I
have yo-yo dieted all my life, how do I know surgery will
work for me?
Sadly
there are no actual predictors to say that surgery will
definitely work for you. The fact that you have yo-yo
dieted has probably left you feeling hopeless and a failure.
When embarking on any surgical weight loss programme,
we always recommend that you try to understand why you
have yo-yo'd. Is it simply an accumulation of bad habits
or is there some deeper reason as to why this has been
your pattern. Deeper reasons could include a traumatic
event in your past and if this is the case then it is
important for you to seek some counselling through your
GP surgery to help you address this. It is important
to understand that we are not putting a band or stapling
on your mind, only your stomach, so any bad feelings
you have now will still be with you after you have had
surgery.
Answers provided by Janet Biglari
and Sevim Mustafa, Streamline Surgical psychotherapists
