For our most recent weight loss commercial, the Slimband team worked with Creative Bube Tube, the plucky television advertising firm from Milton that did our Christina P. weight loss commercial. As always, Creative Bube Tube balanced fun and professionalism to create an amazing ad that we can’t wait to share. Stay tuned! Slimband Success Stories [...]

Stopping a specific behaviour is never as simple as changing a habit. A specific behaviour is often supported by a complex system of beliefs. Weight loss is an example. In theory, weight loss appears to be a simple equation of calories in, calories out. Decrease the calories you eat, increase the calories you burn, and [...]

When you’ve set weight loss goals for yourself it can sometimes feel like you’re climbing up Mount Everest to reach them. Healthy habits, such as regular exercise and positive thinking, will help you reach your goals, while unhealthy eating and negative self-talk will hold you back from losing extra weight. The most important thing to [...]

Eating disorders are serious conditions where a person attempts to control all aspects of their life by controlling their body. Eating disorders come in different forms; for instance, someone who suffers from Anorexia Athletica uses excessive exercise to give themselves a sense of control over their bodies. Binge Eating, which can lead to obesity, is [...]

It seems talk about longevity is everywhere these days. Chances are the subject is raised at your office water cooler by colleagues who want to stay healthy so they can spend time with their grandchildren and enjoy a well-deserved retirement. Then there’s the news – rarely a day goes by without a piece about what [...]

If you’re entering your first year of university we need to tell you about something. You may have already heard older friends making jokes about it while digging into convenient, but unhealthy, fast food. It’s the ‘Freshman 15’, a shorthand reference to weight that many college and university students put on during their first year [...]

The most classic example is found on just about every school playground in North America. An overweight kid is singled out for his or her size. They’re jeered at, teased, ignored by the other kids, or pushed around. What’s happening is bullying, plain and simple. For many overweight children and adults, bullying in school and [...]

The obesity epidemic has been a cause of great concern in North America for several years now. Soda pop has taken its’ fair share of the blame recently for contributing to the continent’s growing waistlines. In September of last year New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the sale of soda pop in [...]

You are your own toughest critic. Don’t think that statement is true? How many times have you come down on yourself in private for not succeeding at losing weight? For not being pretty enough? For not getting enough done at the office? The list goes on. Thoughts like: I’m not smart enough, I never get [...]

Creative Bube Tube and Slimband have done it again. The television advertising agency that also creates commercials for radio, and Canada’s leading surgical weight loss clinic recently worked together on a commercial for Slimband success story Christina P. She has gone from her highest weight of 245 pounds down to 195 with the help of [...]