Dallas, TX – Determination, Inspiration, Motivation, and Transformation will take center stage at the First Annual Lap-band Conference hosted by Banded Together to be held in Dallas TX October 3-5, 2008. Some 150 participants from all over the United States are expected to attend.
The Lap-band conference is expected to help both the pre-operative and post-operative patient prepare for the “Lap-band Lifestyle”. Among other issues, the conference will address, post-op eating, post-op fitness and post-op emotional changes. This conference is meant to address the whole lap-band experience. This conference is designed to educate all Lap-band patients so their transformation to better health allows them to achieve more Results, Support and Success.
Obesity is a terrible disease; as a result patients are cheated out of the greater opportunities life has to offer them. Weight Loss Surgery has given many patients the gift of taking back what obesity has robbed them of: self-esteem, self-confidence;
Organized and planned by Banded Together; The 2008 National Lap-band Conference, themed "Living the Lap-band Lifestyle," will present a mix of national and local speakers. Nationally known psychotherapist Mary Jo Rapini from TLC’s Big Medicine; Certified Life and Wellness Coach Cher Ewing; Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Sina Matin; Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Frank Veninga; Plastic Surgeon Dr. Jonathan Heistein; Chiropractor Dr. Kevin Prentice; Dietitian Diane Wallace RD Banded Personal Trainer Kat Winegar M.E.S. and Banded Chef Leslie Moore. This wide-ranging group will present a combination of main talks and break out sessions that will inspire the Lap-band Patient.
More information on The 2008 National Lap-band Conference can be found at http://www.bandedtogether.net/
