10 Things Everyone Should Know
Before and After Bariatric Surgery:
and the tools you need to help
Gina Scarano-Osika, Ph.D.
- 1. The Stomach Stretches Like a Sock…..Not A Balloon
- 2. Hearing is Different Than Obeying Your Fullness Cues
- 3. The 20-Minute Delay
- Tool: The Hunger-Fullness Scale
- 4. Emotional Stress, Hunger & Crave Carbohydrates
- Tool: Journaling
- 5. Muscle Atrophy and a Lowered Metabolic Rate
- Tool: Exercise
- 6. Surgery Won't Cure All-or-None Eating
- Tool: Pre-Portion and Planning (The 3-P's)
- 7. Eating Less is Not Better
- 8. Self-Sabotage
- 9. The "Saboteur"
- Tool: Support Groups and Psychotherapy
- 10. Reverse Body Image Disturbance
- Tool: The Hanging Pants
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