Leading the Bariatric Support Community Assuring Optimal Outcomes

Hope & Help For the pain of regain

The END of Invincible!

You are not alone! And the survey says…..

Our Workshop Objective: To instill in you new hope in your ability reach and maintain your weight loss goals.

A new understanding; A new outlook We suffer from the effects of the disease of obesity; a surgical intervention is not a cure. We must take responsibility for where we are and how we got here and we must tell ourselves the TRUTH! We must each come to understand our own body. –Understand our unique metabolism and how to manage it to loose, gain and maintain our weight. –Understand our individual addictions and emotional –attachments to food.

There is hope Recall the new you!! Describe how that felt? Describe an aha moment? Who did that? YOU DID! We want to bring you back to that place again

There is help

1. Gain an understanding of the basics and how they apply to you 5 Key Elements Necessary to get

The Success Habits of Weight-loss Surgery Patients Research began in 1998 with a patient population of over 7,000 (Surgeries from ) Study was published in 1998 in Obesity Surgery Journal Those most successful had specific habits in common, from which we selected 6 Key Principles Each Success Habit Principle has a variety of lessons, activities, & challenges designed to teach and reinforce On-going research: Bariatric Support Centers International Cleveland Center for Bariatric Surgery University of Alabama Stanford University

© Bariatric Support Centers International Portion Control Nutrition Fluid Intake Regular Exercise Vitamins & Supplements Personal Accountability I recognize that I alone am responsible for my successes and my failures. I understand the importance of satiety and listen to my body’s signals. I make good healthy food choices each day. I drink the right amount of the right beverages at the right time each day. I have adopted the habit of exercise as part of my lifestyle. I take good quality vitamins each day to ensure my good health. The Success Habits of Weight-loss Surgery Patients

Learn them! Live them!

2. A plan to identify and then exchange your old habits for new ones 5 Key Elements Necessary to get

Let Go – Lighten Up! Beliefs Behaviors Belongings

3. An understanding of your OWN metabolism 5 Key Elements Necessary to get

4. Surround yourself with supporters who “get it!” 5 Key Elements Necessary to get

5. A method or system of accountability 5 Key Elements Necessary to get

Leading the Bariatric Support Community Assuring Optimal Outcomes