A MUST DO ASAP: Be sure you are signed in on the BariAftercare FACEBOOK page as there are some brand new activities that welcome your input! https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariAftercare

            DAILY TAKE: A live daily video from one of the BariAftercare leaders who share
tips, inspiration or some wit and wisdom to encourage you on your
way and maybe put a smile on your face or place a question on
your heart! We look forward to your input on the Daily Takes!

Connie’s video this week: IS Obesity Someone’s FAULT? If so… WHOSE?

Laura Preston talks about MOVEMENT this week and she KNOWS her stuff… from personal experience! Move with her!!

Upcoming Events: There is a MEN’s retreat scheduled for this year! And of course, ladies, we have a retreat for you, as well!  

And FINALLY this week there will be a CHAIR YOGA class!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Connie: Is SELF-SABOTAGE interfering in your journey??
 
Chef Healthy Henry cooks an AMAZING and yummy salad!
 
Introducing Laura Preston, an 18-year-amazing post-op who has been instrumental on a national basis for all 18 of those years! She is coming on board to use her skills to get the BariAftercare community coming together to share their stories, assist one another, ask questions and encourage you all! We’re now implementing a DAILY TAKE for you to check out every morning and to let us know how YOU are implementing the tips and skills shared in your life. Laura will also let you know how else you can follow her!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

1. TODAY: LIVE chat with Tabitha Johnson on Monday at 6:00 PM EST on the BariAftercare FB page.

2. BariAftercare Banter LIVE with Connie on Tuesday at 8 PM EST on Zoom: 
   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87671831193
   Meeting ID: 876 7183 1193

3. Men’s Support Group LIVE with Rob on Tuesday at 9 PM EST on Zoom:
   For Zoom information, click the link below, then click on the date (April 4th). Click on the 9:00 time slot, and then click confirm. It will ask you for your name and email address. When you submit, the Zoom login information will be e-mailed to you.
   https://calendly.com/busybariatrics/bariaftercare-men-s-monthly-support-call

4. Connie Video: Identity and Self-Talk

5. Family, Friends and Relationships Video: Comments or Silence About Your Weight Loss -  with Tabitha Johnson, @therealbariboss (IG)

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Videos: 4 ACES: EFFORT

Connie: 1) EFFORT: There ARE no results without consistent effort!

Chef Healthy Henry: Chinese Cuisine video! Get ready for YUMMY AND HEALTHY!

YOGA: A few 15-minute classes for you!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Tuesday, March 7th at 8 PM EST BariAftercare Banter: Live with Connie

• Time: Mar 7, 2023 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

• Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87671831193

  • Meeting ID: 876 7183 1193

 NEW: MEN’s ONLY Support Group facilitated by Rob Dimedio

• Tuesday, March 7th at 9 PM EST MEN’S ONLY BariAftercare Support Group

• For Zoom information, click the link below, then click on the date (March 7th). Click on the 9:00 time slot, and then click confirm. It will ask you for your name and email address. When you submit, the Zoom login information will be e-mailed to you.

• https://calendly.com/busybariatrics/bariaftercare-men-s-monthly-support-call

Videos: 4 ACES: ACCOUNTABILITY
Connie: 1) ACCOUNTABILITY… Learn steps for creating TRUE accountability as part
of your healthy lifestyle.
YOGA: A few 15-minute classes for you!
 Meditation: The Gift of Movement.

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Videos: 4 ACES: ACCEPTANCE (It really IS what it IS!)

Connie: 1) Acceptance is a critical part of the bariatric journey

YOGA: Another 30-minute class for you! Mat Yoga (30 minutes for beginners)

Meditation: Accepting things you cannot change.

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Videos: 4 ACES: Focus on Awareness

Connie: 1) Awareness is the First Step of Change

   2) Laura Preston, successful 18-year post-op, talks about Movement

YOGA: Another 30-minute class for you! Floor Yoga (30 minutes for beginners)

Meditation: Increasing Mind/Body Awareness

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Videos:

• Connie: 1) Your Relationship with Food

2) Write a Letter to Food

• Chef Healthy Henry cooks Mexican cuisine!

• YOGA: A real class for you! Standing Yoga Flow 1 (30 minutes for beginners)

• Meditation: You are Worthy of Healthy Relationships

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Meet Chef Healthy Henry, a bariatric chef who will be showing you how to prepare a bariatric friendly meal via a BariAftercare video! This month you'll see an interview between myself and Chef Healthy Henry. Look him up on social media! You'll like what you see!

In addition, I'll be talking about following a process in your post-op life. Learn what I'm referring to when I talk about "the process" and find out what some other professionals have to say about the importance of "process." 

Great information you won't want to miss this week! Also, be sure you're on the BariAftercare Facebook page where I'm doing daily chats. I'd love for us to develop a great community of support where you feel free to ask questions to one another and provide one another with feedback, tips and support! Remember, BariAftercare is the only truly comprehensive program to help you stay on track!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Throughout the month of December (but beginning this week) I will be interviewing a different post-op patient each week. The focus of the interview will be the gifts that he or she has obtained from making the decision to have bariatric surgery. They will also share how they have shared the gifts they have obtained as a result of living a healthier life with others! It IS, after all, the season of giving and receiving gifts!

In addition, I will post, one week at a time, the Four Step process for developing a Personal Protection Plan, which was mentioned in last week’s video. This protection plan will be hugely beneficial to you over the holidays… and every day (IF you create it and use it)!

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A post-op patient recently told me she has started counting the number of self-sabotaging behaviors she recognizes herself engaging in every day. She was shocked and horrified at the many ways she was sabotaging her own weight loss success. Examples of her self-sabotaging behaviors included hiding food in her closet and eating it before she went to bed at night, telling her spouse she was going to the gym but instead going to get fast food and sitting in the parking lot eating by herself, and emotionally beating herself up by calling herself abusive names after engaging in those behaviors. How about you? Do you engage in behaviors that lead you away from your long-term weight and healthy lifestyle goals? Listen in and learn about the reasons people engage in self-sabotage and get some hints on how to extinguish these unhealthy behaviors. Let’s get started!

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Video 1: A Deep Dive into Communicating for Weight Loss Success: Assertive Communication Skills

If you want to stand up for yourself, not be taken for granted, and feel more powerful in your life, then you need to learn healthy, direct, respectful communication skills. Learning assertive communication tools is a vital tool in learning to set boundaries for yourself and with others in your process of losing weight and in order to maintain that weight loss.

Video 2: A Deep Dive into Communicating for Weight Loss Success: Assertive Communication Skills in PRACTICE

In order to become an effective assertive communicator, you need to practice! So download the worksheet and let’s do this!

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Video 1: “Assertiveness and Your Weight.” If you want to set healthy boundaries, stop neglecting yourself due to unhealthy people-pleasing behaviors, you need to commit to your self-care using assertiveness skills! Not to worry, being assertive is not the same thing as being aggressive, rude or nasty. Being assertive is stating what you want and need in a healthy and direct way. Being your best self means learning to adult, which includes learning to overcome your fears and take care of your needs in a healthy way. If you are unwilling to learn assertiveness skills, you are jeopardizing a healthy lifestyle designed to get you to, and keep you at, a healthy weight.

Video 2: Assertive behavior versus passive behavior, passive-aggressive behavior and aggressive behavior. It’s important to recognize the difference in communication styles. You have, like most people, probably learned unhealthy communication skills over the years because most people do not know how to be assertive, mistaking healthy assertive behavior for aggression. Let’s get this straight so you can utilize assertiveness in your journey to improved health and a great quality of life.

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Video 1: “People Pleasing” Discover what the psychological needs underlying people pleasing behavior are about. Also, learn how being a people pleaser affects weight loss.

Video 2: “What people-pleasing says about the relationship you have with yourself!” Self-esteem determines self-care behavior to some extent. Start exploring your relationship with yourself and you’ll learn a lot about your desire to be a people-pleaser and what that says about how you feel about yourself!

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Topic: Self-Care: Asking for Help, Parts One and Two

This week I'll continue to discuss the importance of self-care as a part of life and as a critical part of healing from the disease of obesity. Learn why it's so difficult to ask for help along with tips for doing so!

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Video 1: “You’ve changed!” The pros and cons of those words.

Video 2: “You’ve changed!” Perception is key.

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Book Review Part 2: The Most Powerful Weight Loss Device Ever Made: The Human Brain by Claude Viens

This book is written by a person who has struggled with weight for most of his life, and who has maintained his weight loss for many years. His book is witty and filled with sound wisdom. I’ll cover the highlights for you!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

Book Review: The Most Powerful Weight Loss Device Ever Made: The Human Brain by Claude Viens

This book is written by a person who has struggled with weight for most of his life, and who has maintained his weight loss for many years. His book is witty and filled with sound wisdom. I’ll cover the highlights for you!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).

How Chronic Diseases like Obesity and Addiction Affect the Family

Having a chronic disease can be painful, both physically and emotionally for the person struggling with the disease. Sadly, the same is true for family members. This week I’ll be talking about how we can help loved ones work through their emotions related to a family member’s disease. Also, you’ll hear a story of what a court reporter told me last week about what she noticed on the job about post-ops!

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TRANSFER ADDICTION… Last week I talked about food addiction. Thought it would be a good idea to talk about what might happen if a person has bariatric surgery and is unaware they have an addiction. (Also, if a person is aware they have an addiction but haven’t done anything to treat it, they may also experience this…) THIS is transfer addiction.

This week I will interview a woman who had bariatric surgery and has struggled with transfer addiction. This is a really important issue and I encourage you to listen in!

All BariAftercare talks are videos that are archived for you to watch or listen to any time that is convenient for you. To view, click here (the password is bariaftercare).