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Good News for Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Lap-Banders

January 19, 2012

save-moneyWe have great news to all of you who have in your health insurance with BCBS and are considering a lap-band surgery. Starting February 2012, if your policy covers the treatment of morbid obesity, BCBS will no longer require six months of medically supervised diet to approve you for the lap-band surgery. The change in requirements will enable many patients to get their surgery when they are …

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Category: Financing, Weight Loss News

4 DayOne Health Tips on How to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

January 3, 2012

happy-new-yearHappy New Year! The New Year 2012 is here, and so is the Chicago winter. To all of our DayOne Health patients, lap-banders, and those of you who are considering weight loss surgery, we wish that your band serves you well, and that this year will be even better than the last. We wish you weight loss successes, lots of smiles, and that you stay warm during the winter …

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Category: Lap Band, Nutrition

Login and Track Your Results with My Lap-Band Journey

October 14, 2011

Lap_Band_JourneyIf you are a fan of lifestyle applications, you will fall in love with My Lap-Band Journey. And if you are a lap-band patient you will like it even more. Create your profile and track daily weight, health, and even mood changes to improve your weight loss results. My Lap-Band Journey is provided to you by the LAP-BAND® System. If you want to check it out visit Lap-band website to create …

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Category: Lap Band, Weight Loss News

Lap-Band Success Story

January 28, 2011

lapband“Today is the day when I have to say this: losing weight is no fun! Oh, ok. Let’s reevaluate. Losing weight can be fun, but only when you’re actually losing. Once you get stuck on a certain point or you give up all together, the whole idea gets extremely no-fun. Finally, you get into the “screw it” moment. Did you already reach yours? If there is anything that the lap-band has taught me, it is that …

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Category: Lap Band, Weight Loss Patient Testimonials

Lap-Band and Self-Esteem – Is There a Connection?

October 26, 2010

Self-ConfidenceAre you eating because you’re feeling down? Are you feeling down after eating too much? Do you continue eating because you believe that if you stop eating you’ll actually feel even worse? You won’t have your comforting treats and you won’t lose weight anyway, right? And here becomes the viscous cycle of obesity and low self-esteem and, along with it, a continuous increase on your scale.

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Category: Bariatric Support