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How Diabetes affects sleep

How Does Diabetes Affect Sleep?

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to produce insulin properly. This causes excess levels of glucose in the blood. The most common types are type 1 and type 2 diabetes.  Maintaining your blood sugars in a safe range may minimize the symptoms you experience. Short-term symptoms of high blood sugar can include frequent thirst […]
2 years ago
How staying up late affects your weight

How Staying Up Late Affects Your Weight

Getting enough sleep each night is critical to your overall health and impacts many of your bodily functions—including your mood, mental clarity, immune system, and disease risk factor. Furthermore, sleep also plays a vital role in managing your weight as it influences your hormones and metabolism.  Yet, not only can a lack of sleep lead […]
Dr. Mike Blaney Weight Loss Surgeon Georgia
2 years ago
Health is Not a Luxury

Health is Not A Luxury: 3 Tips for a Healthier Mind and Body

Being healthy isn’t something reserved simply for those with a high bank balance. While you do have to invest in yourself, managing your weight, lowering stress levels, and treating your body well don’t have to take a toll on you, your work, or your family. In fact, some things, such as changing careers to lower […]
2 years ago
Drink Water for Weight Loss

Wellness Based Tips to Avoid Regain after Weight Loss Surgery

The journey to weight loss surgery is long and requires a lot of effort, possibly even a lot of money, so regaining weight after surgery can feel entirely defeating. According to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, more than 50 percent of patients will end up regaining a small percentage of their excess body […]
Dr. Mike Blaney Weight Loss Surgeon Georgia
2 years ago

6 Easy Ways to Detox at Home

A detox can help you feel refreshed, boost your energy, and reset your body as the summer months are upon us. And, luckily, detoxing at home can take many different forms. Here are some easy ways you can remove toxins from your body at home. 
Casey Blaney, Bariatric Centers of America
2 years ago
Exercising after Weight Loss Surgery

The Beginner’s Guide to Exercise as a Bariatric Patient

Incorporating physical activity into your daily routine has many benefits, including aiding in weight loss, alleviating joint pain, and improving your mood. If you are new to working out, you may feel intimidated and unsure where or how to begin. In this blog, we will go into everything you need to know about how to […]
Morgan Schaack, Bariatric Dietitian and Personal Trainer
2 years ago

How to Set New Year’s Resolutions that Last All Year Long

Did you set a New Year’s Resolution? If you’re like most people who set resolutions, the chances are good that you’ve already thrown it in the trash along with last year’s calendar. Studies make it crystal clear that almost 200 million Americans declare resolutions related to money, health, career, self-improvement, family, and love. 
Connie Stapleton, Bariatric Psychology
2 years ago

How to Make Healthy Habits Stick

In last week’s blog, I shared the basics of habit formation. You consciously choose a behavior that you want to make part of your life without having to overthink it. Habits are usually paired with an environmental cue. After following that cue and action, over time, a habit will be formed. This is understood to […]
Connie Stapleton, Bariatric Psychology
3 years ago

How Habits Work and How to Change Your Unhealthy Behavior

We all have numerous healthy daily habits, which (hopefully) include things like showering, brushing teeth, eating meals at regular times, and washing our hands after using the bathroom (especially now with COVID). People can also develop unproductive habits such as biting their nails, twirling their hair around a particular finger, or saying “um” many times […]
Connie Stapleton, Bariatric Psychology
3 years ago