The Mind/Body/Spirit Approach to Sustained Weight Loss

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The Mind/Body/Spirit Approach to Sustained Weight
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• Dr. Connie Stapleton
• www.eatitupbook.com
• www.mindbodyhealthservices.com

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The Mind/Body/Spirit Approach to Sustained Weight
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Mind/Body/Spirit

• Mind/Body/Spirit approach to sustained weight
  loss following bariatric surgery translates to
• keeping your weight off
• finding happiness in all areas of
• your life BALANCE

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Mind/Body/Spirit

• Obesity results in imbalance in your Mind,
  your Body, and your Sprit imbalance in your
  whole self
• Your Centers of Balance
• SPIRITUAL COGNITIVE EMOTIONAL
• SOCIAL PHYSICAL ENTERPRISING

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Mind/Body/Spirit

• Marriage and Weight Loss Surgery
• - the focus is on the preparation
• - the reality is in the daily life
• LOVED THE WEDDING INVITE ME
• TO THE MARRIAGE.. GOD

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YOUR SPIRITUAL CENTER

• The Spiritual Center of Balance
• THE CORE of the Daisy
• Obesity interferes with our ability to nurture
  our relationship with God
• Obesity results in a poor self image
• We are created in Gods image

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Spiritual Center

• Obesity interferes with our ability to nurture a
  positive relationship with ourselves
• Obesity interferes with our ability to nurture a
  positive relationship with others

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• Obesity results in ones being overly
  self-focused
• On how we look, On how we think others perceive
  us (we may isolate, criticize others)
• When self focus interferes with our relationship
  with God, Self and Others our Spiritual Center
  and life become imbalanced

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BALANCING THE SPIRIT

• Do you need to make peace with God?
• Do you need to forgive yourself or others?
• RELAXATION and MEDITATION
• ASK FOR HELP OUT LOUD ALL DAY LONG

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COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL CENTERS

• Cognitive and Emotional Centers of Balance
• - Cognitive Center relates to thoughts
• - Emotional Center relates to feelings
• - These two Centers are intertwined

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Cognitive and Emotional Centers

• Obesity causes tremendous imbalance in the
  Cognitive and Emotional Centers
• - negative self-talk/thoughts lead to
• negative emotions lead to negative
• behavior
• - The Teeter-Totter of thoughts and emotions
• IMBALANCE

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BALANCING THE MINDThe Cognitive and Emotional
Centers

• LEARN TO TALK BACK TO NEGATIVE SELF TALK
• (Whose voice is it telling you the negative?)
• Talk back to them, too!
• LEARN TO SET BOUNDARIES WITH OTHERS
• In other words, learn to say NO
• LEARN TO ASK FOR HELP

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Types of ThinkingJohn Friel, Ph.D.
Child Thinking Adult Thinking
Im trapped. Im accountable.
I wait for others to make my life better. I have choices.
I wait for others to change. I find appropriate ways to meet my needs.
I wait for others to give me what I deserve. I take charge of what needs to happen.
I can choose NOT to change, but then I dont blame others OR I choose to change.
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BALANCING THE MINDThe Cognitive and Emotional
Centers

• Create a Tip Jar
• have family help
• 100 activities to redirect you when you
  have a food
• moment
• Non-sensical read three pages from the TV Guide
• Valuable write a letter to your old college
  roommate

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The Cognitive and Emotional Centers

• GET PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
• - Address those underlying issues

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The Social Center

• Obesity negatively
• affects relationships
• with family, friends, and
• social groups.

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Social Center

• Obese people often do not like being seen by
  others and may isolate
• may be angry at others which leads to negative
  thoughts, feelings, behavior
• may miss kids events for fear of being seen,
  embarrassing kids, etc.

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The Social Center

• Balance your time with friends and family
• BEWARE OF GOING OVERBOARD
• making up for lost time.
• doing too much, too often
• Doing things you wouldnt normally do
• neglecting family
• Husband
• Kids
• Theyve already been neglected

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UTILIZE A HEALTHY SUPPORT SYSTEM

• GO TO SUPPORT GROUP AND OBESITYHELP.COM
• Talk with other people who have been there
• HELP OTHERS
• You cant keep it unless you give it away

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Physical Center

• Obesity results in imbalance in the Physical
  Center
• Obesity people have many health complications
• Obesity makes exercise difficult and painful
• This leads to negative thoughts, self-image, etc.
  

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BALANCING THE BODYThe Physical Center

• EXERCISE on a daily basis!

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Physical Center

• TRY NEW THINGS make exercise fun!

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BUT I HATE TO EXERCISE.

• HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT
  OFF?
• - mantra Its what I do

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BALANCING THE BODYThe Physical Center

• Do what the doctor and nutritionist tell you to
• - protein first, avoid simple carbs, eat
• breakfast, avoid grazing, avoid sliders,
  etc.
• - REMEMBER eating is a VOLUNTARY ACT!

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BALANCING THE BODYThe Physical Center

• KEEP FOOD AND EXERCISE JOURNALS
• Its probably THE BEST way to keep your weight
  off

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BALANCING THE MINDThe Physical Center

• AVOID SWITCHING ADDICTIONS
• 25 of people who have bariatric surgery
• become alcoholic or engage in another
• behavioral addiction WHACK-A-MOLE
• Obesity - an addiction?
• Has ___ caused a pattern of problems in your
  life?
• Have you continued to use ___ in spite of knowing
  there have been negative consequences?

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Enterprising Center

• Enterprising Center of Balance
• Includes our jobs, our hobbies, our community
  involvement, and ways we choose to develop our
  minds
• - obesity prevents people from doing
• things they want to do travel,
• community service, etc.

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BALANCING THE BODYThe Enterprising Center

• You may follow a new career path.
• You may become involved in volunteer work in the
  community.
• You may become more active in the lives of your
  family members.
• You may develop new healthy hobbies.
• You may help others like yourself!

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BALANCE IN ALL CENTERS

• USE DR. STAPLETONS TOOLBOX TIP!
• - sign up for FREE Tips! (CTR Talk, wrapper
  on hip)
• WATCH HER FREE VIDEO!
• - www.mindbodyhealthservices.com
• READ HER BOOK!
• - OK so thats not free

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Keeping the Weight Off

• I can give you knowledge about how to but
  knowledge alone is worthless
• Knowledge and Action are powerful partners You
  need BOTH to succeed!

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THE GOTTA DO EMs

• Always remember how you answered the question
  What are you willing to do to lose your extra
  weight and keep it off?
• many of you probably said ANYTHING. I will do
  ANYTHING to get this weight off and keep it off
• HENCE, the Gotta Do Ems pick up a copy at Dr.
  Stapletons table

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Ill be happy when

• I LOSE WEIGHT? NO!!!!
• I WILL BE HAPPY WHEN I LIVE AS BALANCED A LIFE
  AS POSSIBLE.

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• LIVING A BALANCED, HEALTHY LIFE
• LEADS TO HAPPINESS.

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• Eat it Up The Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to
  a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery
• By Connie Stapleton, Ph.D. Available in the
  Exhibit Hall!
• www.eatitupbook.com
• www.mindbodyhealthservices.com
• www.youtube.com
• FAVORITE BOOKS The Feeling Good Handbook (David
  Burns) Seven Habits (Steven Covey), Secrets of
  Dysfunctional Habits (John Friel), The Feeling
  Good Handbook (David Burns), Boundaries (Henry
  Cloud John Townsend), anything by Loretta
  LaRoche