subject: Create the Environment You Need Pre & Post Bariatric Surgery [print this page] Create the Environment You Need Pre & Post Bariatric Surgery
Make a positive environment before and after weight loss surgery and you will achieve the desired results. You must realize you are in control of your environment and simple changes to in habits can make a difference in the success of your obesity surgery, either you have had a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding surgery , gastric sleeve surgery or a revisional surgery.
An important point is to feel better about yourself and remember when the bad feelings made you eat a lot. In addition, you need to be around people with positive thinking. Not just that, but it is necessary to find and enhance your positive characteristics. Also stop being so hard on yourself: nobody is perfect. Studies have investigated the effect of the attitude of people when they were recovering from bariatric surgery and they have shown that when surrounded by positive people, weight loss becomes easier if you also have a positive attitude.
More, you must understand your preferences when eating. If you are bored or depressed, you feel the urge to eat more frequently. You may request an appointment with a therapist or you can join a support group and hear what others are doing in the same situation.
You need to manage stress well, as it is stimulating emotional eating and emotional eating is not the stimulated by the real hunger, so you must relax and engage in proactive behaviors such as counting the breath, mindfulness techniques, aerobic exercise or any exercise program you can imagine.
Pre and post weight loss surgery environment is extremely important, as it can represent an aid or, on the contrary, an impediment in gaining the desired results.Weight loss surgery patients in Connecticut need to know how to make the best of the environment and transform it into a supportive environment if it is not.