Dear Friends and Family of Laparoscopic Associates and The Surgical Weight Loss Center of Hawaii,

Summer is upon us and we hope everyone is taking advantage of all of the outdoor activities. LapSF has many activities planned as well. Check out the calendar on lapsf.com for upcoming grocery tours and the TeleReach program.

Have a Happy Father's Day!

New eStore on LapSF.com Now patients can order all supplements and vitamins online! You can choose to have it shipped to you or picked up at one of the offices. Click here to order online!

Grocery Store Tour Monterey Safeway With Dr. Cirangle 815 Canyon Del Rey Blvd. Del Rey Oaks CA, 93940 Monday, June 23rd Meet at 8PM at the Hyatt or meet us at the store! Sacramento Safeway With Jeannette Kotrys, RD 424 Howe Avenue Sacramento, Ca 95825 Saturday, June 28th Meet at 10am at the DoubleTree or meet us at the store! Stockton Safeway With Jeannette Kotrys, RD 2808 Country Club Blvd Stockton, Ca 95204 Saturday, June 28th Meet at 2pm at the Marriott or meet us at the store! Calendar of Events

How Many Calories Are In Your Favorite Alcoholic Beverage? Summer is the time of family reunions, graduation parties, BBQ's, 4th of July and vacations. The next time you are at a social gathering and have the urge to guzzle down a drink, think about how this will affect your weight loss... and head for the water cooler instead. The actual calorie content of alcohol is about seven calories per gram. This makes it nearly twice as fattening as carbohydrates or protein (both contain about four calories per gram) and just under the caloric value for fat (nine calories per gram). Also keep in mind: Alcohol increases craving for itself and other food items that are high in calories (salted peanuts, fried chips) The calories derived from alcohol are called 'empty' calories because they contain no beneficial nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. The Hard Facts: ~ One bottle of beer contains about 150 calories. ~ Beer, wine and liquor (an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation) all contain different quantities of alcohol; 15 mugs (250 ml per mug) of beer, 6 glasses (200 ml per glass) of wine and 10 shots of liquor (like tequila, whisky, rum) have about the same amount of alcohol. ~ Liqueurs (sweetened spirits with various flavours, oils and extracts) such as sherry and dessert liqueurs contain 40 to 50 percent alcohol and tend to have more calories. ~ White wines average 12 percent, while red wines have around 14 percent alcohol. Adding any carbonated beverage or fruit juice would increase the calorie content of the drink as juices and beverages contain calories. Calorie count for popular cocktails: Serving size is one glass (200 ml) Black Russian:291 Blue Lagoon:179 Margarita:453 Martini:413 Mint Julep:143 Old Fashioned:206 Pina Colada:297 Screwdriver:200 Singapore Sling:230 Sloe Gin Fizz:120 Tequila Sunrise:253 Tom Collins:120 Whisky Sour:166 White Russian:360 Food versus drink: Here are the calorie equivalents of some of your favourite cocktails as compared with food. 1 glass of white wine (200 ml) (120 calories) 4 cups light microwave popcorn (120 calories) 1 glass rum and diet Coke (133 calories) 1 cup vegetarian Chinese chilly dish (135 calories) 1 glass of martini with one olive (184 calories) 1 slice cheese pizza (183 calories) 1 glass of Cosmopolitan (151 calories) 1 soy vegetarian burger (140 calories) Need help making the right food choices this summer? Call Jeannette!

New office in San Luis Obispo County Thank you to everyone down south for bearing with us! We are happy to report that we will now be seeing patients at Absolute Endocrinology, office of Suzanne Chaves, MD. A little background on Dr. Chaves and her office: -Board Certified Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism -Board Certified Internal Medicine New patients are now being accepted. Please call 805-434-5316 to set up an appointment Located at: 959 Las Tablas Road Suite B3 Templeton, CA 93465 www.absoendo.com We will be having a clinic on Saturday, June 21st from 1-5pm. Call to schedule your appointment!

TeleReach Was a Success!! Thank you to all the patients that particiapted in last week's TeleReach Seminar. Our next TeleReach Seminar will be on July 11, 2008 at 12:00 pm. The dial in number will remain the same with the same passcode. The topic to be discussed: “How to Read a Food Label” As always, please feel free to email any suggestions to rd@lapsf.com Jeannette Kotrys, RD Check the calendar of events for more information

San Jose Seminar and Support Group Wednesday, June 18th 6:00pm - 8:00pm Good Samaritan Hospital 2425 Samaritan Drive In the teleconference trailers in the east parking lot TARA GRIFFITH, MFT, WILL BE JOINING US! TOPIC: EMOTIONAL EATING Monterey Seminar and Support Group Monday, June 23rd 7:00pm - 9:00pm Hyatt Regency Monterey, 1 Old Golf Course Road GROCERY STORE TOUR! Sacramento Support Group Saturday, June 28th 9:00am - 11:00am Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way, near Arden Fair Mall GROCERY STORE TOUR! Stockton Seminar and Support Group Saturday, June 28th 1:00pm - 3:00pm Residence Inn Marriott, 3240 West March Lane, Stockton, CA. GROCERY STORE TOUR! Support group schedule

Sincerely,

Dr. Gregg Jossart ~ Dr. Paul Cirangle
Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco
2100 Webster Street, Suite 110
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 561-1310/(415) 561-1713 fax
www.LapSF.com
weightloss@lapsf.com