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- TammyTammy Duncan's 150 lb weight loss is, by far, the least dramatic part of her journey.
Tammy is a widowed mother of 2, living in Washington and working as a speech pathologist. She is also one of the most brave and honest people I have ever had the pleasure of speaking with.
She is a survivor of sexual assault. Her husband took his own life. She has persevered and created a wonderful life for herself and her children.
This episode is slightly longer than some others because there was not one word I could live without. Please listen to every second. You will not regret it.
Support the show1 hr 46 min - Stretchy PantsI talk to Jennifer Tracy, a NJ transplant living in Las Vegas who has survived botched surgeries, partial paralysis, and extreme weight gain. Jennifer is a walking example of how you can never tell what is going on with someone, no matter how together he or she may seem.
Check out Jennifer's instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alwaysroomforpizza
sponsored by Comprehensive Cranium Care www.cranium.care and Digital Effex www.digitaleffex.com
Support the show1 hr 14 min - A Different World24 year old Whitley Clemente sits down with Jay to discuss her decision to have the duodenal switch at 21 years old and the (several) surgeries that followed. Whitley lived through doctors not believing in antibiotics or pain meds and managed to lose 175 lbs. One. Hundred. And Seventy. Five. Pounds.
I loved talking to Whitley. She is a strong, intelligent woman who is wise beyond her years.
Support the show54 min - StewCharles Kwiatkowski talks to Jay about his massive weight loss. Charles is somewhat ambivalent about his decision to undergo the duodenal switch, and he discusses the good, bad, and ugly of his choice.
This episode is sponsored by Team Elliot. Elliot is a 6 year old Superhero. He was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis as an infant, and has been fighting ever since. Please consider a donation to Team Elliot to help Elliot and the others afflicted with TS find a cure. www.goteamelliot.com
Support the show50 min - Balls (Bariatric Interlude)I sit down with Nicole Perkins, badass mother of two who is rocking a lapband like it's her job. When she's not trying to keep her teenaged sons from walking around flapping in the breeze, Nicole is running 5Ks and maintaining a 100+ lb weight loss.
Sponsored by C3- Comprehensive Cranium Care www.cranium.care and DigitalEffex www.digitaleffex.com
Music by Jared Mancuso and Remember Jones
Support the show1 hr 7 min - Bariatric Bonanza Part 2: BariatrickerJay sits down with 3 Bariatric Patients who have had wildly different experiences: 2 Sleeves and a Bypass.
Melinda Graham Rich, Jen Clemens, and Kerry Sweeney-Stein join Jay to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of Weight Loss Surgery. Such topics as excess gas, NSAIDS, and eating all of your son's popcorn.
feat.Dr. Kashif Anwar
Music by Jared Mancuso
Sponsored by C3-Comprehensive Cranium Care- www.cranium.care
Support the show1 hr 38 min - 7 min
- Bariatric Bonanza Part 1: Pre-OpJenny Bee and I are both getting bariatric surgery next week. We talk about the downs and downs of the pre-op liquid diet and field questions about the worst two weeks of our lives for your general entertainment.
The next time you listen to this podcast, our stomachs will be 80-90 percent smaller. Thank you for all of your support and please tune in for the coming weeks to learn everything you ever wanted to know and more about bariatric surgery.
Brought to you by C3-Comprehensive Cranium Care www.cranium.care
Music by Jared Mancuso
Support the show59 min - You've Come a Long Way, KidI sit down with two powerful, inspirational women who have overcome tremendous hurdles and come out the other side stronger, wiser, and leaner.
Julie Brandon and Kim Smith didn't just lose weight. They lost toxic relationships. We discuss how divorce can affect one's waistline.
Music by Jared Mancuso and Val Emmich
Brought to you by C3- Comprehensive Cranium Care - www.cranium.care
Support the show1 hr 20 min - "Go Slow"Anthony D'Amato, my dear friend and former eating partner. shed 215 lbs in one year. Then the hard part started. Listen to his incredibly inspiring story and learn how he came to be known as Remember Jones, a tour de force musician with a stage show unlike any other.
Check out music and tour dates at www.rememberjones.com
Sponsored by C3- Comprehensive Cranium Care www.cranium.care
Support the show1 hr 25 min
About The Lighter Side with Jay
From the publisher's feed
It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast. Jay, your host (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction) …
lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery. Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.