Weight Loss Winformation

We all have stories we tell about ourselves and our lives. Are the stories you tell helping you or harming you? If your goal is to maintain a healthy weight, consider what you tell others (and yourself) about creating time to meal prep or exercise… are you “just too busy” to make time for those things? Or is your story, “It won’t be easy, but I’ll make time to do what it takes to keep my blood pre...

S elf - esteem is used to describe the overall personal worth or value a person believes he or she has.  The way you talk about yourself and the ways you treat yourself (your health included) tell others a lot about your sense of self-esteem or how much you appreciate and like yourself . Our self-esteem involves the beliefs we have about ourselves , to include how we appraise our own appearance, b...

Have you known people who have been in an abusive relationship with another human being? Ever wonder the reasons they stay in relationships where their self-esteem is damaged (by another person and by themselves)? You probably can’t imagine remaining in a relationship in which your physical, social and emotional health are constantly being threatened and eroded. And yet, so many people remain in u...

We all have a personal and unique relationship with food. Research, as presented by the National Eating Disorder Association, suggests that up to 50 percent of Americans have a “disordered” relationship with exercise, their body and with food. While that does NOT mean that half of all Americans have what we typically think of as a clinical “eating disorder,” such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eati...

People sometimes make promises they are not prepared or keep! This applies to brides and bridegrooms, as well as to those preparing to have weight loss surgery. If you promise to run a 5K next week but do not prepare, chances are good you will not complete the race! No matter where you are in the process of bariatric surgery… waiting to have it, had it within the last year or are several years pas...

I am SO excited to share this very first FAMILY and FRIENDS talk by Dana Mitchell Rosser, author of the book Thru Thick & Thin! Dana shared the microphone with her amazing husband and post-op, Dr. Butch Rosser to share part of their story that led to Dana writing her book. Enjoy this tremendous talk and look forward each month to a special episode hosted by Dana as she speaks openly about what...

We are all too familiar with unhealthy coping skills in our own lives and the lives of those we love: overeating, too much alcohol, too many drugs, way too much time escaping life through binge-watching or social media, and lashing out at others, especially those we love and don’t want to hurt. In order to feel better about our lives and ourselves, and to remain in line with what we really want –...

People needs SKILLS in order to develop and maintain the healthy lifestyle that allows them to maintain a healthy weight for their body following bariatric surgery. These skills help you when your motivation is low, when temptation is high, or when you want to give in to something that would make you feel better in the present – knowing that what you REALLY want is a healthy life in the longrun. ...

This is a bonus episode! I usually only use the first “live” talk of the week from the BariAftercare program as a podcast and save the second talk for the members of the BariAftercare program. I liked this talk as a follow-up to Tell Me What You Want… What You REALLY, REALLY want, that I had to share! Maybe it was all that talk about the movie While You Were Sleeping that inspired me! In this epis...

In today’s episode, I bring together the information from the first three podcasts to highlight the importance of using goals and creating a healthy lifestyle can help you avoid regain or lose any regain you may have experienced! Using an analogy from the fun movie While You Were Sleeping, starring Sandra Bullock, you may discover that what you thought would lead you to your happily ever after may...

In this episode we discuss the difference between resolutions and goals. You may want to determine some “resolutions” for yourself, but you will definitely want to set and follow through with some goals! (At least if you want to accomplish what you SAY you want to in relation to your weight loss journey!) Learning to set SMART goals can make realizing your dreams that much easier. Together we will...

Today we discussed the fact that losing weight is not the primary goal associated with having bariatric surgery. To be sure, losing weight is one of the goals you want to achieve as a result of having weight loss surgery. Maintaining a healthy weight for your body over the long haul is perhaps a more useful goal for those having bariatric surgery. Many people have lost weight in the past, perhaps...

Today’s episode is an introduction to BariAftercare, the podcast itself as well as the comprehensive BariAftercare program. BariAftercare is a program developed specifically to provide education, insights and healthy coping skills for addressing the emotional and psychological aspects of living a healthy post-op life. Components of BariAftercare include two live videos each week (which can be list...