👋 Hello Fellow Bariatric Warriors!

💜Our Mission: Advocating and supporting the bariatric community through the ups and downs.

! *trigger warning* as we talk about the real, raw, good, bad, and ugly!

In this Episode we talk to Mel @melunfiltered.vsg , @oursleevedlifepodcast , @justbeyoubariatricawards (on instagram/TikTok) Founder and host of Our Sleeved Life Podcast! She shares with us what community and support means to her. She shares about her regain and how she stayed determined and put in the work with the help of the tools in her tool box to treat the chronic disease of obesity. She also shares about skin removal surgery in the future as well as a surprise announcement about the Just Be You Bariatric Award show!!!!!!! Was so great to catch up with Mel! Thank you for all that you do for this community from support, providing resources, celebrating all of us, sharing your story, to your dedication in not only your journey, but all of ours , and bringing us all together. We love you so so much more! Thank you for helping to end the stigma around wls!

You can catch Mel Unfiltered Live on TikTok Thursday nights 6 pm PST,/9 pm EST. Make sure you also follow her on socials as well as checkout the book club/weekly chew that her and Shea put together for all of us! You can find information of JBY at www. Jbyawards.com

💜If you are interested in being a part of the resource community/ that we can refer to/spotlight please email us at steph@bariatricwarriorsupport.com or Bex@bariatricwarriorsupport.com

🎙️ If you are interested in being a guest on our podcast send either of us or our podcast IG a message. We also have a link in our bio that you can fill out the Podcast guest sign up form, submit a photo for us to post on social media when sharing about the episode, and sign the release form! We record on Sunday afternoon/evenings.

🎙️ If you want early episode access to the podcast and other exciting perks like merch you can go to Patreon.com/bariatricwarriorpodcast and become a Bariatric Warrior Guild Member! We are so grateful for your continued love and support!

🚨 Exciting things to look forward to:

- Twice a month podcasts

- Twice a month Warrior Wednesday Lives: Instagram & Tiktok

- 1 on 1 support/guidance/patient advocacy/coaching

- Giveaways

- Patreon perks: Early episode access, Live Q&A, Monthly support Zoom, Merch, etc

- MEET UPS!

- Featured Guest spotlights/ everything exciting you need to know will be in our email newsletters so make sure to sign up to stay in the know at www.bariatricwarriorsupport.com

💜 🎙️ Thank you for supporting us and being here through the ups and downs as well as allowing us to support and be there for all of you! We appreciate all of you so much! Huge thank you to our bestie Heather for all your help editing!

Love, Stephanie & Bex

💻Follow us on social Media:

Instagram: @Bariatricwarriorpodcast

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_Bex

Tiktok:

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_bex

👩🏻‍💻Website is LIVE: www.bariatricwarriorsupport.com

🎬🎥Youtube is live:

https://youtube.com/@bariatricwarriorpodcast?si=j417yCYRblD_Sw5e

🎙️ Podcast is live on platforms below:

Spotify

Apple Podcasts

Amazon Podcasts

💜 Want to support us and save money on products we use daily and Love?!

⭐️ Affiliate Ambassador Codes:

💊 ProCare Health: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

🍩Dive Bar Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

💪🏻 Devotion Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior

💄Wild refillable deodorant/Lip balm: WARRIORLIFE

🌎 Barination: link in Steph’s IG bio

📖 ✍️ Did you know Bex writes books?!

www.authorralewis.com

👚 💪🏻 Do you want a Bariatric Warrior shirt or a lube your meats hoodie (created by Bex)?!

*link in Bex bio* Podcast Merch will be on the website soon

🖼️ 🎨 Did you know Steph makes Art?!

Coming soon

👋 Hello Fellow Bariatric Warriors!

💜Our Mission: Advocating and supporting the bariatric community through the ups and downs.

! *trigger warning* as we talk about the real, raw, good, bad, and ugly!

🚨 In this episode Bex is back! We chat about Steph’s @bariatricwarrior has been working on as she just launched her passion project to continue to advocate & support the bariatric, GLP1, chronic illness , skin removal/plastics, Spine/Neurological surgery/non-surgical communities. Steph is a insured Multi-state Registered Nurse with 11 years of experience who provides virtual/in person 1 on 1 support, guidance, patient advocacy services. As well as insured multi-state private nursing care either virtual or in person *in compact states* for Bariatric, skin removal/plastics, Spine, and Neurological surgery etc. Steph knows how vital it is to have support, guidance, and someone to help you advocate or advocate for you during non-surgical, surgical pre op, surgical post op , and everything in between phases of your journey.

💜She also knows that having the right resources and people to go to who also will be a huge support and help in the success /safe recovery of your surgical or non-surgical journey is Key!

⭐️This is one of the many reasons she is honored and grateful to have by her side Bex her bari bestie, podcast Co-host & NASM Certified Personal Trainer / Behavior change specialist with a background in Psychology who works with Bariatric patients and Gym Newbies to help them reclaim their health.

💜If you are interested in being a part of the resource community/ that we can refer to/spotlight please email us at steph@bariatricwarriorsupport.com or Bex@bariatricwarriorsupport.com

🎙️ If you are interested in being a guest on our podcast send either of us or our podcast IG a message. We also have a link in our bio that you can fill out the Podcast guest sign up form, submit a photo for us to post on social media when sharing about the episode, and sign the release form! We record on Sunday afternoon/evenings.

🎙️ If you want early episode access to the podcast and other exciting perks like merch you can go to Patreon.com/bariatricwarriorpodcast and become a Bariatric Warrior Guild Member! We are so grateful for your continued love and support!

🚨 Exciting things to look forward to:

- Twice a month podcasts

- Twice a month Warrior Wednesday Lives: Instagram & Tiktok

- 1 on 1 support/guidance/patient advocacy/coaching

- Giveaways

- Patreon perks: Early episode access, Live Q&A, Monthly support Zoom, Merch, etc

- MEET UPS!

- Featured Guest spotlights/ everything exciting you need to know will be in our email newsletters so make sure to sign up to stay in the know at www.bariatricwarriorsupport.com

💜 🎙️ Thank you for supporting us and being here through the ups and downs as well as allowing us to support and be there for all of you! We appreciate all of you so much! Huge thank you to our bestie Heather for all your help editing!

Love, Stephanie & Bex

💻Follow us on social Media:

Instagram: @Bariatricwarriorpodcast

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_Bex

Tiktok:

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_bex

👩🏻‍💻Website is LIVE: www.bariatricwarriorsupport.com

🎬🎥Youtube is live:

https://youtube.com/@bariatricwarriorpodcast?si=j417yCYRblD_Sw5e

🎙️ Podcast is live on platforms below:

Spotify

Apple Podcasts

Amazon Podcasts

💜 Want to support us and save money on products we use daily and Love?!

⭐️ Affiliate Ambassador Codes:

💊 ProCare Health: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

🍩Dive Bar Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

💪🏻 Devotion Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior

💄Wild refillable deodorant/Lip balm: WARRIORLIFE

🌎 Barination: link in Steph’s IG bio

📖 ✍️ Did you know Bex writes books?!

www.authorralewis.com

👚 💪🏻 Do you want a Bariatric Warrior shirt or a lube your meats hoodie (created by Bex)?!

*link in Bex bio* Podcast Merch will be on the website soon

🖼️ 🎨 Did you know Steph makes Art?!

Coming soon

Hello Fellow Bariatric Warriors!

Our Mission: Advocating and supporting the bariatric community through the ups and downs.

!! *trigger warning* as we talk about the real, raw, good, bad, and ugly!

*We are so excited to be back and yes you may notice we have a NEW NAME: Bariatric Warrior Podcast @bariatricwarriorpodcast.

So much to talk about and catch up on with Steph @bariatricwarrior and my amazing bari bestie & Co-Host Bex @becoming_bex.

Part 1 of 2: In this episode we talk to three amazing ladies who I am blessed to call my friends and so happy our paths crossed on this journey! I have met each of them in real life and they are all so inspiring! Bambi my pug joins me for what she would call “pug cast” as I talk to Erin @erin_rny_4124 , Holly @finallyholly, and Rachel @reclaimingrachelnicole diving into topics such as their why for having bariatric surgery, cormorbidities that lead to bariatric surgery/taking back their lives, feelings of shame/embarrassment in the beginning, skin removal, body dysmorphia, post-op complications, finding community, and so much more!

🚨 Also a sneak peak on what is to come that Steph @bariatricwarrior has been working on her passion project to continue to advocate & support the bariatric, GLP1, chronic illness , etc community.

⭐️ Bex my amazing co-host will be back joining us next Sunday for a new episode!

🎙️ If you are interested in being a guest on our podcast send either of us or our podcast IG a message. We also have a link in our bio that you can fill out the Podcast guest sign up form, submit a photo for us to post on social media when sharing about the episode, and sign the release form! We will also have a calendar showing the dates and times available coming real soon! We record on Sunday afternoon/evenings. If you want early episode access to the podcast and other exciting perks like merch you can go to

Patreon.com/bariatricwarriorpodcast and become a Bariatric Warrior Family Patron! We are so grateful for your continued love and support!

🚨 Exciting things to look forward to:

- Twice a month podcasts with guests

- Twice a month Warrior Wednesday Lives: Instagram & Tiktok

- 1 on 1 support/coaching

- Giveaways

Etc!

💜 🎙️ Thank you for supporting us and being here through the ups and downs as well as allowing us to support and be there for all of you! We appreciate all of you so much! Huge thank you to our bestie Heather for all your help editing!

Love, Stephanie & Bex

💜 Website launching soon: Bariatricwarriorsupport.com

💜 Follow us on social Media:

IG @Bariatricwarriorpodcast

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_Bex

Tiktok:

Steph @bariatricwarrior

Bex @becoming_bex

Website/Youtube/New patreon coming soon!

Podcast is live on platforms below:

🎵 Spotify

🍏Apple Podcasts

Amazon Podcasts

Youtube *coming soon*

💜 Want to support us and save money on products we use daily and Love?!

⭐️ Affiliate Ambassador Codes:

💊 ProCare Health: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

🍩Dive Bar Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior BecomingBex

☕️ Javy Coffee: REBECCA10898 STEPHANIE61069

💪🏻 Devotion Nutrition: Bariatricwarrior

🎀 Secret Scrunch: Bariatricwarrior

👕 Comfrt hoodie/sweatpants: * link in IG bio*

🛍️ Verajune boutique: bariatricwarrior15

🌎 Barination: *link in IG bio*

📖 ✍️ Did you know Bex writes books?!

www.authorralewis.com

👚 💪🏻 Do you want a Bariatric Warrior shirt or a lube your meats hoodie (created by Bex)?!

*link in Bex bio* Podcast Merch will be on the website soon too!

🖼️ 🎨 Did you know Steph makes Art?!

Coming soon

🎶 Did you know we both sing?!

Catch us doing Karaoke 🎤