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,
Stress Management Without Stress Eating We’re living through very trying times. From a global pandemic to societal unrest, an economic downturn, and everyday life, each day can feel very overwhelming. Remember it’s important to take care of yourself, not only so that you can feel and be your healthiest, but
A Powerful Presence Sugar is that yummy substance that leaves us happy and craving more of the same. It has a powerful effect on us; some say it’s more addictive than cocaine. Sugar drives an increase in feel-good hormones such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine to circulate around your nervous
The effects of emotional abuse can affect your success after Bariatric or Weight Loss Surgery (WLS). In this article, we will discuss the definition of emotional abuse, the prevalence of emotional abuse, the association between Obesity and emotional abuse, the consequences of emotional abuse, how emotional abuse can affect your
