Thursday, July 24, 2008

Welcome to Overcome Obesity!

The goal of this website is to help overweight (obese, and morbidly obese) people learn how to lose weight permanently. Contrary to popular belief, it can be done. It requires patience, perseverence, learning, eating healthy, finding some form of exercise that you enjoy and lifetime of commitment. You can choose to have bariatric surgery (either gastric bypass, or gastric banding). That surgery will get you started and it can be a life saver for many. However, after the surgery, you still have to stay committed to eating healthy and exercising for the rest of your life.

I have had gastric bypass surgery and I lost 75 pounds after the surgery (in one year). After that, I had to start losing weight the old-fashioned weigh. In future posts, I will write about gastric bypass surgery, eating healthy, learning to have fun exercising, how to stay on the right track and many other things.

Please stay tuned for future blogs!