Navigating My WLS Journey Think back at the beginning of your WLS journey...Remember those days early in your WLS journey when you proudly posted your before and afters and exclaimed: “70 pounds gone forever!”? You were proud and excited, and dare I say it, feeling like you were invincible! You were
How are the relationships you have with the people in your life since Bariatric Surgery? If you found your way to this article, you are likely looking for ways to understand and improve relationships after WLS (Weight Loss Surgery). Below you'll find a list of insightful articles to help you
What Is A Trigger Food? We all live in a loud, fast-paced world crammed full of potential triggers. Every day we receive subtle and obvious messages from media about the choices we should make and how we should be living. We can't just easily sidestep the temptations expertly propositioned by
Manage Emotional Eating After Weight Loss Weight loss is often the primary goal and main motivation for overcoming and manage emotional eating. As weight improves we’re inspired to continue through a sense of reward and accomplishment. Praise from others adds to the good feelings and spurs you on to reach
Do you find yourself struggling with emotional eating? You're not alone, so many of us do - even after Bariatric Surgery! We've put together 10 helpful articles to support you on your journey. In this article round-up, you'll learn what emotional eating is and ways that you can challenge it. 10 Articles
Relationships After WLS With Family, Friends, Co-Workers After WLS: What's Healthy and What Isn't The need for connection is a natural human desire. Research shows as infants we seek to bond with our mother. From this develops a soothing feeling that teaches us an emotional and social attachment (Ainsworth, 1973;
Relationships After Bariatric Surgery As a clinical psychologist who has worked with bariatric surgery patients for almost 20 years, I’ve learned that bariatric surgery is a powerful tool when used by a well-prepared individual. One of the things patients need to look at is their relationships after bariatric surgery. This surgery
Dealing with Stress After Bariatric Surgery - It Matters! When dealing with stress after bariatric surgery, do you eat to relieve stress and feel better? Stress eating usually causes you to feel worse. We've put together helpful articles to support you dealing with stress and to avoid stress eating and manage stress in healthy
CRUSH Emotional Eating As a follower of ObesityHelp.com, you probably have read many articles addressing the prevalent subject of emotional eating. The reason this important subject is discussed so often is that emotional eating remains the number one reason people gain weight or regain lost weight. This article will help
What Lessons to Learn From Weight Regain Weight regain can be one’s biggest fear and for someone else, it is the biggest nightmare. No one enters into their post-op life thinking they will be a regain statistic, nor do they think it will happen to them. Until it does, however,
