Week CD (30 Recipes)In addition, we are pleased to offer you a $2.00 savings off the cover price.Order your cookbook and free gift today!Just $18.00 + $3.75 S&HA $26.00 ValueClick

Walking Off the Pounds

Jodi Davis has lost 162 pounds. She did this five years ago and has kept the weight off. It took her 16 months to lose that much weight.

She succeeded in her weight loss with the help of a daily walking routine. She's the mother of three children and could never find the time to walk before, but somehow she became determined to do it on a daily basis.

She's written an e-book about her experience. It's free to read and sponsored by the Blue Cross of Michigan. See her inspiring walking for weight loss blog here.

Tori Wins Best Post-Baby Body

Tori Spelling gained 40 pounds during her pregnancy and now seven months later she is back to her prepregnancy weight of about 115 pounds. She says she achieved this with the help of the NutriSystem diet which is delivered to her door every day. She's also spent a lot of time working out.

Tori is the cover story for this week's Life & Style magazine. They gave her the best post-baby body award. See a larger photo at The Skinny Website.

What are weight loss surgery "slider foods"?

Good Morning Neighbors!Since we have been talking about the 5 Day Pouch Test so much the word "slider foods" has become a regular part of our vocabulary. Slider Foods is a commonly used term in the bariatric community to describe foods that simply slide through the pouch without providing the sensation of fullness.In a malabsorptive procedure the pouch is made and the stoma or outlet is attached

From Size 22 to Size 8

Melissa was a size 14 for much of her adult life but gradually moved up to size 22 by the time she was 28 years old.

Now, two years older, she is wearing size 8 clothes. She's gone from being a couch potato to an active person and she speaks very highly of the Curves program which helped her lose the first 65 pounds.

She said the most weight she lost in any given month was six pounds. It's taken her two years to lose 92 pounds.

See her very inspirational before and after pics here.

Boost Potassium Intake with Salmon and Grapefruit

Potassium is one of the nutrients gastric bypass patients tend to be deficient. In fact many weight loss surgery patients (WLS) supplement their diet with potassium. By including certain foods in the diet weight loss surgery patients can increase their potassium intake.Read more: Potassium Rich FoodOf course we have heard all our lives to eat a banana when low on potassium. But did you know there

Kaye's Huggy-Touchy Empowerment Talk (again)

Previously Published 8/30/2007 in the You Have Arrived Postcard.Hello Neighbors!Today's postcard is about the personal empowerment that group support brings us. I know, you probably roll your eyes and think, "Here Kaye goes again pushing all that huggy-touchy empowerment talk." Perhaps some days I do get a little sentimental-corny about it, but trust me, when we travel together we become an