As a registered dietitian, I work with many people that have food cravings but don't know what a craving really means after WLS. In my years of experience, it is important for me to support you to understand your relationship with food. I find that most people struggle with consuming
Learn to Identifying Healthy Relationships After WLS Learn to identifying healthy relationships after WLS is extremely important. Recently, I was sitting with one of my patients, Sara*, who was talking about a new, potential friend named Kate*. They had just had lunch together, and Sara wondered aloud if she had
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I teach yoga in LA, and by far the most popular poses are balancing in an inversion - headstands and handstands. It’s as if there is a club, and it’s the best club to be in, and you can only get in if you can balance on your head or
The decision to undergo weight loss surgery offers individuals an opportunity to improve both their physical and emotional well-being. Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease that has both physical and emotional impacts. When deciding to undergo surgery, individuals need to be aware of the psychological effects that surgery brings and
Despite bariatric surgery being an effective tool for weight loss, it’s challenging to know who will experience weight regain after surgery. Understandably, weight regain is a common fear for those who are considering or have undergone weight loss surgery. If you have regained, you can stop weight regain after bariatric surgery.
Self-sabotage; if you’re like the rest of us, you’ve probably done it. We all have. Self-sabotage after WLS can undermine weight loss. They can show up as those pesky self-inflicted, self-defeating behaviors that come in a variety of forms. The obvious ones are stress and comfort eating. The less obvious,
I use the story of Cinderella as a metaphor for bariatric regain. After much struggle, the princess finally gets to wear a beautiful gown and go to the ball, only to have the magic spell wear off at midnight. Getting surgery is our opportunity to wear the beautiful gown and
Dating after having weight loss surgery can be a struggle. Let’s be clear though, dating, in general, these days can be a struggle. Particularly after weight loss surgery, there can be a lot of questions that come up about whether to share that you’ve had surgery with your prospective date,
You finally did it! You made the life-changing decision to have weight loss surgery. It has been several months now, and you are doing great. You are losing the weight. You have been a model patient by following all of the nutrition guidelines and sticking with your exercise routine. All
