Based on scientific research and reflecting Paula F. PeckÂ’s many years of personal and professional experience, this clear, authoritative guide provides readers:
- A thorough, step-by-step approach for undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
- Lifestyle changes necessary AFTER surgery for maintaining long-term weight loss.
- Tips for preventing binge eating when hunger returns.
- Skills for dining out at restaurants, salad bars and parties.
- Identification of the triggers that set off out-of-control eating.
- Approaches for overcoming self-defeat.
- Ways to change a distorted self-image.
- Methods for restructuring relationships and dealing with sexuality.
- New attitudes for raising self-esteem and celebrating a new life.