Bariatric Support

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A path from assessment to coaching — follow the tabs in order for the full ProgressTracks journey.

Start with Your Personal Bariatric Journey whether you are preparing for surgery, recently post-operative, several years into your journey, or returning after a setback. Continue sequentially or choose the modules most relevant to your current needs. Use the DGBB Bariatric Success Challenge as your ongoing daily practice and revisit assessments and your Bariatric Success Blueprint as your needs change.

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Work through each module and lesson at your own pace.

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Module 1Your Personal Bariatric Journey3 lessons planned

Module 2Prepare Your Mind for Change4 lessons planned

Module 3Understand Hunger, Cravings & Eating Triggers3 lessons planned

You can respond more intentionally when you understand what is actually driving the urge to eat.

Learn to recognize the different experiences that can lead to eating and identify personal patterns involving physical hunger, cravings, emotions, habits, environment, stress, boredom, loneliness, rewards, and social situations.

Differentiate physical hunger from cravings, habits, and emotional triggers.
Identify common personal eating triggers.
Recognize environmental and social influences.
Understand what emotional eating may be attempting to accomplish.
Create alternative responses to recurring triggers.

Not Every Desire to Eat Is Hunger

LESSON

Explore physical hunger, cravings, emotional urges, habits, environmental cues, and social eating.

Physical hunger
Cravings
Habit
Emotion
Environment
Social cues

Planned lesson · Coming soon

Discover Your Eating Triggers

LESSON

Look for patterns involving stress, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, fatigue, conflict, celebration, reward, location, people, and routines.

Stress
Anxiety
Loneliness
Boredom
Fatigue
Conflict
Reward
Social triggers

Planned lesson · Coming soon

Module 4Build a Healthier Relationship with Food3 lessons planned

The goal is not to fear food — it is to relate to it with greater awareness and intention.

Develop more intentional eating behavior through mindfulness, awareness, planning, flexible thinking, and collaboration with your bariatric nutrition team.

Practice mindful and intentional eating.
Reduce shame-based thinking about food and eating.
Follow individualized nutrition recommendations from qualified providers.
Prepare for social situations, eating out, holidays, and travel.
Recover constructively after difficult eating experiences.

Practice Mindful Eating

LESSON

Slow down and increase awareness of thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, choices, satisfaction, and your bariatric care plan during eating experiences.