If you're thinking of having weight loss surgery or you
already have, the work isn't over after the surgery. It
has actually only begun. Many people think it is the "easy
way out" which is untrue. It is one way to lose weight but
it is hardly the easy way out.
When having weight loss surgery, you commit yourself to
certain nutrition and dietary requirements. You become
dedicated to a healthy lifestyle with habits that support
your weight loss. Weight loss surgery is a tool to use but
you must choose to use that tool.
After the early post-operative stage, you can regain weight
or stall at a weight before your desired goal. Some of the
reasons are familiar to many of us. To maximize your
weight loss surgery success, here are some unhealthy
behaviors to avoid:
* Testing old habits. Once we've had surgery and lost
weight, we look good and we feel good. We think that
maybe, just maybe, we can return to some of our old habits.
We test once, twice, and before you know it, that old
habit has crept into our lives again. The result can be
weight regain or a weight loss stall. If you return to the
old habits that made you heavy in the first place, you'll
run the risk of becoming heavy again. Creating new healthy
habits that replace the old habits is a big step to ensure
your weight loss success is permanent.
* Grazing. This is probably the number 1 cause of weight
regain from bariatric surgery. After you've had surgery,
you can out eat the procedure. Grazing is the mindless
eating, hand to mouth eating. It is nibbling a little bit
for long periods of time. You aren't full but continually
eating. Grazing is for cows on a pasture, not successful
bariatric post-ops.
* I'm cured syndrome. You're not. Weight loss surgery
does not provide protection for never gaining weight again.
Weight loss surgery doesn't give you a permanent state of
goal weight and maintenance. Keeping your weight loss and
the habits that allow you to lose weight reflect the
choices you make every day. Don't get into a false sense
of security that you can eat whatever you'd like and keep
your weight off from surgery.
* Stop exercising. Once you've lost your weight, you're
done, right? No. The habit of exercising allowed you to
lose weight and it continues to allow you to maintain your
weight loss. The exercise that you did to become
successful, will continue your success.
Weight loss surgery is a wonderful tool for losing weight,
weight maintenance, and gives those of us that were
morbidly obese a second chance at regaining our health.
You can have a beautiful, expensive hammer that sits in
your toolbox. Your impressive hammer doesn't do much on
its own without you using it. The same applies to weight
loss surgery. It is a very effective tool when we choose
to use it in our lifestyle changes and choices.
Success with weight loss surgery is very possible for the
short-term and long-term. Weight loss surgery doesn't
guarantee success; you guarantee your success through your
choices and healthy lifestyle. Enjoy your success, you've
earned it.
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Cathy Wilson is a weight loss life coach. Cathy lost 147
pounds six years ago. Her passion is helping clients
achieve their weight loss and life goals. Cathy works with
clients to create a weight loss life plan that is
customized to each client. Cathy is a member of the
International Coaching Federation, International
Association of Coaches, and Obesity Action Coalition.
Visit Cathy's website:
http://www.LoseWeightFindLife.com
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