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Ask Us Anything: Bariatric Surgeon Panel
Saturday May 7th | 2:15-3:00 Do you have questions about revisions, resetting your “set-point,” or anything else related to your weight loss surgery? This is your chance to ask any and all questions to our panel of expert Bariatric Surgeons. Submit your questions...
Remembering Your Reason
Friday May 6th | 9:30-10:30 The decision to get bariatric surgery is one of the most radical medical steps a person can take to reclaim their health. That kind of change is both impressive and brave – and typically has an origin story rooted in the bigger...
Building the Routine: How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit (Instead of a Chore)
Saturday May 7th | 2:15-3:00 Every day we get out of bed, dress ourselves, and brush our teeth (hopefully). Often without a second thought. But when it comes to exercise, we are not as automatic. We consider whether we feel like doing it, we make excuses if we don’t,...
Honoring Your “Before” Self
Saturday May 7th | 1:30-2:00 The entire Bariatric Surgery process often happens so fast. We lose hundreds of pounds and do not have time to process what is happening. So many of us give zero credit to that morbidly obese person in the "before" photos. In this session...
Dance Fitness
Friday May 6th | 7:00-7:45 Join Monique for a body-positive dance fitness class with easy-to-follow movements. Come ready to dance, twerk, and have a fun workout. It doesn’t matter if you go left and I go right, child that’s alright – this is about movement,...
Changing the Script on Triggered Eating
Friday May 6th | 1:30-2:15 Many disordered eating behaviors stem from turning to food as a surrogate for what you needed most, but didn’t get relationally. These patterns often begin in early relationships with your primary caregivers and carry over into present day...
Meal Prepping & Planning: How to Create a Balanced Bariatric Diet
Saturday May 7th | 11:15-12:00 This session focuses on meal planning and prepping as a bariatric patient for all stages and lifestyles. Planning ahead is key to bariatric success and unique to the individual. We'll discuss multiple different ways that you can...
Are Gut Bugs Making You Fat?
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 Have you ever wondered about your gut microbiome? What it is or how it works? Your gut biome is critical when it comes to weight gain/loss and overall health. In this session we will: Discuss the "Calories IN vs Calories OUT" theory...
Understanding Relapse and Regain on the Bariatric Journey
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Obesity is a chronic disease with no cure. Although bariatric surgery patients have chosen the best tool to treat their disease of obesity, it is normal that they will experience a relapse of symptoms at some point on their journey. In...
Losing More than Weight: Understanding the Waves of Grief and Loss on the Bariatric Journey
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 In this workshop, patients will learn that the bariatric journey brings normal waves of grief and loss. Besides losing weight, patients often report losing their former relationship with food, relationship loss and body image loss along...
How to Stop Self Sabotaging Yourself in your WLS Journey
Saturday May 7th | 12:15-1:00 The truth is that self-sabotaging is part of the transformational journey. But if we understand how the subconscious and conscious mind work, we can make the process of change last. In this mindset workshop, you will learn and experience ...
Opening Up About Your WLS Journey
Saturday May 7th | 10:00-11:00 Finding support, building accountability partners, and breaking generational stigmas all starts with one thing: opening up about your weight loss surgery journey. It’s hard to share this process with family and friends that might not...
Relationships Pre and Post Bariatric Surgery
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Huge inner and outer changes occur during the time we prepare for and have weight loss surgery. The physical, emotional, and mental changes can affect how we perceive ourselves and our relationships with our families, friends, and...
Anxiety, Depression, Body Dysmorphia, and More!
Saturday May 7th | 11:15-12:00 Mental health after weight loss surgery can be incredibly tricky. Join this panel discussion with our incredible bariatric patients and an esteemed AdventHealth bariatric psychiatrist to hear how patients cope, find support, and heal...
Parenting in a Bariatric Lifestyle
Saturday May 7th | 12:15-1:00 Raising kids is HARD. Add in the complete lifestyle change that a bariatric patient encounters, and it’s a veritable minefield! While we are cautiously navigating how to not create food or body image issues, while promoting body...
Fashion At Any Size
Friday May 6th | 11:30-12:30 During your bariatric journey, how many times have you pictured yourself ripping some runway in your favorite new look? Join us – either in the audience, or onstage* – to see bodies and styles of all kinds finally represented on the...
Fertility & Pregnancy After WLS
Friday May 6th | 1:30-2:15 Pregnancy after weight loss surgery can be a nerve-wracking prospect for many women, especially if you’ve faced fertility issues in the past. Can I eat enough to support the baby? Will I gain all my weight back if I get pregnant? Are there...
Understanding the Cultural Differences: WLS in the Black and Brown Community
Friday May 6th | 2:30-3:00 This Q&A-style panel is a view into the stigmas in the Black and Brown community around weight loss surgery. What are the unique differences in this community? Why aren’t we talking about it? Who should be in your support system? How can...
Metabolic Repair & Muscle Building After WLS
May 7th | 12:15-1:00 Your metabolism can take a hit after the extreme calorie reduction of weight loss surgery. But building muscle can combat that! This segment will highlight how weight loss surgery patients can have long-term success by optimizing nutrition and...
Plastic Surgery After WLS
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Considering skin removal, a mommy makeover, or any other plastic surgery procedure after weight loss surgery? Join this Q&A-style panel post-surgery patients and esteemed plastic surgeons to learn about the process, the costs, the...
More than Protein: Nutrition for the Maintenance Stage
Friday May 6 | 2:30-3 Protein, protein, protein! That’s what we all hear that first year after WLS. But what about the other macros? In this session, we’ll review all key macronutrient groups and their importance after weight loss surgery. Join this session to learn: ...
Finding Joy in Movement
Friday May 6 | 1:30-2:15 Movement is not just for weight loss! While it’s an important component for success after bariatric surgery, it is also a healing tool that can calm our nervous system and heal past trauma or address a negative relationship with our...
All or Nothing: How To Break Free and Find Progress
Saturday May 7th | 1:30-2 Have you found yourself enthusiastically committing to a new program or system and then throwing your arms up in frustration a few days later because you have failed to meet one requirement? When we operate with an “all or nothing” mindset,...
It’s a Plant Party! Plant Based Eating After WLS
Saturday May 7 | 1:30-2 Learn what it means to enjoy a plant forward diet after bariatric surgery. Walk away with tools to incorporate these nutritional powerhouses into your diet while meeting your protein goals! In this session, you will learn: Different...
Vision Board Workshop
Friday May 6th | 2:30-3 We’re making vision boards, y’all! We’ll use this time to learn how to identify and visualize our goals in this hands-on, cut-and-paste vision boarding workshop. In this session, you will: Learn the power of goal visualization Identify...
Beginner Not Basic: Yoga Foundations
Sunday May 8 | 8-8:45 Join Leanne for beginner yoga! Whether you’re preparing for surgery, newly post op, or just looking to add yoga to your fitness routine, Leanne will break down the basic yoga poses and take the time to show you modifications for each. After this...
Journaling for Resiliency
Saturday May 7 | 11:15-12pm Journaling for Resiliency is a workshop designed to help participants through the process of building emotional strength and train their minds to find and maintain peace, even during the hardest moments. This interactive workshop will cover...
12 Strategies for Eating Out After WLS
Friday May 6th | 12:30-1:15 Once you can tolerate solid foods, you may be ready for eating out. While restaurants and meal delivery can be fun and social, it’s often ripe with foods that can get you off-plan or over-doing it. Join this session to learn 12 strategies...
Navigating Your Bariatric Surgery at Work
Saturday May 7 | 2:15-3 Bariatric surgery doesn't just change your personal life, it changes your professional life too. Learn from a bariatric surgery patient who has a doctorate degree in HR exactly how to navigate the pre- and post-surgery challenges unique...
The REBORN Workshop
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 REBORN is a fun, interactive, and life-changing experience that uses Suzanne’s “Meals, Mindset, and Movement” strategy to show you how to finally end the habits and behaviors of self-sabotage, and emotional eating, and create the future...
Relationships Pre and Post Bariatric Surgery
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Huge inner and outer changes occur during the time we prepare for and have weight loss surgery. The physical, emotional, and mental changes can affect how we perceive ourselves and our relationships with our families, friends, and...
Parenting in a Bariatric Lifestyle
Saturday May 7th | 12:15-1:00 Raising kids is HARD. Add in the complete lifestyle change that a bariatric patient encounters, and it’s a veritable minefield! While we are cautiously navigating how to not create food or body image issues, while promoting body...
Ask Us Anything: Bariatric Surgeon Panel
Saturday May 7th | 2:15-3:00 Do you have questions about revisions, resetting your “set-point,” or anything else related to your weight loss surgery? This is your chance to ask any and all questions to our panel of expert Bariatric Surgeons. Submit your questions...
Fertility & Pregnancy After WLS
Friday May 6th | 1:30-2:15 Pregnancy after weight loss surgery can be a nerve-wracking prospect for many women, especially if you’ve faced fertility issues in the past. Can I eat enough to support the baby? Will I gain all my weight back if I get pregnant? Are there...
Fashion At Any Size
Friday May 6th | 11:30-12:30 During your bariatric journey, how many times have you pictured yourself ripping some runway in your favorite new look? Join us – either in the audience, or onstage* – to see bodies and styles of all kinds finally represented on the...
Vision Board Workshop
Friday May 6th | 2:30-3 We’re making vision boards, y’all! We’ll use this time to learn how to identify and visualize our goals in this hands-on, cut-and-paste vision boarding workshop. In this session, you will: Learn the power of goal visualization Identify...
Journaling for Resiliency
Saturday May 7 | 11:15-12pm Journaling for Resiliency is a workshop designed to help participants through the process of building emotional strength and train their minds to find and maintain peace, even during the hardest moments. This interactive workshop will cover...
Meal Prepping & Planning: How to Create a Balanced Bariatric Diet
Saturday May 7th | 11:15-12:00 This session focuses on meal planning and prepping as a bariatric patient for all stages and lifestyles. Planning ahead is key to bariatric success and unique to the individual. We'll discuss multiple different ways that you can...
Are Gut Bugs Making You Fat?
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 Have you ever wondered about your gut microbiome? What it is or how it works? Your gut biome is critical when it comes to weight gain/loss and overall health. In this session we will: Discuss the "Calories IN vs Calories OUT" theory...
More than Protein: Nutrition for the Maintenance Stage
Friday May 6 | 2:30-3 Protein, protein, protein! That’s what we all hear that first year after WLS. But what about the other macros? In this session, we’ll review all key macronutrient groups and their importance after weight loss surgery. Join this session to learn: ...
It’s a Plant Party! Plant Based Eating After WLS
Saturday May 7 | 1:30-2 Learn what it means to enjoy a plant forward diet after bariatric surgery. Walk away with tools to incorporate these nutritional powerhouses into your diet while meeting your protein goals! In this session, you will learn: Different...
12 Strategies for Eating Out After WLS
Friday May 6th | 12:30-1:15 Once you can tolerate solid foods, you may be ready for eating out. While restaurants and meal delivery can be fun and social, it’s often ripe with foods that can get you off-plan or over-doing it. Join this session to learn 12 strategies...
Honoring Your “Before” Self
Saturday May 7th | 1:30-2:00 The entire Bariatric Surgery process often happens so fast. We lose hundreds of pounds and do not have time to process what is happening. So many of us give zero credit to that morbidly obese person in the "before" photos. In this session...
Opening Up About Your WLS Journey
Saturday May 7th | 10:00-11:00 Finding support, building accountability partners, and breaking generational stigmas all starts with one thing: opening up about your weight loss surgery journey. It’s hard to share this process with family and friends that might not...
Understanding the Cultural Differences: WLS in the Black and Brown Community
Friday May 6th | 2:30-3:00 This Q&A-style panel is a view into the stigmas in the Black and Brown community around weight loss surgery. What are the unique differences in this community? Why aren’t we talking about it? Who should be in your support system? How can...
Metabolic Repair & Muscle Building After WLS
May 7th | 12:15-1:00 Your metabolism can take a hit after the extreme calorie reduction of weight loss surgery. But building muscle can combat that! This segment will highlight how weight loss surgery patients can have long-term success by optimizing nutrition and...
Plastic Surgery After WLS
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Considering skin removal, a mommy makeover, or any other plastic surgery procedure after weight loss surgery? Join this Q&A-style panel post-surgery patients and esteemed plastic surgeons to learn about the process, the costs, the...
Navigating Your Bariatric Surgery at Work
Saturday May 7 | 2:15-3 Bariatric surgery doesn't just change your personal life, it changes your professional life too. Learn from a bariatric surgery patient who has a doctorate degree in HR exactly how to navigate the pre- and post-surgery challenges unique...
Changing the Script on Triggered Eating
Friday May 6th | 1:30-2:15 Many disordered eating behaviors stem from turning to food as a surrogate for what you needed most, but didn’t get relationally. These patterns often begin in early relationships with your primary caregivers and carry over into present day...
Understanding Relapse and Regain on the Bariatric Journey
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Obesity is a chronic disease with no cure. Although bariatric surgery patients have chosen the best tool to treat their disease of obesity, it is normal that they will experience a relapse of symptoms at some point on their journey. In...
Losing More than Weight: Understanding the Waves of Grief and Loss on the Bariatric Journey
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 In this workshop, patients will learn that the bariatric journey brings normal waves of grief and loss. Besides losing weight, patients often report losing their former relationship with food, relationship loss and body image loss along...
How to Stop Self Sabotaging Yourself in your WLS Journey
Saturday May 7th | 12:15-1:00 The truth is that self-sabotaging is part of the transformational journey. But if we understand how the subconscious and conscious mind work, we can make the process of change last. In this mindset workshop, you will learn and experience ...
Anxiety, Depression, Body Dysmorphia, and More!
Saturday May 7th | 11:15-12:00 Mental health after weight loss surgery can be incredibly tricky. Join this panel discussion with our incredible bariatric patients and an esteemed AdventHealth bariatric psychiatrist to hear how patients cope, find support, and heal...
Finding Joy in Movement
Friday May 6 | 1:30-2:15 Movement is not just for weight loss! While it’s an important component for success after bariatric surgery, it is also a healing tool that can calm our nervous system and heal past trauma or address a negative relationship with our...
All or Nothing: How To Break Free and Find Progress
Saturday May 7th | 1:30-2 Have you found yourself enthusiastically committing to a new program or system and then throwing your arms up in frustration a few days later because you have failed to meet one requirement? When we operate with an “all or nothing” mindset,...
The REBORN Workshop
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 REBORN is a fun, interactive, and life-changing experience that uses Suzanne’s “Meals, Mindset, and Movement” strategy to show you how to finally end the habits and behaviors of self-sabotage, and emotional eating, and create the future...
Building the Routine: How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit (Instead of a Chore)
Saturday May 7th | 2:15-3:00 Every day we get out of bed, dress ourselves, and brush our teeth (hopefully). Often without a second thought. But when it comes to exercise, we are not as automatic. We consider whether we feel like doing it, we make excuses if we don’t,...
Dance Fitness
Friday May 6th | 7:00-7:45 Join Monique for a body-positive dance fitness class with easy-to-follow movements. Come ready to dance, twerk, and have a fun workout. It doesn’t matter if you go left and I go right, child that’s alright – this is about movement,...
Beginner Not Basic: Yoga Foundations
Sunday May 8 | 8-8:45 Join Leanne for beginner yoga! Whether you’re preparing for surgery, newly post op, or just looking to add yoga to your fitness routine, Leanne will break down the basic yoga poses and take the time to show you modifications for each. After this...