Ringing in the New Year brings an exciting opportunity for new beginnings. It’s a chance to celebrate all of your life experiences from the previous year and look forward to the possibilities of what is yet to come. The New Year allows for reflections on cherished memories, time spent with
There are consistently 5 habits that successful bariatric patients have. 1. Consistency and Motivation For many of us, our goals serve as a beacon shining in the distance, keeping us focused on what we want to achieve. That’s why it's important to make sure these objectives are well thought out. Are my goals impractical in the
Change A Relationship With Food: It’s common to see people blaming junk food or other food items for their weight gain. They use food as a source of emotional comfort to celebrate, relax, and deal with stressful and sad situations. It’s pretty obvious that you’ll gain weight when you’re eating
I hear this from patients all the time: “I am good all day and then I snack all evening.” Snacking, grazing, nibbling, or noshing after dinner can be problematic if it gets out of control. For bariatric patients, snacking is how you eat around your surgery. Weight loss surgery stops
Life is busy, work is chaotic, and mealtimes are often spent in the car driving to soccer practice. Lunch at your desk, dinner in the car, rarely are meals eaten at the table with focus truly on eating. By now, most of us have heard of/experienced emotional eating, and when
How To Get Back On Track After Bariatric Surgery? The most simple answer to this question would be to never get off track. To do that, you need to create a realistic plan that's tailored specifically to you. Many patients want to get back on track, and I'll show you
For many people who undergo bariatric surgery, food has become more than just a part of the natural process of eating to fuel a healthy body. Their relationship with food was an issue. Over a lifetime, food has the ability to take on many roles. It soothes emotional discomfort or
Saying "No" After Weight Loss: Congratulations, you have grabbed the brass ring of weight loss! You are either within a few pounds of your goal weight, in the process of losing weight, or are steadily holding on after achieving your goal. Either way, let's start with a big round of
Let's discuss some bad habits that undermine your weight loss... 7 Habits That Undermine Your Weight Loss 1. Drinking fluids that contain calories When you consume sugar in a liquid form from soda, juice, sweetened coffee drinks, or other sugar-sweetened beverages, it is rapidly absorbed by the body, which can
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
