News from WBI

Western Bariatric Newsletter

November 2011

Attention
Winnemucca, Elko and surrounding areas!
Western Bariatric Institute will be holding seminars in Winnemucca and Elko next month. Help spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested. Please call to register, space is limited!

WINNEMUCCA

Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011

6pm-8pm

ELKO

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011

Noon-2pm

Click here to sign up

or call 1-877-985-6771

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UPDATES

New Support Group in Bishop.

South Meadows Support Group is changing days.

Click Here for Details

"Like" us on Facebook and be automatically entered to win monthly prizes from our WBI Health Store.

This month we are giving away Bariatric Advantage sugar free Calcium Citrate Chewy Bites. They deliver 250 mg of elemental calcium as calcium citrate in a delicious chew. They also contain 125 IU of vitamin D3 for healthy absorption.

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Visit our WBI Health Store Today!

Store is located in the lobby of our office or online. Not all products are available online.

Our October Winner is Mark Zimmerman! Congratulations and thanks for being a fan!

Doris Ann Gay is the owner of BJ's Hair Shop at 505 Evens Street, just 4 blocks from UNR. They provide full service for women and barber style cuts for men...with complimentary Neck trims between cuts.

Doris and her crew have been volunteering their time to style the WBI models for the Annual Fashion show each year. We sincerely appreciate her help and hope you will stop by and visit them!
Play some pool while you are there too!

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Patient Spotlight

Darold Acord -- Lap-Band -- Lost 215 lbs

Pateint spotlight Darold

My Lap-Band surgery was on February 25, 2008. I weighed over 400 lbs. To be perfectly honest I didn't even realize that I was that much over weight or that unhealthy. I took many medications for high blood pressure to joint pain. I don't take any medications now and it stems directly from the loss of weight. My wife Karon has been my rock through all of this and has helped motivate me to do the right things. I now have lost half of my body weight and walk 3 to 4 miles a day without breathing problems or any other symptoms contributed to obesity. (Yes I now realize that I was obese and very unhealthy, I can now say that terrible word OBESE!!) I have a new and exciting life and enjoy it every day. Don"t get me wrong I still love to eat but now I try to eat the right things. Read More

New Products at the WBI Health Store

By Kristine Shoenberger, WBI Dietitian

Our Health Store

There are some exciting changes happening at the WBI Health store! We pride ourselves on providing "medical quality" products that are essential to optimal health--long after your weight-loss surgery. Over the next few months we will be adding several new products to our store. Two of our latest products are Natural Calm Magnesium and Natural Calm Calcium + Magnesium. These come in powdered form and can be added to a glass of water, Crystal Light, ice tea, etc. READ MORE

Tip and Goal of the Month

By Kristine Shoenberger, WBI Dietitian

Tip of the Month:

Fit in extra activity this month.

Studies show that all activity counts and increases the calories you burn every day. Things like standing instead of sitting, taking the stairs, parking farther away, and even just getting up from your desk as often as possible help you burn an extra 300 calories OR MORE every day! This month, any time you can do a little something extra, go for it.

Goal of the Month:

Keep a food journal from Thanksgiving Day until Monday, Nov.28.

Keeping a food journal doesn't mean you'll eat perfectly, or that you'll have to skip dessert. It simply helps you to be more aware of your eating and may even help you have a guilt-free holiday - pie or no pie. Try it and see!

Open House and Grand Opening

Owner of Moody's Bistro and Lounge and Burger Me in Truckee, and a consultant at numerous Lake Tahoe restaurants including the West Shore Café and Bite, Mark Estee is opening a new downtown Reno restaurant Campo on the city's riverfront. His restaurants have been feature on the Food Network, and written up in publications across the nation, where critics have called his food "close-our-eyes-and-moan good."

This year Mark Estee and Colin Smit

h of Roundabout Catering took the lead as volunteer chefs for our 9th Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show at Rancharrah. We would like to thank both of them as well as all the other chefs who participated.

Join them on Wednesday, November 16 for their open house.

Click here for tickets and more information to the open house.

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