Best "mental factor" Books

[Desi1977 3]

Just wondering if anyone has read any books that they found helpful on the mental part of this process, including habit changes. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Desi

[Babbs 14,681]

I have yet to buy it but I plan to on the suggestion of many, many people on this site...it called The Emotional First Aid Kit by Cynthia Alexander. I hear it's almost a must read for those of us who have had weight loss surgery.

[LivingFree! 478]

In my opinion, "The Emotional First Aid Kit, a Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery" by Cynthia L. Alexander, PsyD, as mentioned above is the BEST and ONLY book for explaining and helping us understand the emotional part (the BIGGEST part of WLS). I read MANY WLS books and this one outshined all of them. At 4 years out, I still refer to it and always will.

Dr. Alexander is a psychologist who has years of experience with WLS patients. She explains WHY the proper use of psychology by us is so important. It is written in patient-friendly language that makes it totally understandable and so much easier to make the life changes we need to make. She takes us from the very beginning (decision-making process to have surgery, all the way through to relapse prevention which includes fear of weight regain, crossover addictions, etc, etc, etc).

It is a manual for our new forever lifestyles. Please buy it. It is available for download on Amazon or in print.

Another "interesting" read is "Obese from the Heart, A Fat Psychiatrist Discloses," by Sara K, Stein, MD. A lot of good information about our emotional connections to food. The book is not specific to WLS (although she does address it).

[WL WARRIOR 692]

"Eat It Up!" (The Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery) by Connie Stapleton is a good post op book as well. The book presents many skills and strategies to overcome difficulties following weight loss surgery.

[MS_Science_Sleever 78]

I had not thought about a book on this, so I just purchased the Kindle editin of "Emotional First Aid Kit".

But I think I am getting another one as well. You know how they like to suggest other books, well there is one for $3.99 Kindle only called "The Sleeved Life: A Patient to Patient Guide....."

It has favorable reviews and for only $3.99 I figure I will try it.

I will post more as I read it.

[MS_Science_Sleever 78]

ok, so the $3.99 book was mostly geared to those people who are still thinking about having the surgery.

Out of the 125 pages, the last 25 are what I needed to read, and it was really not much more information that I kind of already knew.

[Desi1977 3]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!