{"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\/pt\/news\/jennifers-weight-loss-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"O percurso de perda de peso da Jennifer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Tavares estava a aproximar-se do seu 40\u00ba anivers\u00e1rio quando decidiu que era altura de enfrentar uma vida inteira de luta contra o seu peso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Com 239 libras, a residente de Fall River estava a atingir o seu peso m\u00e1ximo e sentia uma raiva de si pr\u00f3pria que desviava para as pessoas \u00e0 sua volta. Estava tamb\u00e9m preocupada com a diabetes e as doen\u00e7as card\u00edacas que afectam a sua fam\u00edlia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e1 tinha ido a consultas sobre a cirurgia no passado, mas optou sempre por tentar fazer dieta por si pr\u00f3pria. No entanto, ap\u00f3s anos de perda e recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de peso, estava pronta para assumir o compromisso. Acreditando que s\u00f3 uma a\u00e7\u00e3o decisiva a poderia colocar num caminho saud\u00e1vel, optou pela cirurgia bari\u00e1trica atrav\u00e9s do Southcoast Center for Weight Loss no Charlton Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agora, oito meses ap\u00f3s a sua cirurgia, Jennifer j\u00e1 perdeu 60 libras. O Centro de Perda de Peso de Southcoast deu-lhe o apoio necess\u00e1rio para desenvolver novos h\u00e1bitos alimentares e a atitude necess\u00e1ria para manter um peso saud\u00e1vel. A sua raiva desapareceu e ela tem muita energia para a sua fam\u00edlia e para o seu trabalho como diretora de vendas do Hilton Garden Inn e do Renaissance Hotel at Patriot Place em Foxborough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eu f\u00e1-lo-ia 100 vezes mais\", disse ela. \"S\u00f3 tive efeitos positivos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depois de Jennifer ter decidido que a cirurgia bari\u00e1trica era a mais indicada para ela, passou por cerca de oito meses de prepara\u00e7\u00e3o, incluindo testes e workshops sobre alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o saud\u00e1vel e apoio emocional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Recebi tanto apoio que me manteve motivada e no caminho certo para o que estava para vir\", disse ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em setembro de 2021, Dr. Jorge Huaco Cateriano<\/a> realizou uma gastrectomia laparosc\u00f3pica em manga, na qual \u00e9 utilizado um dispositivo de agrafagem para criar um est\u00f4mago pequeno, em forma de manga, aproximadamente do tamanho de uma banana. O est\u00f4mago mais pequeno significa que os doentes se sentem cheios com menos comida, permitindo a perda de peso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Como o procedimento \u00e9 laparosc\u00f3pico, as incis\u00f5es s\u00e3o pequenas e a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o pode ser r\u00e1pida. Jennifer estava a trabalhar a partir de casa uma semana ap\u00f3s a cirurgia e rapidamente regressou ao seu escrit\u00f3rio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As pessoas repararam imediatamente que eu tinha um aspeto diferente\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ap\u00f3s duas semanas de dieta l\u00edquida, seguidas de duas semanas a comer ovos mexidos, queijo cottage e outros alimentos moles, Jennifer come agora pequenas refei\u00e7\u00f5es ricas em prote\u00ednas. Sente-se rapidamente saciada, algo que raramente sentia antes, e n\u00e3o se sente tentada pelos snacks e pelo \u00e1lcool a que antes recorria para se reconfortar, especialmente durante o pior da pandemia de COVID-19. \"Podia ir para casa e beber facilmente uma garrafa de vinho\", disse. A sua m\u00e3e, falecida em 2015, era alco\u00f3lica, pelo que o seu pr\u00f3prio consumo de \u00e1lcool a preocupava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agora que veste um tamanho 8, vestir-se para um evento especial \u00e9 uma alegria, n\u00e3o uma crise. At\u00e9 vestir uma simples t-shirt e umas cal\u00e7as de ganga continua a ser um prazer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Costumava preocupar-me sempre com o facto de as roupas me ca\u00edrem bem e me cobrirem da forma correta\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Com 167 libras, \u00e9 prov\u00e1vel que Jennifer continue a perder peso at\u00e9 ao anivers\u00e1rio de um ano da sua cirurgia, mas n\u00e3o tem um peso alvo. Est\u00e1 muito satisfeita com os resultados obtidos at\u00e9 \u00e0 data. Consegue subir escadas sem se sentir cansada e dobrar-se sem magoar as costelas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sua autoestima melhorou e a sua tend\u00eancia para a depress\u00e3o diminuiu. Ela sabe que o apoio da Southcoast Health est\u00e1 sempre \u00e0 m\u00e3o e continua a fazer terapia para poder continuar a monitorizar a sua sa\u00fade emocional e mental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eu devia ter feito isto h\u00e1 muito tempo\", disse ela. \"Teria tido mais anos felizes. Mas agora estou apenas concentrada na felicidade que me espera.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Southcoast Health Weight Loss Center, visite M\u00e9dicos de perda de peso 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\/pt\/news\/jennifers-weight-loss-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jennifer's Weight Loss Journey - 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