Know what bugs me the most for you and our bariatric community? The never-ending of crap nutrition information on the Internet promising you all kinds of miracles and delivering a big fat zero. In my Facebook group, I answer many questions about this baloney. I’m not talking about the baloney
Your Non-Scale Victories Matter! Throughout your weight loss journey, it is so easy to fixate on the numbers you see staring back at you as you step on the scale. And when those numbers fluctuate because of several different factors, it can be stressful and leave you feeling defeated. But
Your Scale Does Not Define You: It’s so easy to fixate on the numbers we see on the scale and even rewarding to see the pounds disappear at our daily or weekly weigh-ins. But what about when the numbers go up or stay the same? It can be disheartening right?
Motivation is fleeting. Habits last. When your motivation fails you, healthy habits are something you can fall back on. But when you are building your healthy habits, what happens if you lose motivation? What can you fall back on? The answer is a question: What's your “why”? When you can
All-Or-Nothing Thinking: You’ve decided to take a trip. Not just any trip, but a long getaway to an oasis of your choosing. Destination in mind, you resolve to prepare for the long journey ahead. After all, this destination is so spectacular that any amount of effort you’ll need to exert
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
A Bariatric Patient's Journey From my experience as a bariatric nurse, I'll explain the process of a bariatric patient's journey so you know what to expect. The decision to pursue weight loss surgery is a difficult one, and never something that is decided on a whim. Typically, individuals have attempted
Although this may sound like a weird rite of passage, it isn't. It happens to just about everyone who is about to have weight loss surgery. There is a lot of hype and fear around giving up certain foods when individuals embark on the journey of bariatric surgery. This can
There are so many things to say about having a food funeral before WLS. I hope with this article, we can move away from that term and ideology, and look at food differently. A Food Funeral is a Negative Outlook The term “food funeral” puts a negative outlook on the
The surgical weight loss journey is not an easy path to navigate. I imagine it to be similar to winning a million dollar lottery after spending a great part of your life blowing money fast and living from paycheck to pay-day-lender to your next paycheck. The amount of adjusting that
