{"id":18000,"date":"2022-05-25T20:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T20:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/jennifers-weight-loss-journey\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:22:36","slug":"jennifers-weight-loss-journey","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/jennifers-weight-loss-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"El viaje de Jennifer hacia la p\u00e9rdida de peso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Tavares estaba a punto de cumplir 40 a\u00f1os cuando decidi\u00f3 que hab\u00eda llegado el momento de enfrentarse a toda una vida de lucha contra su peso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con 239 libras, la residente de Fall River estaba rondando su peso m\u00e1ximo y sent\u00eda un enfado consigo misma que desviaba hacia la gente que la rodeaba. Tambi\u00e9n estaba preocupada por la diabetes y las cardiopat\u00edas que padece su familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el pasado hab\u00eda acudido a consultas sobre la cirug\u00eda, pero siempre opt\u00f3 por intentar hacer dieta por su cuenta. Sin embargo, tras a\u00f1os perdiendo y recuperando peso, estaba lista para comprometerse. Creyendo que s\u00f3lo una acci\u00f3n decisiva podr\u00eda ponerla en el buen camino, opt\u00f3 por la cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica a trav\u00e9s del Southcoast Center for Weight Loss del Charlton Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahora, ocho meses despu\u00e9s de su operaci\u00f3n, Jennifer ya ha perdido 18 kilos. El Centro de P\u00e9rdida de Peso de Southcoast le proporcion\u00f3 el apoyo necesario para desarrollar nuevos h\u00e1bitos alimenticios y la actitud necesaria para mantener un peso saludable. Su ira ha desaparecido, y ella tiene una abundancia de energ\u00eda para su familia y su trabajo como director de ventas de Hilton Garden Inn y Renaissance Hotel en Patriot Place en Foxborough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lo har\u00eda cien veces m\u00e1s\", dijo. \"S\u00f3lo he tenido efectos positivos\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una vez que Jennifer decidi\u00f3 que la cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica era adecuada para ella, se someti\u00f3 a unos ocho meses de preparaci\u00f3n, que incluyeron pruebas y talleres sobre alimentaci\u00f3n sana y apoyo emocional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Recib\u00ed tanto apoyo que me mantuvo motivada y en el buen camino para lo que se avecinaba\", afirm\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En septiembre de 2021, Dr. Jorge Huaco Cateriano<\/a> realiz\u00f3 una gastrectom\u00eda en manga laparosc\u00f3pica, en la que se utiliza un dispositivo de grapado para crear un peque\u00f1o est\u00f3mago en forma de manga, del tama\u00f1o aproximado de un pl\u00e1tano. El est\u00f3mago m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o hace que los pacientes se sientan saciados con menos comida, lo que permite perder peso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dado que el procedimiento es laparosc\u00f3pico, las incisiones son peque\u00f1as y la recuperaci\u00f3n puede ser r\u00e1pida. Jennifer trabajaba desde casa una semana despu\u00e9s de la intervenci\u00f3n y pronto volvi\u00f3 a su consulta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"La gente enseguida se dio cuenta de que ten\u00eda un aspecto diferente\", afirma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tras dos semanas de dieta l\u00edquida seguidas de otras dos semanas de comer huevos revueltos, reques\u00f3n y otros alimentos blandos, Jennifer come ahora peque\u00f1as comidas ricas en prote\u00ednas. R\u00e1pidamente se siente saciada, algo que rara vez sent\u00eda antes, y no se siente tentada por los tentempi\u00e9s y el alcohol a los que antes recurr\u00eda en busca de consuelo, especialmente durante lo peor de la pandemia de COVID-19. \"Podr\u00eda ir a casa y beberme f\u00e1cilmente una botella de vino\", afirma. Su madre, fallecida en 2015, era alcoh\u00f3lica, por lo que su propio consumo de alcohol le resultaba preocupante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahora que lleva una talla 8, vestirse para un acontecimiento especial es una alegr\u00eda, no una crisis. Incluso llevar una simple camiseta y unos vaqueros sigue siendo una delicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Siempre me preocupaba de que la ropa me cubriera bien\", dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con 167 libras, es probable que Jennifer siga perdiendo peso hasta que se cumpla un a\u00f1o de su operaci\u00f3n, pero no tiene un peso objetivo. Est\u00e1 encantada con los resultados obtenidos hasta ahora. Puede subir escaleras sin cansarse y agacharse sin hacerse da\u00f1o en las costillas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su autoestima ha mejorado y su tendencia a la depresi\u00f3n ha disminuido. Sabe que el apoyo de Southcoast Health est\u00e1 siempre a mano, y sigue en terapia para poder seguir controlando su salud emocional y mental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Deber\u00eda haber hecho esto hace mucho tiempo\", dijo. \"Habr\u00eda tenido m\u00e1s a\u00f1os felices. Pero ahora s\u00f3lo me centro en la felicidad que me espera\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el Centro de P\u00e9rdida de Peso de Southcoast Health, visite P\u00e9rdida de Peso M\u00e9dicos MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4401,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18000","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJennifer's Weight Loss Journey - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At 167 pounds, Jennifer is likely to continue losing weight through the one-year anniversary of her surgery, but she has no target weight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/jennifers-weight-loss-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jennifer's Weight Loss Journey - 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