September, 2010

Episode 93: Bariatric Book Review

Posted by on Sep 30, 2010 in Long Term, Reviews | 8 comments

On this week’s show our Drop Zone feature is all about ing’ing. We review a book written by a gastric bypass patient that’s 30 years out from surgery. Have a look at the best way you can give back to the weight loss surgery community. And wrap things up with a review of a B-12 supplement that’s a blast of minty goodness!

NOTE: Please note that we made a mistake on one of the links mentioned in the video. The site for Andrew’s book is www.andrewLEONleclair.com Our apologies to Andrew for making this mistake.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Drop Zone segment features Debbie or yourWLbuddy
  • We do a quick review of “One Foot on Front of the Other, A Man’s Journey Away From Obesity”
  • This book is a very inspiring story about a mans battle with his weight early on in life.
  • If you’re looking for a book specifically about weight loss surgery, and post op life, this is not that book.
  • On one of our Monday chats we discussed how you can give back to the weight loss surgery community.
  • The best way you can give back is to be a successful patient.
  • We do a review of Building Blocks Vitamins B-12 spray.

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BariatricTV Chat Radio 9/27/10

Posted by on Sep 27, 2010 in Support Chat Radio | 5 comments



In the first episode of BariatricTV Support Chat Radio we talk about a few things in the news.

  • A new study that could link childhood obesity to a virus.
  • Is there such a thing as weight loss surgery for your brain? The answer may surprise you.
  • Studies show that overweight people underestimate their size.

Then we’re joined by McNee, Baka and Army Wife from the forums to let the anarchy begin!

To download the Mp3 file right click on this text and choose “Save Link as” or “Save file as”

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Monday 9/27 Support Chat

Posted by on Sep 27, 2010 in Support Chat Radio | 2 comments

Just a quick reminder that tonight is our Monday Night Support Chat in it’s new and improved audio format! On deck for tonights chat are a few interesting things we found in the news…

  • A new study that could link childhood obesity to a virus.
  • Is there such a thing as weight loss surgery for your brain? The answer may surprise you.
  • Studies show that overweight people underestimate their size.

And of course we’ll have a segment dedicated to complete anarchy as you hop on Skype to chat with us about what’s up in your freaky world.
The chat will be at the same time of 6pm Pacific but the location will be different. We’ll be streaming the chat live on Ustream and you can access it here…

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bariatrictv-live

We’ll hold the audio portion of the chat on Sype and take a few guests at a time to discuss various topics. You do not need Skype to listen to the chat, just go to the web page above and you can listen to the audio stream. However if you do want to voice chat with us you will need to Skype in. We have put together a video on all of this and you can find it at the link below.

Video Tutorial

We hope to chat with you tonight!

The BTV Crew

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Episode 92: Pizza Soup

Posted by on Sep 23, 2010 in Honeymoon Period, Recipes | 9 comments

On this week’s BariatricTV we introduce The Drop Zone segment highlighting your before and afters. We discuss when you should stop posting and go see your doctor. We let you know about a red carpet event in the weight loss surgery community that you’re all invited to! And were laying down a challenge to other WLS communities. We then finish things up with a soup that tastes just like a pizza! Really, it tastes just like a pizza!!

NOTE: This week we are introducing a new flash player. The player has HD capabilities which will give you much better video quality, especially when viewing full screen. You will however need to have a fast enough connection to handle the higher data rate. To toggle HD on and off just click the HD button.

We have also added some social networking buttons to the video as well. Just click on the twitter, or facebook buttons to share the video with your friends. We would love any feedback you may have on this new player.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Drop Zone segment features Larry and Beth Tipton
  • The internet is very useful to a post bariatric patient.
  • Posting if you should see your doctor usually means you need to go see a doctor!
  • On October 2nd there will be a red carpet event for the weight loss surgery community.
  • We’ll be premiering a documentary called Surviving to Thriving
  • The film was produced for the WLSFA by us!
  • We’re challenging other weight loss surgery communities to donate to the WLSFA on the night of the premier.
  • Wait till you see what Toni is going to do if we lose the challenge.
  • We cook up some yummy Pizza Soup!

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How about an audio chat?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

We will be trying something new for Monday nights chat. Instead of just a text chat we will be trying a voice chat. The chat will be held on Skype and will be broadcast on Ustream. The first of these voice chats will be this Monday Sept. 20th, 2010. If you want to listen just click on the join chat link below. If you want to voice chat with us you will need a Skype account and a headset. You will also need to let us know your Skype name so we can Skype ya. Watch the video below for a quick tutorial.

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