Schedule: 8:00 AM registration starts 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM General Session 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM Break out Session 1 10:45Am to 11:00 AM Break 11:00 AM to Noon Break out session 2 Noon to 1:00 PM Lunch break 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Break out session 3 2:00 PM to 2:15 PM Break 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM Break out session 4 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Break out Session 5 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM General Sessions and Closing Speakers Dr. Jacqueline Jacques 
Nutrition Updates 2007 Feel like you already know the basics? Want to know the latest research being done on weight loss surgery and nutrition? This is the course will focus on the latest research and what it is teaching us about obesity, weight loss surgery and nutritional health. Nutrition for Band Adjustable Gastric Band patients need to know about nutrition too! This course will talk about preoperative and postoperative nutrition as it specifically relates to their needs and risks of band patients. We will talk about liver health, eating, the relationship of adjustments to eating behavior, and nutritional risks associated with the band and weight loss.
Dr. Jeff Holloway
Living with the lap band Do's and don'ts with the band - Healthy eating - Follow-up - Exercise
Dr. Glen Forney
Bypass Rules Do's and don'ts with bypass - 70/30 rule with protein and veggies - Vitamins - Follow-up - Support groups
Dr. Bridget Sonnier- Hillis
Stress management Avoid using food to cope, use these stress coping strategies Mark Anderson, Mph WLS and effects on marriage Issues with couples pre and post-op Gretchen Dredla, RD Exercise and Healthy Eating Get Moving I. Exercise: What does it mean? A. Definition B. Benefits C. Exercise Activities 1. Aerobic Activities § Guidelines (frequency, duration, and intensity) 2. Resistance Training § Guidelines (frequency, duration, and intensity) 3. Stretching § Guideline (frequency and duration) D. Additional Information to make Exercise easy
Karen Donaldson 
Blood Sugar Blues - The Stress Response, Cravings, Moods and Energy Levels, and Dumping Syndrome Did you know that when you skip meals or have lots of stress, your liver dumps sugars into your blood? And how about your mood, cravings, and possible weight gain? And, what's really going on with dumping syndrome? Join us for an amazing journey through our amazing bodies. We'll discuss, in a very easy-to-understand way, just how the body uses carbohydrates and how to make our bodies work with us, not against us! You'll learn how NOT to store fat, how to keep your mood and energy levels up, and how to increase your metabolism. Aromatherapy for Stress Management, Appetite Balance, Energy, and More! Essential oils are volatile and aromatic liquids which are extracted from plants. Each essential oil interacts in a unique way with your body's chemistry and can produce therapeutic effects. As you inhale an aroma, odor molecules enter your nostrils and drift up toward your olfactory (nose) receptors, causing nerve cells to relay information to the brain's limbic system. Here, odors can trigger memories and influence emotions and behavior. The limbic system also works with the nervous system, respiratory, circulatory and immune systems of our bodies. Please join us to learn how using essential oils in diffusers, spritzers, massage lotions, and more can help you relax, have more energy, balance your appetite, stimulate your immune system and more! We'll do hand massages on ourselves, PLUS . . . try our special "Achin' Pain Lotion" for your knees, hips, backs, necks, and shoulders. It's an amazing combination of oils that decrease pain and helps your muscles and joints feel better!
Dr. Monica Ganz 
Help! My Emotional Eating has returned Are you out of control? Eating for no reason? Slipping into old habits? Or just need some help? Come and learn how to get into control and back to basics. You can kick start your weight loss again with some easy tools and techniques. How to plan to succeed or fail? It's your choice You are in control of your success or failure, come and learn how to plan for success and then to work your plan. Success starts in your head.
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