Bariatric Surgery or, the Old Fashioned Way?

Pamela Harrelson

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Question for You. Do you have an addiction to dieting and an addiction to food? Pam and her husband had these strongholds for long decades, despite their love for their faith and success in other life areas. In her book, "Bariatric Surgery or, the Old Fashioned Way?," she shares with you her ultimate surrender in this area. She also includes chapters using experts in the field of metabolism and personal training. There is an Appendix of experts and websites that is helpful.

Bariatric surgery, for the morbidly obese, gives a wonderful and lengthy "time out" to regain mental stability and make physical changes. Far more patients, (than in early surgery days), take advantage of this "time out" but too many still do not. The surgery alone does not create lifetime maintenance. The surgery does give a lifetime "edge" along with new habits.

Pam is in a small category of Bariatric patients from the 1990's who have maintained their weight loss. From 1995 she has watched historical changes in improvements and more realistic promotions of the surgery. The weight maintenance numbers have grown as clinics now teach that the surgery is only a "tool." In her book Pam gives credit for this dramatic change to the wonderful blogging sites available to patients, authored by patients themselves.

In nineteen years as a Personal Trainer Pam promoted moderation in a personal exercise regime – not throwing up, passing out or crying! Pam says, "We would all rather play than work; one is an obligation, the other is pure joy."

"Bariatric Surgery or, the Old Fashioned Way?" shows readers how to recapture the joy of eating, moving and living without guilt, pain or fear. God does not condemn us, but rather uses conviction, and He never gives up on us! Be encouraged in this book that "God is For You!"

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Santé et bien-être
• Santé mentale & traumatisme
• Exercise
• Health
• Fitness
• Santé mentale
• Santé mentale

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 20 octobre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456629298
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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In regard to the obesity surgeries, if a patient’s surgery turns out to accomplish “physician assisted starvation” for a considerable time post-op, he may not immediately recognize the need to re-program his mindwith regard to food, exercise, and lifestyle habits. This short-term success is, therefore, usually just that: short term! As post-op years increase, he will certainly notice the gradual increase in weight gain as he i s able to have more food and has not yet adopted an e x e r c i s e  program. Unfortunately, when he arrives at this point he won’t have thesafety netof having done alotof mental work and internal changes in attitude and habits, because until that moment arrived he did not have to, and he probably thought he would never have to. Simply said, the surgery workedtoo wellforAdopt Pam’s thoughts and educational points to prevent re-gain! Astoo long. Pam says, “the surgeon operated on your stomach, not on your brain!” Tracy Asmussen, Sociologist “This was one of the most encouraging books I have ever read! Pamela really set the bar for explaining how to stay healthy and not regain after bariatric surgery. I am so thankful to read about the experiences of a fellow Christian who followed Gods path for her life! The book is full of practical, original, and realistic ways to keep weight off after bariatric surgery. Thanks Pamela! Marianne Barnes… Gourd Artist, Author, and Basket maker at Baskets and Gourds by Mari Pam at age 67.

Pamela Harrelson was a certified personal trainer for 19 years before semi-retirement, with organizations such as the American Council on Exercise, Apex Fitness, and Cooper Institute.She studied nutrition and metabolism at the LSU Medical School. She worked in three large athletic clubs and then finished her career with free-lance training at homes. She was a facilitator for Lifeway Health Courses in churches. She now trains at her home or online. Pam is a walking miracle of what God’s love, grace, and mercy, with a yielded heart and mind, can produce. She has been widowed for 17 years after a 30 year marriage to Al. She is a mother of 2, grandmother of 5 and resides in Ponchatoula, LA, 60 minutes north of New Orleans. Pam brings high energy and enthusiasm to any message she gives and is sure to motivate your audience to press on for their high calling in God. FREE ONLINE PERSONAL TRAINING PACKAGE WITH BOOK PURCHASE! REVIEW ATwww.pamelaharrelson.com

Editor, please include on COPY RIGHT PAGE Library Control number coming Disclaimer: This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. Pam Harrelson is neither a Bariatric nutrition expert nor a clinical nutrition expert. She simply shares her own “tweaks” in good nutrition that have delivered her from food addiction, based on her own personality. She refers you to websites in her appendix who are professional experts! This is not a diet book!

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND CHAPTER OUTLINE INTRODUCTION--HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

CHAPTER ONE—WHERE WAS THE TRUTH? •The 24 year struggle of a married couple with food addiction and a sedentary lifestyle, with four bariatric surgeries between them. •A realistic perspective on body image and happiness before and after weight loss. CHAPTER TWO— THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT FIRST IT WILL MAKE YOU MISERABLE! • Personal psychological and spiritual thoughts.

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The “hurried” lifestyle. Is that you? Hurricane Katrina: Finding my lost daughter, but facing are-newed challenge in addictive behavior.

Warning ontransfer addictions.

CHAPTER THREE—METABOLISM AND GENETICS •A textbook study by many experts, highly academic, in this field.

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The Godly Truth about calories!

We do not have to be prisoners or victims of our genes.

The dreaded plateau, where most people quit.

CHAPTER FOUR—KEYWORDS FOR CHANGE • Pam’s personal keywords tore-program your mindin food and exercise habits. • Scriptures specific to addictive problems. At warfare with Satan who wants to diminish our witness! • Examples of key words are “Skill Power as opposed to Will Power,” “Fear,” “Denial,” “Desire,” “Panic,” “Perfectionism,” “Loneliness,” and many others.

CHAPTER FIVE – DISCOVER A LOVE FOR MOVEMENT AT ANY AGE • We would all rather play than work; one is an obligation, the other is pure joy. • Focus on the excitement of agility and a passion in life for moving, not on a bikini!

CHAPTER SIX—PERSONAL TRAINING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE • The most valuable trait of personal training –accountability! • trainer?How to find the right • What does one do with a trainer?

CHAPTER SEVEN—

FIND A “PAM’S BULLET” THAT IS LIFE CHANGING FOR YOU! • Easy bulleted tips on how to combat food addiction. • Bulleted tips on exercise motivation, stressing moderation and consistency, as opposed to a burnout, boot camp mentality. • How to find TIME to exercise! CHAPTER EIGHT—VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE ON ME AT AGE 67!

CHAPTER NINE

 REDEEMED BY GOD’S GRACE  LET GOD WRITE HIS STORY INTO OURS!

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Conversion from Atheism to a passionate believer in 1973.

a.Intention? God’s word can be so powerful! •Conversion to the New Evangelism in Catholicism in 2017. a. bridge of love between the two faith groups.Intention? A APPENDIX A Short list of my favorite websites and books which will help you a lot!

Notes

Endnotes

DEDICATED TO MY HUSBAND OF 30 YEARS! Robert Al Harrelson – July 15, 1947 July 9, 2000 Two Bariatric Surgeries  This is an e-mail that Al wrote to a friend before he died. She sent

it to me in the regular mail just two days after his funeral. We had

never met her. They were each involved in Harrelson genealogy

research online. You will be able to see from his letter to Dee that he

wanted our book written. It delighted me and surprised me when I read

his thoughts to a stranger. He also called me his “lovely wife!” In it he

confirms our suffering over the years. Al’s words in this e-mail

reminded me ofmany conversations that he and I hadabout believing

in me to write this book in order to help others in bondage to this

terrible addiction. Al died three years after his gastric by-pass surgery.

From: AL H To: Dee

Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 Subject: Prospect

Concern

Hi Dee,

“As for me, as you can read in my link, I am waiting

on a heart transplant. By the grace of God I have

been able to stay at home most of the time. Since I

can rest and take my medication I have been able to

have a quality life style. As for my possible surgery,

recent tests in the last 2 weeks indicate I need

another angiogram tomorrow - to determine if I

need bypass surgery. My cardiologist believes it will

be necessary, however, we shall see tomorrow. My

diagnosis has been dilated cardiomyopathy with an

ejection fraction as low as 114k.

 Am I concerned with the prospect of surgery? For

years I had the Type A lifestyle. The first time I was

diagnosed with DCM in 1986, I took my office to the

hospital with me. In 1996 I had another major

episode with DCM. My cardiologist told me I needed

to retire from work. You know how we Type A’s are

(in one category), we go through a stage of denial. I

loved my job more than I loved my family and God.

In 1997, God put me flat on my back again. I realized

then I could not keep up with the job. My decision

after much prayer was to have a closer relationship

with G o d and not w o r r y a b o u t the

future. Since retiring I do not worry about things. My

family knows where I stand.

 Almost everything is done in my life, except knowing

the last thing I am expected to do. My children know that

if I am called to leave this earth they have a father that

loves them with all my heart, despite how sick it is. They

know that I now set the e x a m p l e God wanted me to

leave them with.

 The same for my lovely wife, Pam. She raised our

children and now she has finally started her career as a

Personal Trainer where she can help others. She hopes

one day to write a book about our experiences with

obesity, bariatric surgery, and what needs to be done to

change a person’s life style before it has been ruined as

mine was. Hopefully she will be able to do this using my

life’s example and her life’s example. She has changed

her presentation title from “The Dieting Mentality” to

“Where’s the Truth?”

 Thanks for all your effort on the NCBLAOEN list.

 I plan on emailing you again soon!”

 He said almost everything in his life is done, except knowing the

last thing he is supposed to do. The moment I read the letter, standing

by my mailbox, I knew that it was a message from his grave. What

was the last thing he was supposed to do? Could it be inspiring me

through this surprise email, delivered to me through a stranger?

INTRODUCTION-- HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

 The bulk of this manuscript wasself-publishedas a beautiful book in print

years ago in 2009 under the title, “The Rest of the Truth.”

In 2012 it was self-

publishedonlyas an EBook under a new title “Practical Advice for Lifetime

Maintenance After Bariatric Surgery.” Edits in both books represented a

reflection of the changing surgical perspectives and patient experiences at that

time. This “surgical experiment” on the morbidly obese has progressed and

changed dramatically since 1980 when I had my first surgery, and again from

1995, after my second surgery. I am re-focused in this edition with greater

pursuit to faith based readers, as there are now many more patients and bariatric

surgeons in this category. I hope others read it as well, as it is a loving outreach.

 If you are obese, pre-bariatric surgery, post-bariatric surgery, or even just an

average-sized person caught for decades in the terrible cycle of dieting, deprivation;

a feeling of “food addiction,” I believe this message w i l l h e l p y o u .

My focus is not on dozens of sensational fast weight loss stories. My husband

and I lost and regained large amounts of weight 99 times over the course of

24 years. (No, I am not exaggerating!) We never wrote a book

because we were secretly and miserably right back on the dieting

roller coaster immediately afterward, even after bariatric surgeries .

Over the last two decades in Personal Training consultations, I have been

surprised to see this dieting roller coaster to be true of many, at any size.

 My story and suggestions reveal the convictions that God can lead one to

in following solid Biblical principles, but also reveals that a feeling of

condemnation is never from God. Too many of us who love the

Lord find ourselves in this struggle to make changes from

an addictive, emotionally- obsessive rut to a system of self-control that is

not reliant solely onwill-power.

Lifetime weight maintenance starts with the mind, not with a diet,

and certainly not with a scalpel on the operating table.

 God’s amazing interventions in my obesity struggle demonstrate His gentle andtotal

understandingof our human weakness. It expresses a profound belief that with reliance

on our faith, a strong relationship with God, and the guidance of Biblical scripture, our

faith can then translate to more self-control and motivation in the areas of nutrition and

exercise. I pray to expedite this process for you! God isfor youand wants you to get to

the other side of this issue to have the energy you need for others. I did after 38 years!

We can live life to the fullest, enslaved to nothing!

John 10:10 NIVThe enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I (Jesus) have come to give life and give it to the fullest! Romans 8:37-39 New American Bible“No, in all these things we conqueroverwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities (demons) , nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”