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HEALTHY LIVING gastric sleeve BEAUTIFUL
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Cosmetologist loses over 100 pounds with help from South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss
story by Kelsey Sunderman-Foster L photos courtesy of Logan Howard
ogan Howard, 27, works Surgical Weight Loss. After
as a cosmetologist in meeting with Dr. Payne, she opted Lucedale where her top for a gastric sleeve due to the priority is making others shortened down time.
look and feel their best. “Overall the process was great; “Doing hair and makeup is my however, it has not always been passion, and I enjoy helping others easy,” she said. “Since the surgery
to feel beautiful inside and out,” she said.
Howard is also a wife and mother of three young girls who are her world. While she had a fulfilling job and a loving family, her weight was a constant issue for her health and lifestyle. “I wanted to be able to enjoy life with my girls, and
I wasn’t the mom or wife that I had always dreamed of being,” Howard said. “The weight had become a problem, and I knew it was time to make a change in order to live the lifestyle my family and I deserved.”
When looking into different weight loss options, Howard relied on positive recommendations
from others who had had great experiences with South Mississippi
I have hit a few stalls, but I know they will not last forever. I continue to persevere because in the end, it has all been worth it.”
Howard started out weighing 330 pounds, and since her surgery has lost 119 pounds from her pre- surgery weight of 305 pounds. “I am not finished with my weight loss journey yet and cannot wait to see where I end up,” she said proudly.
With the help of the staff at South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss, Howard has completely changed her diet and enjoys taking care of herself in a way that she didn’t before. Howard says that paying attention to what she puts in her body, drinking more water, and adding a work out regimen have
LOGAN HOWARD once weighed 330 pounds.
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