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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. 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.
Logan Howard
helped her to maintain her weight loss.
“Following my weight loss, I feel phenomenal,” said
Howard. “I am in a better place mentally. I finally enjoy looking at myself in the mirror, and I feel that I have made a better life for my family and myself.”
For anyone considering weight loss surgery, Howard urges them to follow their dreams. “Do what is going to make you happy,” she says. “Choose to shut out the negativity that will come your way. This is your body and your life–it’s not easy, but it’s worth it.”
The South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss Center has been helping men and women like Logan Howard to
meet their weight loss goals since their formation in 2000. Founded by South Mississippi Surgeons (SMS), they have been providing the Coast with quality surgical care for over 30 years.
ABOVE: HOWARD before seeing Dr. Payne at South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss.
RIGHT: Howard after her gastric sleeve surgery and losing over 199 pounds.
DR. WILLIAM AVARA, III DR. JASON PAYNE
THE STAFF at South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss Center
South Mississippi Surgical Weight Loss Center
1124 Oakleigh Road, Ocean Springs 228.872.7277 • www.smsurgicalweightloss.com
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