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Free Resources Help You Stay Healthy During the Crisis
Stuck inside? The coronavirus brings challenges for us all, from social isolation to eating healthy and 
staying active to getting a good night’s sleep. Boredom and stress set in. This puts us at high-risk for returning to our comfort zones. These are our old bad habits that we use to self-soothe, things like alcohol, smoking, or overeating. For me it’s eating high carb, sugar-laden comfort foods while binge watching TV all-night. DON’T EVEN GO THERE. Because this IS the slippery slope that will end in weight regain. Trust me, because I have been through it. Instead, make the best of a bad situation. By using these free healthy resources you’ll stay focused on positive activities and distance yourself from negative ones.
And remember protein first AND take your bariatric vitamins!
Free Books and Music
Internet Archive is a non-profit borrowable library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. Visit the Internet Archive anytime — they’re open 24/7!
Orchestras like the Seattle Symphony are offering free broadcasts via YouTube and Facebook. London-based concert hall Wigmore Hall is doing something similar.
Free Workouts at Home
Livestrong is an online publisher of health and lifestyle information. They’re offering a terrific 8-week workout calendar and 10 free exercise videos to keep you stronger at home. Join the Stronger Challenge and start your workout right now!
Mayo Clinic has an article offering a few cool ideas for stair workouts. Check out their 7 quick stair exercises to do at home.
Golds Gym is offering free access to its app, Goldsamp, until the end of May, where more than 600 audio and video workouts along with DJ mixes get you ready to work up a sweat.
Planet Fitness is offering "Home Work-Ins" streamed live at 7 p.m. ET daily on its Facebook page.
Free Online Classes
The Mighty is an online health community of people with chronic illness who seek to live a healthy lifestyle. During the coronavirus, The Mighty offers a series of online events designed to put the “social in social distancing.” View the schedule of writing workshops, fun events for kids, interactive Facebook Lives, and more.
Class Central, an online course aggregator, compiled a list of more than 400 classes that free from ivy leagues like Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale, and University of Pennsylvania.
Online learning sites Coursera and edX allow you to audit any course from top universities for free.
Free Theater at Home
The Met is streaming for free encore presentations of its Live in HD series. A different performance will be made available for a period of 20 hours a day beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET until 3:30 p.m. the following day.
Playbill compiled a list of 15 offerings it says are some of the best filmed Broadway shows to know about and where to find them — streaming sites such as BroadwayHD (which has a seven-day free trial period), Amazon Prime Video and YouTube, and others.
PBS is streaming for free arts & music shows, culture films, history films, science & nature shows and virtually all of their educational content.
You can see what other theaters are available to tour here.
Free Guided Mediations
Declutter The Mind lets you relax and learn mindfulness meditation in 30-days. This is a skill that will benefit both body and mind. Get their free app and library for IOS and Android.
Insight Timer is a meditation platform with the world's largest free library of 30,000+ guided meditations by more than 5,000 teachers and musicians. They offer specific meditation for sleep and anxiety, too. Listen online or download the app.
Free Breath Work Video and eBook
Breathology offers a free video and ebook on correct breathing. CORRECT breathing is essential to life. It feeds the body's life-force and is part of our body's detoxification system. CORRECT breathing calms the autonomic nervous system and brings peace and tranquility to mind and body if practiced regularly.
Believe it or not, breathing is something most of us do incorrectly. I learned pranayama (breath work) at the Himalayan Institute. And my exercise physiologist at Nova Southeastern University taught me a breathing routine that, unbeknownst to him, is pranayama technique. I highly recommend breath work to help you remain calm during the stress-filled days ahead.
Now more than ever, I wish you abundant health, happiness, and love.
Living larger than ever,
My Bariatric Life
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- Cheryl Ann Borne
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WLS and Relationships
Weight loss surgery makes a huge impact on your life. It is more than likely one of the biggest changes you will ever go through. You will have to change the way you look at food and this will impact how you look at social events and life in general.- Kimberly H.
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Eating Habits after Weight Loss Surgery
After weight loss surgery, your entire life will be different. There are so many positive and exciting things that happen after bariatric surgery, but only if you make the appropriate changes.- Kimberly H.
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“Protein First!” after Bariatric Surgery
“Protein First!” As you should know, everyone who has bariatric surgery is at risk for nutrient deficiencies.- Cheryl Ann Borne
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Hair Loss after Weight Loss Surgery
After weight loss surgery, there are some difficult side effects that you must be prepared for. One of the biggest side effects is the dreaded hair loss. Hair loss happens after weight loss surgery because of the changes in your body.- Kimberly H.
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How to Survive Dumping Syndrome
When you experience dumping syndrome for the first time, it can be scary because your body feels like it is out of control. I have found that there are certain things that help when I am experiencing a dumping syndrome episode.- Kimberly H.
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How to Step Out of Your Sedentary Life
The medical risks from a sedentary life are significant. If you cannot sprint or run then join The Walking Revolution.- Cheryl Ann Borne
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New Year, New Goals!
It is so important that you set SMART goals. SMART stands for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound.- Kimberly H.
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Support System after Weight Loss Surgery
Having a support system plays a huge role in how successful you are after surgery. In my opinion, if you try to do it alone, it will be extremely difficult.- Kimberly H.
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Surviving the Holidays after Weight Loss Surgery
It is officially the holiday season! With Thanksgiving this week, I figured it was the perfect time to talk about how to survive the holiday season when you are on a weight loss surgery journey.- Kimberly H.
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Traveling after Weight Loss Surgery
As a bariatric patient, it is so important that you are prepared for traveling. Remember, you are changing your life and becoming a healthier version of you. Don’t let traveling get you off track.- Kimberly H.
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Regain After Weight Loss Surgery
There will come a time though that the weight loss will slow down. Your weight will start to stabilize, and you might lose at a much slower rate, or even stop losing. This can be frustrating if you are not at your goal weight.- Kimberly H.
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