Dating after bariatric surgery

Changing Relationships After Weight Loss Surgery

Shawn Tsuda About Dr. Weight loss surgery can have a more significant impact on your life than you think! Sure, the everyday things change — the scale, your clothes, your health. But can weight loss surgery have an impact on your relationships? Going through any huge life change can have an impact on our relationships. The most noticeable changes may be with those you live around.

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Surgical reduction of the stomach may do more than change signals of hunger and appetite, improve metabolic function and induce substantial weight loss. New research suggests it may change some hearts as well. Patients who were single before surgery, however, were roughly twice as likely to begin a new relationship afterward as were obese patients who just got weight-loss advice. Those findings, measured four years after patients underwent bariatric surgery, were magnified in people who lost the most weight. Many people intuitively believe that a large weight loss will improve a romantic relationship, said Sarwer, who has studied the psychological and social impact of weight-loss surgery for two decades. Sometimes, partners are threatened by the weight loss and that jealously can cause problems as well.

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You know following a diet and exercise program after surgery will be hard, but making daily adjustments in your social interactions may actually be more challenging. Just as your body changes after bariatric weight loss surgery, your interpersonal relationships may also evolve. If you are in a committed relationship, your spouse or significant other is the person other than yourself who has the biggest stake in your life. He or she may act differently or be afraid of the change you have undergone. Leaving that sense of familiarity behind may be stressful, but you should see this as an opportunity, not a threat. Follow these suggestions to predict, spot and resolve issues that will help preserve your romantic relationship:.

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships After Weight Loss Surgery

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