Emotional Literacy: The journey of disease treatment through bariatric surgery is as much physical as it is emotional. The emotional changes with any wellness journey may trigger a deeper emotional feeling. Such changes will ultimately result in increased confidence and overall empowerment once you feel you have access to all
The Importance of Body Image After Weight Loss: Body image and the importance of it starts with your personal self-talk, your inner dialogue. Too often, as humans, we tend to allow our inner critic to not say the nicest things. We also tend to focus on the parts of us
Compulsive overeating can also be referred to as Binge Eating. Compulsively overeating is when we eat excessive amounts of food either in the context of hunger or outside of hunger and feel “out of control”, impulsive and unable to satiate. Binge Eating which has a similar profile, in which a
What about dieting contributes to regaining the weight you have lost? Dieting starts with the initial motivation and the drive to lose, to maintain the loss, to learn and continue the skills necessary to modify ones eating behaviors “forever.” It’s not with the intent to regain. When dieters regain, is
Losing The Weight Regain When it comes to planning it is important to re-identify your goals as well as, to recalculate your direction and to think about whether if you are on the path to where you want to be, especially when it comes to losing the weight regain. When
What is your relationship with food? Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food? What word comes into your head right now as you're reading about your relationship with food? Comfort, emotional, joy, happiness, pleasure, celebration, love, shame, secretive, disappointment, anger, or hopelessness? Do you feel shameful after negotiating a
Are you in the cycle of deprivation and don't realize it? Take this time to think about your experiences and how, if or when you deprive yourself, do you crave more? Do you overeat more? Do you negotiate more? Do you win the negotiations? Do you gain weight long term through
Years have gone by, diets have come and gone, maybe disease states have exacerbated and the decision for treatment via weight loss surgery has become more present. Now it’s time to prepare and gain insight into any emotional vulnerability you may have. Questions to Consider for the Mental & Emotional
Learn How you Can Stay Motivated With Lifestyle Changes! Do you recall the excitement you had when you made a decision to embark on lifestyle changes? Can you visualize where you were? What were you doing when the decision and the excitement were there? Keep that image with you for
Let’s go through a scenario that might sound and ‘feel’ familiar. A Scenario of How Your Mind Gets Hungry I worked all day and it was a busy day. I come home after all the running around to make, and of course, clean up dinner. I am tired. Does this
