What Does WLS Success Look Like?

What does success from weight loss surgery look like?  What is your definition of success?  Of course, the obvious answer for anyone that is a career dieter is the scale.  I know before losing my weight that I would wake up and check my weight.  The number on the scale could turn a bad mood into a happy mindset and take a happy mood into a negative nose dive.  Are you a slave to the scale?  You are so much more than the number on the scale. 

The scale doesn’t tell you everything.  It doesn’t reflect the fact that you passed up a trigger food and said no to the food and yes to yourself and weight loss.  The scale doesn’t tell you that your body is getting more toned and firm.  The scale doesn’t give you the proper acknowledgement that you didn’t indulge into emotional eating from an upsetting situation.  Actually, the scale tells you very little and fluctuates from water, hormones, fluid retention, and so many other temporary body states. 

So how do you know what success from wls looks like?  Take a look at your life.  What can you do (or don’t have to do any longer) now that is different than pre-operatively?  Look at you and your life now.  Celebrate your confidence, inner strength, participating in your life rather than your life passing you by, your energy, and the overall improved quality of your life.  Now, that’s true success!

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, Certified Life Coach
Weight Loss Surgery Coach