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Six Month Reflection-WBI Healthy Lifestyle Challenge Week 25

Welcome to our healthy lifestyle challenge lead by our program dietitian Vicki Bovee and her husband, Bill. Because we can always do better to live a healthier lifestyle Vicki and Bill decided to work on a weekly challenge together to provide support and accountability for each other and hopefully inspire you to make healthy changes. ...

Exercises You Can Do at Home–Guest Speaker!

Don’t miss our guest speaker at Support Group on January 26th! Certified personal trainer, corrective exercise specialist and Stott Pilates Instructor Betsy Miarecki with St. Mary’s Center for Health and Fitness will presenting a seminar on functional exercises for improving health. These are exercises you can do at home to make your daily activities safer ...

Diane Lost 185 Pounds Seven Years Ago

Diane’s Story My name is Diane Jaramillo and I had the Roun-Y- Gastric Bypass Surgery on May 29, 2008 with my life saver Dr. Kozar. September 2007, I decided to look into Gastric Bypass Surgery, so I attended one of the free seminars, and before I knew it, I had started the process. I have ...

What Color is Your Plate? WBI Healthy Lifestyle Challenge Week 24

Welcome to our healthy lifestyle challenge lead by our program dietitian Vicki Bovee and her husband, Bill. Because we can always do better to live a healthier lifestyle Vicki and Bill decided to work on a weekly challenge together to provide support and accountability for each other and hopefully inspire you to make healthy changes. ...

Mariann Lost 117 Pounds*!

Mariann’s Story Yes, I had Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression and hypo thyroid. I was so sick and tired of living in a prison- that’s how it felt like-living inside my body-never fitting into any clothes that looked halfway decent. MY GOAL was to get healthy- to live so I can ...

Sweet Dreams! WBI Healthy Lifestyle Challenge Week 23

Welcome to our healthy lifestyle challenge lead by our program dietitian Vicki Bovee and her husband, Bill. Because we can always do better to live a healthier lifestyle Vicki and Bill decided to work on a weekly challenge together to provide support and accountability for each other and hopefully inspire you to make healthy changes. ...

Debbie Scott Lost 110 Pounds and Kept it Off*!

Debbie’s Story I may be different then some of you out there because I didn’t grow up overweight. I was skinny. Staying thin just came naturally. My mother struggled with her weight but I never thought being overweight was in the cards for me.  Boy was I wrong. I got married at 22 and we ...

Maintain, Don’t Gain this Holiday Season! 5 Easy Tips

Maintain, Don’t Gain this Holiday Season: 5 Easy Tips 1. Increase the calories you burn. Although this is a busy season, work to increase the amount of activity you do every day. This will help to thwart the added calories of office treats you couldn’t resist or the egg nog you knew you shouldn’t have ...

Eat Like a Caveman–WBI Weekly Healthy Lifestyle Challenge Week 22

Welcome to our healthy lifestyle challenge lead by our program dietitian Vicki Bovee and her husband, Bill. Because we can always do better to live a healthier lifestyle Vicki and Bill decided to work on a weekly challenge together to provide support and accountability for each other and hopefully inspire you to make healthy changes. ...

Local Partnership Can Help Save Lives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kevin Wilfon 775-834-4268 December 18, 2014 Local Community Partnership Can Help Save Lives Reno, Nev. Sierra Pacific Federal Credit Union and Western Bariatric Institute (WBI) announce a collaboration that will offer local financing for the cost of surgeries not covered by health insurance. WBI is a leading weight loss surgery institute located ...