This event is being sponsored by LivLite Make it a Lifestyle and Bariatric Supoort Centers International Please feel free to print and distribute the Toronto Flier in pdf format to anyone you think might be interested. Click here to retrieve. Saturday Schedule
8:00 AM registration starts 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM General Session 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM Session 1 10:45Am to 11:00 AM Break 11:00 AM to Noon Session 2 Noon to 1:00 PM Lunch break 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Session 3 2:00 PM to 2:15 PM Break 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM Session 4 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Session 5 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM General Session and Closing
Speakers Confirmed Speakers are listed here. Please check back as additions are confirmed. Colleen Cook
Colleen is a successful weight loss surgery patient from 1995. She is the Founder & President of Bariatric Support Centers International. She is a sought after speaker & former host of the radio show, “Obesity’s Surgical Solution”. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed Success Habits of Weight Loss Surgery Patients. Lessons From a Long-term Loser Learning to maintain a healthy and happy life following bariatric surgery is foremost in the minds and hearts of WLS losers In this insightful and motivating presentation, Colleen Cook, a successful weight-loss surgery patient from 1995, will share with you with you a few of the lessons learned throughout her 13 years as a bariatric patient, as well as some helpful tips tricks from other long-term losers. Dr. Monica Ganz
6 R's of Successful WLS In grammar school you needed to learn the 3 “R’s”, reading, writing, and arithmetic to succeed in your school journey. Come and learn the 6 “R’s” to a successful WLS journey. Help! My Emotional Eating is Back! 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. Head Hunger versus Real Hunger Do you know the difference and how to react to each? Come and learn the techniques to tell the difference and get the head hunger under control. Nutritional Guidelines Game Show Learn about the basics and test your knowledge in a Nutritional Game Show format. You Have the Power! 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.
Jeann Fishback
What is Your Weight Loss Personality? - Coping
Are you a Nightime Nibbler, a Hate-to-Move Struggler, a Can't Say-No Pleaser? Do you know? Using Dr. Robert Kushner's Personality Test, find out your unconscious style of eating, exercise and coping; all three important facets of losing or maintaining weight. Learn to identify, change, and monitor the behaviors you need to continue the healthy success you found in WLS. |