27 Sep 4 Tips from Florida Bariatric Surgeon to Keep the Weight Off

Once you reach a healthy weight and shift your focus to health, wellness, and not a number, you’re on the road to long-term weight loss success. Working to understand triggers and changing disordered eating behaviors with professional support will help you achieve meaningful weight loss.

Here are four more tips to help you keep the weight off.

Health isn’t about the numbers:  Instead of focusing on the scale, focus on healthy behavior changes. Shift the way you view the importance of weight, food, exercise, and health in relation to work, relationships, self-care, and time management to set realistic goals and expectations.

Increase muscle mass: Activity shouldn’t be synonymous with punishment. Find fun, creative ways to challenge yourself. Set attainable goals: do a color run with your office, walk a 5K with the family, or learn how to swim. Understand your motivation and the barriers that get in the way of reaching your goals. Do you hate getting up early? Don’t schedule exercise time at 5:00 in the morning. Do gyms make you uncomfortable? Don’t join one! Find a hiking group or walk in the park. When you make movement a mindset, you’ll have more chances to find ways to burn calories.

Turn off the TV: Our bodies, physically, enter a near-coma, non-calorie-burning state when we sit in front of the TV. Moreover, we’re not mindful of what we’re eating when we eat in front of the TV. More often than not, our calorie ingestion soars when we eat and watch.

Focus on the positive: Weight loss and maintenance will, inevitably, have their ups and downs. Focus on the positive aspects of losing weight. Focus on the small victories.

Making meaningful changes that you can stick with. Change takes time. But by avoiding the pitfalls of quick fixes, you’ll establish life-transforming habits.

Are you ready to start?