5 Ways To Master Your Mindset After Weight Loss Surgery
After having a bariatric surgery, you have to follow some post surgery mindsets such as mindfulness training, daily meditation, keeping a diary, goal setting, and starting each day with purpose to achieve your weight loss goal.
After having a bariatric surgery, you have to follow some post surgery mindsets such as mindfulness training, daily meditation, keeping a diary, goal setting, and starting each day with purpose to achieve your weight loss goal.
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Self-monitoring is an essential part of life when you are working towards achieving a goal. It<br />
is the only way to track your progress and keep yourself on the right path. There are many<br />
different ways to self-monitor. Hoping on the scales every week is one, keeping a journal<br />
and/or food diary is another.<br />
I had a patient recently come to me for advice on why their weight loss had stopped and<br />
number of blockages had increased. I got them to keep a strict food diary for a week (not for<br />
me to review but as a mindfulness, self monitoring exercise) and the result was amazing. In<br />
just 10 days they dropped 2kg and went from 2-4 blockages per day to only 2 in 10 days!<br />
Start now to keep a journal or food diary, do it every day for a month and see what changes<br />
you can achieve.<br />
Goal Setting<br />
It’s time to start putting yourself first, everyday. You have made the bold decision to have<br />
weight loss surgery for yourself and now you need to follow through. Set yourself some<br />
goals to ensure that you get the most from your weight loss surgery experience.<br />
Some goals may be weight related but try to set some that have nothing to do with weight<br />
as well. <strong>After</strong> all, life is bigger than just the number on the scale or the number on the tag of<br />
your clothes.<br />
It is a good idea to arrange your goals into short, medium and long term.<br />
Start Each Day with Purpose<br />
There is only one thing in life that you can never have more of and that is time. How you<br />
choose to spend your time is going to determine whether or not you ever get to live the life<br />
you dream of or not. Once you have your goals written down, you can then set daily<br />
intentions to help you achieve them. Start each day with purpose by selecting an affirmation<br />
or word that you will live by that day that will edge you closer to the life you want for<br />
yourself.