If you're on the Weight Loss Surgery journey, no doubt you have made some serious New Year weight-loss resolutions around this time of year. Centred around this year is the year you finally crack that code and lose weight once and for all - and likely you have resolved this same thing year after year!
You've probably tried fad diets, joined the gym, partnered with a friend for exercise and signed up for Light and Easy food delivery, keto food plan, intermittent fasting or some other "guaranteed" failsafe way to lose weight and "keep it off forever". And still, here we are, a nation struggling with obesity, and the secret code to weight loss remains a complete mystery to many of us!
Well, don't feel alone -48%of people who made New Year's Resolutions in2019 wanted to lose weight,59%resolved to eathealthier food, and54%promised to domore exercise. And how did that work out, I hear you ask?80%of resolutionsfail within the first year; in fact,20%don't even last a week!
With unimpressive stats like that, you might also be wondering why I am even writing about the idea of making New Year's resolutions at all! I wonder why we refer to this time of year as the Silly Season?
So given the track record of New Year's resolutions - is it the idea of resolving to change that is not working, orhow we decide to changethat is failing us?
As a bariatric patient, you'll be familiar with the wordgoal- because there is a focus on reaching "goal weight".
This goal weight is generally the healthy weight for your height, sex and age. It is generally a place where many of the chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and other medical conditions brought about by carrying excess weight is shown to be minimised. So whilst a goal is not foreign to those on the WLS journey, the skill ofsetting realistic weight loss goals or a SMART goal can be.
