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Bariatric surgery is a tool to help those suffering from the chronic disease of obesity achieve a normal fulfilling life. A common misconception is that this surgery alone solves the person’s weight loss puzzle.  The truth is that it puts a critical puzzle piece into place to allow the individual to reach their ultimate goal of a healthy weight.

Maintaining weight loss is a full time job; even more so for the post-op bariatric patient. Life throws hurdles at us every day. It’s easy to succumb to the urge to not exercise, rely on a diet of fast food, and return to the pre-op comfort zone of bad behaviors. Beariatric.com is one man’s personal story of experiencing life after bariatric surgery.

Having a caring support environment helps the post-op bariatric patient overcome life’s hurdles. Sharing experiences and stories with others allows the bariatric patient to grow in self confidence; expand their knowledge of weight loss and weight management; and become much more successful in their new life. My hope is that this blog will become part of your personal support network.

“Diet + Fitness + Health + Wellness = Happiness” is the theme of beariatric.com. In late 2010, I spent considerable time developing a Wellness Vision for myself. This is a big picture of where I see myself in terms of wellness over time. As the vision came into focus, a common theme of happiness emerged; not what I expected. Once complete, I came to understand that my happiness comes from the sum of a healthy diet, good physical fitness, concentrating on my health and a focusing on wellness.

You will note that the content of this blog goes back five years. I chose to move past entries from my personal blog to this web space. My thoughts on my weight loss journey are detailed in these posts. They offer valuable insight into my trials, tribulations and joys as a weight loss surgery patient. In 2008, Beariatric.com began as a recipe blog for bariatric patients. After a year, I stopped blogging about food and recipes to concentrate on my personal blog.  Given the focus of my wellness vision, it is only natural for these two blogs to come together.

I am sure many of you are perplexed with the spelling of Beariatric.com. No, it is not misspelled. It is a play on words. In the gay community, hirsute men are commonly known as bears. There is a complete gay bear subculture. I took this label and merged it with bariatric to define my identity as a gay bearish guy who had weight loss surgery.

What can you expect on this blog? I write openly about my life experiences. This is not a clinical blog on weight loss. It’s my personal journey through life. Along the way, I share tidbits on how diet, fitness, health and wellness have become the focus of my life and my pursuit of happiness. You will most likely catch me with an occasional rant or rave on something that just makes me mad or happy. I hope you stay around and visit with me now and then.

Welcome to my world!
Tom Bilcze