Fat Free Mind

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July! I sure did. I spent my holiday weekend relaxing and recuperating from two weeks of travel.
I had the great fortune, a few weeks ago, to speak at the national conference for the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery on one of my favorite topics, The [...]

I have been practicing being kind to myself recently, because I often put others first in my life — to excess. So, one evening I was feeling down and blah, and felt guilty because I didn’t want to make dinner or help my son with homework.
My husband works hard and commutes a shockingly long distance [...]

I love this optimistic quote from Lewis Carroll: “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Carroll’s imagination brought him ideas that were creative, exciting, daring, and risky - and his heart allowed him to believe the impossible.
As a weight loss surgery patient, you may not feel as optimistic as Carroll. Maybe you [...]

“It’s a chocolate martini!” the woman slurred at me with a friendly grin on her face.
She was holding out a chilled martini glass containing a dark brown liquid. I was surprised by the interesting combination — and a little curious.
“She doesn’t drink,” my sister swooped in and took the glass. “I’m sorry, Katie,” she looked [...]

Having attended a number of NAWLS Renewal Retreats, I can honestly say I have learned way more than I thought I would. And, I am only an outsider looking in. I haven’t had weight loss surgery. I work with Katie Jay (in sort of a trained monkey/sidekick capacity;) ), and have nevertheless been charged (I [...]

I want very much to help you find peace with food and to be empowered in your WLS life. That is why I developed a new, 30-day, self-guided program. I am so excited to tell you about it!
 
My program is called…
 
Weight Loss Surgery Success for Life: 30 Days to Find Peace with Food and Hope [...]

At the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery national conference this past June, Katie Jay was interviewed, along with other leaders in the WLS community, by Leslie Thompson of the Weight Loss Surgery Channel. Listen to what Katie has to say about transfer addiction and other WLS topics:

By Kathy Stream
As a freelance writer for NAWLS, I find myself thrust into the WLS community.
I dove in nearly two years ago, hoping to absorb and learn and grow through osmosis or photosynthesis or something. For me, someone who has not had bariatric surgery, I was (and still am) eager to learn all I can [...]

In the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a study was published about a powerful tool people can use to lose weight. This tool is so amazing, dieters in the study who used it lost twice as much weight. Twice as much!
You wouldn’t believe what this tool is, and even if [...]

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker looked into Darth Vader’s eyes and found the good in his father.Luke said, “The Emperor hasn’t driven the good from you completely.”
Vader denied him, insisting, “You don’t know the power of the dark side.”
This scene reminds me of the many times in my life I [...]