{"id":17981,"date":"2021-12-16T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/weight-loss-melissa-story\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:21:45","slug":"weight-loss-melissa-story","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/weight-loss-melissa-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Aceptar el cambio permiti\u00f3 perder peso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casi la mitad de los adultos estadounidenses han intentado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/weight-loss\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/6616F2B6-C599-4C4B-B0D9-633F8A97FDF7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adelgazar<\/a> en alg\u00fan momento de su vida<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db313.htm#:~:text=Nearly%20one%2Dhalf%20(49.1%25),12%20months%20(Figure%201).&amp;text=by%20age%20group.-,A%20higher%20percentage%20of%20women%20(56.4%25)%20than%20men%20(41.7,and%20within%20each%20age%20group.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup>. Muchos comienzan su viaje con todos los cilindros encendidos; ven los resultados de la p\u00e9rdida de peso y se sienten muy bien. Pero luego, muchas personas experimentan un declive cuando los kilos vuelven a aparecer a pesar de todos los esfuerzos. A Melissa (Fairhaven) le resultaba demasiado familiar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Luch\u00e9; intent\u00e9 perder peso durante a\u00f1os\", dice Melissa. \"No lo consegu\u00eda. Perd\u00eda algo de peso y luego volv\u00eda a ganarlo\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-melissa-wanted-a-change\">Melissa quer\u00eda un cambio.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Al no poder someterse a una operaci\u00f3n de adelgazamiento por su h\u00e1bito de fumar, Melissa busc\u00f3 respuestas y ayuda. En su b\u00fasqueda, se top\u00f3 con un estudio de investigaci\u00f3n, que consist\u00eda en un programa de tratamiento de 12 semanas centrado en c\u00f3mo afecta dejar de fumar al peso de mujeres fumadoras con sobrepeso u obesidad mayores de 40 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa solicit\u00f3 el programa de estudio\/tratamiento y abandon\u00f3 con \u00e9xito el h\u00e1bito de fumar, pero tuvo que hacer frente a algunos efectos secundarios derivados de superar su adicci\u00f3n al tabaco. Su peso sigui\u00f3 aumentando sin nicotina, a pesar de dedicarse a programas m\u00e9dicos y no quir\u00fargicos de p\u00e9rdida de peso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melissa necesitaba un cambio.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de dejar de fumar con \u00e9xito en mayo de 2018, volvi\u00f3 a considerar la idea de la cirug\u00eda de p\u00e9rdida de peso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Cuando dej\u00e9 de fumar oficialmente, mi m\u00e9dico me sugiri\u00f3 que ya era candidata\", dijo. \"Tambi\u00e9n ten\u00eda un par de amigos que se hab\u00edan sometido a cirug\u00eda de p\u00e9rdida de peso y hab\u00edan experimentado el \u00e9xito\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa se inscribi\u00f3 en un seminario de p\u00e9rdida de peso y fue remitida a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/rachel-jones-md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dra. Rachel Cimaomo, cirujana bari\u00e1trica<\/a>. En diciembre de 2019, se someti\u00f3 al procedimiento de Gastrectom\u00eda Laparosc\u00f3pica en Manga.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A partir de hoy, he perdido 115 libras\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un logro que Melissa lleva con orgullo y que tambi\u00e9n atribuye al programa integral de p\u00e9rdida de peso de Southcoast Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Empec\u00e9 mi viaje cerca del comienzo de 2019. Southcoast Health te proporciona direcci\u00f3n y apoyo durante todo el camino\", dijo. \"Asist\u00ed a clases de nutrici\u00f3n, evaluaciones de comportamiento y... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/weight-loss-support-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grupos de apoyo<\/a>. Conoc\u00ed a gente estupenda y todo el personal de Southcoast fue fant\u00e1stico\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melissa acept\u00f3 el cambio.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque Melissa es una de las muchas graduadas con \u00e9xito del programa de p\u00e9rdida de peso de Southcoast Health, tambi\u00e9n es una de las pocas que experiment\u00f3 su transformaci\u00f3n durante una crisis sanitaria mundial, la pandemia de COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mientras el mundo se enfrentaba a retos sin precedentes, ella opt\u00f3 por seguir siendo optimista. El mundo estaba cambiando, pero Melissa acept\u00f3 el ritmo m\u00e1s lento y se centr\u00f3 en una vida nueva y m\u00e1s sana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Pas\u00e9 la mejor mitad de la pandemia reaprendiendo a comer y adoptando h\u00e1bitos m\u00e1s saludables\", dijo. \"El distanciamiento social jug\u00f3 a mi favor. Nadie se reun\u00eda y yo ten\u00eda menos tentaciones; lo ve\u00eda como una bendici\u00f3n disfrazada\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa celebra su segundo aniversario este diciembre, pero no est\u00e1 sola. Participa activamente en el Grupo de Apoyo para la P\u00e9rdida de Peso de Southcoast Health y, poco despu\u00e9s de su operaci\u00f3n, tambi\u00e9n inspir\u00f3 a algunos familiares a someterse a cirug\u00eda para perder peso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La vida de Melissa ha cambiado. Est\u00e1 m\u00e1s sana, es m\u00e1s activa y por fin puede decir que se quiere a s\u00ed misma.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Toda mi vida, la gente me ha querido, me ha aceptado y me ha dicho que era guapa, a pesar de c\u00f3mo me sent\u00eda por dentro\", dijo. \"Yo no me quer\u00eda, pero ahora s\u00ed. Eso es lo mejor\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De cara al futuro, Melissa sigue dando la bienvenida al cambio, siendo m\u00e1s activa con su familia, matricul\u00e1ndose en la escuela y buscando un cambio de carrera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Es posible cambiar, tener \u00e9xito y quererse a uno mismo. Me siento realmente realizada\", afirma. \"Deseo motivar a otros para que vayan a por ello si la p\u00e9rdida de peso es su objetivo\".&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explore sus opciones de programas de p\u00e9rdida de peso con Southcoast Health y haga un cambio hoy mismo&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Conf\u00ede en sus esfuerzos por perder peso y elabore un plan con nuestros expertos en p\u00e9rdida de peso de Southcoast Health. Elaboraremos un plan personalizado para usted y nos aseguraremos de que pueda seguirlo a largo plazo.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centro de p\u00e9rdida de peso Southcoast Health<\/a>&nbsp;hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>El Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center ofrece opciones para perder peso sin cirug\u00eda en Fall River y Wareham.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6351,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-17981","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Embracing Change Brought Weight Loss Results - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Embracing Change Brought Lasting Weight Loss Results - Melissa enrolled in a weight loss seminar and was referred to Dr. Rachel Cimaomo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/weight-loss-melissa-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Embracing Change Brought Weight Loss Results - 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