BariAftercare: The Podcast
Welcome to BariAftercare: The Podcast, where weight loss surgery patients learn healthy coping skills for dealing with the emotional and psychological issues related to living an amazing post-op life. Learn to avoid regain and how to lose post-op regain! Hosted by Dr. Connie Stapleton, a licensed psychologist with many years of experience sharing practical skills for improving your post-op relationships: with food, with other people and most importantly, the relationship you have with yourself! Be sure to check out the entire BariAftercare program for successful post-op living at www.bariaftercare.com.
Episodes
225 episodes
Episode 225: Specific Tools to Challenge and Change Stinkin’ Thinkin
Did you know that we recyle something like 90% of our thoughts over and over, day after day AND that about 85% of those recycling thoughts are NEGATIVE thoughts? That’s what some research says! And I happen to believe that… even if we’re not aw...
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Episode 225
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1:02:03
Episode 224: Develop the Skills to Overcome a Self-Defeating Attitude and Take Charge of Your Life
In this week’s episode will teach you skills for ditching self-defeating attitudes and behaviors and for overcoming a victim mentality, which we talked about last week! Learning to be more resilient when setbacks threaten to derail your progres...
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Episode 224
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1:11:15
Episode 223: We All Do This and It Helps No One
Now, THAT’s a vague episode title! And it’s vague on purpose! None of us want to admit to … well, our less than healthy behaviors. Yet the truth is, we all engage in behaviors we would be mortified if others were to witness. The topic of this e...
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Episode 223
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1:11:42
Episode 222: Dr. Brugman Explains The Connection Between Your Brain and Your Behavior
Do you ever wonder why you do some of the things you do? And also… why you might not do other things you want to do or plan to do? If you’re human… I’m gonna guess you have wondered those exact same things… maybe on daily basis! Our behav...
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Episode 222
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58:34
Episode 221: Life After Weight Loss…by Whatever Means
There are all sorts of ways people choose to lose weight… surgical weight loss procedures, GLP 1’s, Weight Watchers, Noom, and all sorts of various diets such as the Mediteranian Diet, the KETO diet, or tragically, some version of the cabbage s...
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Episode 221
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1:10:54
Episode 220: A Post-Op Creates a Business to Help Others Improve Their Lives
There’s little in life I find more inspiring than when a person takes a difficult situation and creates something amazing out of it! Rob DiMedio is one of those people! Rob, a post-op who chronicled his journey on social media, has taken his pa...
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Episode 220
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55:59
Episode 219: Food – The Red Herring
Food… a red herring? As in… a fish? Nope! So what does that mean… food… a red herring? You think I’m gonna tell you here, in the intro? Not a chance! But when you listen to the entire episode, you’ll learn why Dr. Anita A. Johnson, author...
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Episode 219
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58:54
Episode 218: The Wisdom to Know the Difference... Can Make a Big Difference in Your Post-Op Living!
You’ve heard the Serenity Prayer: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot chance, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Turns out the founders of AA did NOT create this thinking. It originate...
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Episode 218
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1:13:27
Episode 217: Self-discovery After Surgery — Sandra’s Story
People usually have certain expectations when they begin a weight loss experience, whether that means having a surgical intervention, taking medications or participating in a structured program. For many people, some of their expectations are m...
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Episode 217
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1:22:39
Episode 216: Why Do I Need a Psychological Evaluation to Have Bariatric Surgery?
So many people considering bariatric surgery are confused as to the reason anyone would have to have a pre-surgical psychological evaluation? Why would they need to be cleared by a psychologist just to have weight loss surgery? As today’s guest...
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Episode 216
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49:33
Episode 215: Consider the Viewpoint: Overcome the Fear of Failure/Regain
What does the story of a young child participating in swim meets have to do with fear of failure… or fear of regain? Listen in and gain a different perspective on fear of failure. I’ll talk about how fear of regain can lead you right to that pl...
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Episode 215
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59:48
Episode 214: Fear of Success Following Significant Weight Loss
Today I have three guests, all members of the BariAftercare program, joining me to talk about their fears of success following significant weight loss. Each of my guests is at a different place in their post-op journey and each is experiencing ...
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Episode 214
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1:15:19
Episode 213: Improved Health and a Better Life — Your Drishtis! Preparation and Patience Required
I’m introducing a funky new word to your bariatric journey tonight when I ask you to keep your DRISHTI in mind as you move through your years of creating your healthy lifestyle. You need consistent effort, ongoing preparation and a lot of patie...
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Episode 213
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53:56
Episode 212: Boundaries in General and with Food Pushers Specifically
Boundaries can be physical… like fences, or gates at the top or bottom of stairs to keep toddlers and pets from going up or down. Boundaries can also be emotional and are established by using communication skills. Physical and emotional boundar...
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Episode 212
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1:22:38
Episode 211: You Either Got It or You Don’t… Positive Emotional and Mental Wellness – From Then To Now
If you have lost a significant amount of weight and remain preoccupied with the scale, if you allow the scale to determine your mood, if you are overly obsessed with a goal weight, or are struggling to overcome emotional eating… OR if you said ...
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Episode 211
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1:15:50
Episode 210: The Connection Between your Relationship with Yourself and Food
I get all passionate in this episode and do quite a bit of self-disclosing. Why? Because I believe with everything that I am that improving your relationship with yourself is the ONLY way you will be able to follow through the behavioral change...
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Episode 210
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1:10:27
Episode 209: Discovering or RE-Discovering Your Relationship with Food
Relationships of all kinds can be complicated. And they change over time! Friendships change over time, your relationship with your spouse or partner may be good for years, and then flail, and then get better again! Your relationship with money...
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Episode 209
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1:13:57
Episode 208: How Did I Get Here? Understanding Your Obesity
How did I get here? I’m guessing you didn’t grow up wanting to have the disease of obesity as part of your adult life! And if you have comorbid health issues associated with your obesity, I’m pretty certain you ask yourself the question, how DI...
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Episode 208
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1:12:14
Episode 207: A BariAftercare Year in Review with Laura Preston!
It’s always an honor and a privilege to have Laura Preston on the podcast with me because Laura IS, in many ways, BariAftercare! She is an organizer extraordinaire, has an understanding of the bariatric community that is unmatched, and has a pa...
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Episode 207
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1:24:03
Episode 206: Scott’s Bariatric Journey Plays Out on National TV
Scott Bagwill, an active member of the full online BariAftercare program, is today’s guest on BariAftercare, the Podcast! Scott had bariatric surgery almost one year ago and has lost an extraordinary amount of weight. He has also been one of th...
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Episode 206
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1:06:30
Episode 205: Alcohol: The Facts with Special Guest, Dr. Susan Mitchell
Alcohol… a substance consumed by most people, to include those who are having or have had a surgical bariatric procedure or may be on GLP-1 medications. In this episode, Dr. Susan Mitchell, a PhD educated bariatric-specific registered dietician...
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Episode 205
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1:24:54
Episode 204: Sanjay Gupta’s Summary about GLP-1s
Last week I took you for a stroll down the Memory Lane of fad diets over the past century and ended up at what is clearly NOT a fad in the world of weight loss: the GLP-1 medications. In this episode I share most of what Dr. Sanjay Gupta and th...
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Episode 204
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1:09:03
Episode 203: GLP’s for Weight Loss. The Be All and End All?
GLP’s have taken the world by storm and are being used for weight loss by people who medically qualify for them and by people who well… found a way to get them, whether they formally “qualify” for them or not. Weight loss methods date back … pr...
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Episode 203
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1:03:04
Episode 202: Romantic Relationships and Dating after Significant Weight Loss
It’s definitely not only your body that changes following significant weight loss! In fact, most areas of your life are affected when you lose weight. Think about it… in addition to improvements in physical health, people who lose weight get ou...
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Episode 202
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1:12:26
Episode 201: Developmental Stages of Life and Your Relationship with Food
In today’s episode, I’m talking about we start developing our relationship with food during our first days of life! By the time we’re three years old, our belief in our ability to trust ourselves has already begun. Trusting ourselves with food ...
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Episode 201
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1:05:29