{"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\/pt\/news\/weight-loss-melissa-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Aceitar a mudan\u00e7a trouxe resultados de perda de peso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quase metade dos adultos na Am\u00e9rica j\u00e1 tentou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/weight-loss\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/6616F2B6-C599-4C4B-B0D9-633F8A97FDF7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perder peso<\/a> em algum momento da sua 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>. Muitos iniciam a sua viagem a todo o vapor; v\u00eaem resultados de perda de peso e sentem-se bem. Mas depois, muitos indiv\u00edduos experimentam um decl\u00ednio quando os quilos voltam a aparecer, apesar dos melhores esfor\u00e7os. Para Melissa (Fairhaven), esta situa\u00e7\u00e3o era demasiado familiar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Eu lutei; tentei perder peso durante anos\", disse Melissa. \"N\u00e3o fui bem sucedida. Perdia algum peso e depois voltava a ganh\u00e1-lo.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-melissa-wanted-a-change\">A Melissa queria uma mudan\u00e7a.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ineleg\u00edvel para a cirurgia de perda de peso devido ao h\u00e1bito de fumar, Melissa procurou respostas e assist\u00eancia. Na sua busca, deparou-se com um estudo de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, que envolvia um programa de tratamento de 12 semanas centrado na forma como deixar de fumar afecta o peso de mulheres fumadoras com excesso de peso ou obesas com mais de 40 anos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa candidatou-se ao programa de estudo\/tratamento e conseguiu largar o v\u00edcio do tabaco, mas enfrentou alguns efeitos secund\u00e1rios decorrentes do facto de ter ultrapassado a depend\u00eancia do tabaco. O seu peso continuou a aumentar sem a nicotina, apesar da dedica\u00e7\u00e3o a programas de perda de peso m\u00e9dicos e n\u00e3o cir\u00fargicos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Melissa precisava de mudar.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Depois de deixar de fumar com sucesso em maio de 2018, voltou a pensar na cirurgia de perda de peso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Quando deixei oficialmente de fumar, o meu m\u00e9dico sugeriu que eu era agora uma candidata\", disse ela. \"Tamb\u00e9m tive alguns amigos que fizeram cirurgia para perda de peso e tiveram sucesso.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa inscreveu-se num semin\u00e1rio de perda de peso e foi encaminhada para <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/rachel-jones-md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rachel Cimaomo, m\u00e9dica, cirurgi\u00e3 bari\u00e1trica<\/a>. Em dezembro de 2019, foi submetida ao procedimento de Gastrectomia Laparosc\u00f3pica em Manga.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A partir de hoje, perdi 115 quilos.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um feito que Melissa ostenta com orgulho, ao mesmo tempo que atribui o m\u00e9rito ao programa abrangente de perda de peso da Southcoast Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Comecei a minha viagem perto do in\u00edcio de 2019. A Southcoast Health fornece-lhe orienta\u00e7\u00e3o e apoio durante todo o percurso\", disse ela. \"Eu participei de aulas de nutri\u00e7\u00e3o, avalia\u00e7\u00f5es comportamentais e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/weight-loss-support-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grupos de apoio<\/a>. Conheci pessoas fant\u00e1sticas e todo o pessoal da Southcoast foi fant\u00e1stico!\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Melissa aceitou a mudan\u00e7a.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Embora Melissa esteja entre os muitos graduados bem-sucedidos do programa de perda de peso da Southcoast Health, ela tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 uma das poucas que passou por sua transforma\u00e7\u00e3o durante uma crise de sa\u00fade global, a pandemia de COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enquanto o mundo enfrentava desafios sem precedentes, ela optou por se manter otimista. O mundo estava a mudar, mas Melissa aceitou o ritmo mais lento, concentrando-se numa vida nova e mais saud\u00e1vel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Passei a maior parte da pandemia a reaprender a comer e a adotar h\u00e1bitos mais saud\u00e1veis\", conta. \"O distanciamento social funcionou a meu favor. Ningu\u00e9m se juntava e eu tinha menos tenta\u00e7\u00f5es - vi isso como uma b\u00ean\u00e7\u00e3o disfar\u00e7ada.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Melissa celebra o seu segundo anivers\u00e1rio em dezembro, mas n\u00e3o est\u00e1 sozinha. Ela participa ativamente no Southcoast Health Weight Loss Support Group (Grupo de Apoio \u00e0 Perda de Peso da Southcoast Health) e, pouco tempo depois da sua cirurgia, tamb\u00e9m inspirou alguns familiares a fazerem uma cirurgia de perda de peso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A vida da Melissa mudou. Est\u00e1 mais saud\u00e1vel, mais ativa e pode finalmente dizer que se ama a si pr\u00f3pria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Durante toda a minha vida, as pessoas amaram-me, aceitaram-me e disseram-me que eu era bonita, apesar do que sentia no meu \u00edntimo\", disse ela. \"Eu n\u00e3o me amava, mas agora amo-me. Essa \u00e9 a melhor parte.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olhando para o futuro, Melissa continua a dar as boas-vindas \u00e0 mudan\u00e7a, sendo mais ativa com a sua fam\u00edlia, inscrevendo-se na escola e procurando uma mudan\u00e7a de carreira.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"\u00c9 poss\u00edvel mudar, ter sucesso e gostar de si pr\u00f3prio. Sinto-me realmente realizada\", disse ela. \"Desejo motivar os outros a irem em frente se a perda de peso for o seu objetivo.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explore as op\u00e7\u00f5es do seu programa de perda de peso com a Southcoast Health e fa\u00e7a uma mudan\u00e7a hoje mesmo&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tenha confian\u00e7a nos seus esfor\u00e7os para perder peso e fa\u00e7a um plano com os nossos especialistas em perda de peso da Southcoast Health. Criaremos um plano personalizado para si e certificar-nos-emos de que consegue cumpri-lo a longo prazo - encontre o plano mais pr\u00f3ximo de si&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centro de Perda de Peso da Sa\u00fade de Southcoast<\/a>&nbsp;hoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>O Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center oferece op\u00e7\u00f5es para perder peso sem cirurgia em Fall River e 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Embracing Change Brought Weight Loss Results - 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