400-Pound Sumo Wrestler Turned Big Band Singer Launches Website for
A website from a long-term postop. Heres the stupid part of this press release:
They didn’t include the actual web address. I looked it up:
www.RenewedReflections.com
~Pookie
Here’s the press release:
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400-Pound Sumo Wrestler Turned Big Band Singer Launches Website for Gastric
Bypass Patients
Mon Nov 7, 7:00 AM ET
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) November 7, 2005 — Craig Thompson, better known as
Big-T, has a reputation for doing things in a mighty big way. The former sumo
wrestler who used to tip the scales at 400 pounds has since reinvented himself
as a singer and bandleader, and performs across the globe in support of his
critically acclaimed CD, Born to be Wild , available at CDbaby . But Thompson
hasnt forgotten the surgical miracle that gave him a second chance at life.
Today, he is reaching out to others who have had gastric bypass surgery with the
launch of his new Website, gastric bypass surgery patients, Thompson had been
overweight most of his life. He found his size worked to his advantage when he
became an amateur sumo wrestler in Japan while in the Navy. But, when he
returned to the United States, the extra pounds were not only a burden, but also
posed a serious health risk. He found his salvation in gastric bypass surgery
and shed nearly 200 pounds in a years time. For Thompson, the physical change
helped give him the courage to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a big band
singer. He has since built a successful career on three continents and even
performed in London at Queen Elizabeths Golden Jubilee. Now, he has created a
new Website, weight loss surgery patients, many of whom suffer from problems
like depression and addiction transference after surgery.
Thompson dropped from a waist size of 56 inches to just 34 inches in one year
after having gastric bypass surgery in 1997. But the changes to his body didnt
address the underlying issues that had led to him to gain weight in the first
place. The biggest challenge after surgery was not cutting back on food or
increasing his physical activity, but rather the lack of mental and emotional
support available to weight loss patients, he says. Because gastric bypass
surgery was still a new procedure, there were no support groups or help centers
for people who had undergone the treatment. But, without the benefit of insight
on the psychological repercussions, patients often fall into other addictive
habits, experience problems in their family relationships, and even become
suicidal.
Thompson is uniquely qualified to offer insight and guidance for gastric bypass
patients based on the length of his success. He had weight loss surgery nearly
two years before Carnie Wilson of the pop group Wilson Phillips, and has
maintained his current weight for nearly nine years. In addition to his new
Website, Thompson speaks to gastric bypass support groups and is also working on
a self-help book for people who have had weight loss surgery .
Read reviews and hear song samples from Craig Thompson’s band, Big-T and the
Bada Bings, at CDbaby .
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