How to Prepare for your Weight Loss Surgery Psychological Evaluation

Empower Your WLS Journey for Success

This pre-op guide inspires you to be your best and have more authentic courage and passion. From the insightful material and WLS patient stories you receive dozens of suggestions to follow goals, use proven tools, and avoid common pitfalls or mistakes. You learn successful tips for how to increase motivation and commitment and get back to WLS goals if old habits cause a backslide or surgery delay. PLUS, this book helps you get ready and organized for the required pre-op WLS Psychological Evaluation. The Psych Eval is usually the final pre-op appointment that either gives you a green light for surgery or informs the surgeon (and insurance company) that you are not yet prepared and capable for WLS.

Being fully equipped for WLS boosts confidence and increases your odds of maintaining WLS goals after surgery. This book gives you trusted advice and support that thousands of WLS patients use for the lifelong WLS journey. Each chapter includes key subjects every WLS patient needs to know. There are 53 worksheets covering the 15 vital areas discussed at your Psychological Evaluation. The worksheets are specifically designed to improve awareness of your patterns, design action plans, and ensure you won't be caught unprepared by evaluation questions.

Having your procedure is the physical side of the WLS coin. The #1 enemy of WLS is weight regain. The emotional side of the WLS coin is what makes or breaks long-term success to keep weight off after weight loss surgery. Learn to set the right tone for your WLS journey and how to build emotional strength to be your best self, so that your outcome is both satisfying and long lasting.

• How to overcome old behavior patterns that don't serve you any longer.
• What to do about unresolved emotional baggage that holds you back.
• Enhance your ability to focus on what matters to you most.

If you're considering WLS or already in the pre-op period, this book gives everything you need to achieve the best results for your WLS hopes and dreams and maintain long-term WLS accomplishment for years to come.

NOTE: (The print version is designed for handwriting your answers on the worksheets and to scribble ideas and notes in the margins. Use the book as a personal journal to take to the evaluation to get resources and support for important topics you want more information about. When purchasing a Kindle version, print out the worksheets and jot down notes to take to your evaluation, so you don't forget questions to ask the therapist.)

Sharon Magar, L.M.F.T., has conducted over 2,000 WLS Psychological Evaluations, and helped thousands of pre-op and post-op WLS patients deal with the painful struggles of their obesity, the impact of WLS on relationships, jobs, family, friendships, and the emotional triggers that can lead to weight regain after WLS. Sharon is also a weight loss surgery patient who lost 210 pounds after her surgery in 2003. Her knowledge and compassion empower you to bring more depth and understanding to your WLS journey.

Sharon understands the goals, hopes, and dreams of WLS patients. She's seen how action plans before and after bariatric surgery can affect the long-term outcome of achievement. Sharon knows the various stages you'll go through as you take on preparing for WLS. As a therapist who counsels WLS patients, Sharon empathizes and appreciates the complex emotions you may be experiencing during the pre-op period, and all through the WLS journey.

Dan Kessler has helped thousands of people make financial and life decisions. He approaches each person with an individual spirit of bold honesty. Dan understands it's a careful balance of being direct and compassionate to break through the self-imposed shields we put around ourselves. When discussing personal and business outcomes, or feelings of loneliness, lethargy, fear, failure, hopes, dreams or satisfaction, his goals are to hear a person's concerns and what's important to them. What do they want out of life? What do they need to do to accomplish goals? Dan's coaching helps uncover the root causes of the angst and stressors of old habits which hold someone back and blocks their vision.