After having weight loss surgery in 2002, Chef David Fouts quickly realized bariatric patients had no good resources for cooking advice. As a classically trained chef with a a degree from the Florida Culinary Institute, Chef Dave decided to put to use the information his dietician was giving him and develop pouch-friendly recipes to make mealtime enjoyable again for other WLS patients.

Chef Dave was previously Director of Food Services at Hippocrates Health Institute, one of the premier vegan/vegetarian resorts in South Florida, and Executive Chef for Omni Hotels.  He also worked for several years at the prestigious 5 Star Diamond Hotel “The Breakers” in West Palm Beach. He currently is the Executive Chef for Sage Gourmet Café and Market, located in the Deep Deuce District of Oklahoma City, and the corporate chef for Bariatric Partners and iMetabolic, and is a regular columnist for WLS Lifestyles magazine.

Laura Preston — lifestyle guru, former cosmetics executive, and motivational speaker — always felt like the “big girl”. Standing 6’1″ and weighing more than 300 pounds, she did not let her size stop her from rising high in the ranks of Manhattan’s beauty and fashion industry. But when she eventually topped the scales at 365 pounds, she new she had to make a change.

After a gastric bypass in March 2005, Laura dropped more than 165 pounds, and discovered a new way of living. Now, she brings her wit and wisdom to viewers as host of The Big Do-Over, a new show featuring fresh advice on beauty, fashion, fitness and living well after weight loss surgery! In each episode, Laura will offer viewers a program full of practical and fun advice on how to create a new road map for themselves and embrace life as if they had never been seriously overweight at all. Stay tuned for the debut this spring, as Laura provides step-by-step instructions to keep you looking and feeling your best!