Bariatric Support

Course Overview
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.

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.

  • Slow down
  • Pay attention
  • Reduce distractions
  • Notice internal experience
  • Follow your care plan
  • Reflect without judgment

Planned lesson · Coming soon

Move Away from Food Shame
LESSON

Challenge the idea that eating choices determine your worth and replace shame with responsibility, curiosity, and constructive adjustment.

  • Food is not a moral score
  • Self-worth
  • Responsibility without shame
  • Curiosity
  • Learning
  • Recommitment

Planned lesson · Coming soon

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