Perhaps you have heard about the daunting 20km Tough Mudder obstacle course just outside of Sydney designed by British Special Forces (were the Aussies asleep?) to test your strength, stamina and camaraderie? That’s if you are already incredibly fit and full of True Grit …….and don’t mind the discomfort of electrified obstacles and icy cold water plunges. I think my heart would stop.
You will have less bowel movements after surgery because you will be eating less food. There is no need to be concerned nor to take anything for it if you are comfortable. “Not going” does not mean you are constipated.
Food cravings can de-rail you and are common. There are 4 causes:
Comfort eating – eating to avoid an uncomfortable feeling
Go to bed, Drink water or tea instead, maybe you are just thirsty especially if you had wine with dinner, Eat enough during the day including the good carbs (low Gi) – mentally you may feel entitled to over eat
Hair loss following weight loss surgery is common and usually due to the physiological stress resulting from shifting nutrients towards vital organs and away from the more cosmetic organs such as hair growth. It results from:
People often tell me “ I am (or I was) hungry all the time”. But are you really hungry or craving?
Most cravings are a side-effect of the modern food industry combined with our increasingly stressful lifestyles.
“Food companies are in business, they’re not social service agencies.. and eating less is very bad for business.” Marion Nestle, one of the commentators on ABC’s “Globesity Fat’s new Frontier’’ televised 24/7/12.
American Psychologist Pavel Somov has identified 4 craving control strategies in his book “Eating the Moment”.
Here they are from least to most effective.t
You can understand why you’re not losing weight if your ‘pigging out’ but when your trying hard, upped the exercise and come in weight stable, it is entirely frustrating.
