Weight Loss Winformation

Episode 300: Choosing Health or Chasing Thin?

• Connie Stapleton, Ph.D. • Episode 300

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Oh, buddy! Get ready to question yourself in a deep way in this episode! Most of readily admit to wanting to be healthy… wanting to improve our health… and that is probably the number one reason people give me for wanting to have weight loss surgery. And yet, as you’ll hear, “HEALTHISM” is now a term people are using… which basically translates to thinking you can only be healthy if you are THIN. SO… let me ask… are you saying you want to be healthy but you’re actually chasing thin? Listen in and see what your answer is after this episode!

The Weight Loss Winformation Podcast gives you essential psychological information to help you lose weight and more importantly, to help keep you at a healthy weight for your body! No matter how you are working to lose weight and no matter how much weight you want to lose, Weight Loss Winformation will keep you moving in a positive direction. Let’s get started because well… Why Weight? (get it? Pun intended… )?

Resources:

·      BariAfterare: www.bariaftercare.com

·      Connie Stapleton PhD website: www.conniestapletonphd.com

·      BariAftercare website: https://www.conniestapletonphd.com/bariaftercare

·      BariAftercare Facebook page (for members only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/BariAftercare

·      Kevin Stephens: Your Bariatric Buddy   https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourbariatricbuddy/people

·      Instagram: @ (Caleshia Haynes)

·      Instagram: @therealbariboss (Tabitha Johnson)

·      Instagram @drsusanmitchell (Dr. Susan Mitchell)

·      Instagram: @lauraleepreston (Laura Preston)

·      ProCare Vitamins (10% off with code ConnieStapleton)

·      Rob DiMedio: https://www.busybariatrics.com/

·      Dr. Joan Brugman: drjbrugman@outlook.com

·      Breaking Free From the Thin Ideal: Redefining Health and Beauty by Sophie S. Whynacht, PhD

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/body-image-and-stigma-bias/202411/breaking-free-from-the-thin-ideal-redefining-health-and 

·      The Return of Extreme Thinness by Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/eating-disorder-recovery/202608/the-return-of-extreme-thinness

·      Why We Need to Stop Equating Thinness with Health by Mary McNaughton-Cassill Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-health-matters/202405/why-we-need-to-stop-equating-thinness-with-health

·      Lydia Alexander, M.D., Past President of the Obesity Medicine Association | Chief Medical Officer, Enara Health | Board-Certified Practicing Physician | Culinary Medicine Specialist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-alexander-md-dabom-dablm-mfoma-ab83644/