Beyond the Refrigerator: Navigating Life After Weight-Loss Surgery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647195939)

Beyond the Refrigerator: Navigating Life After Weight Loss Surgery speaks to the physical and emotional changes that are necessary for one to be successful after weight loss surgery. In easy conversational tones, Linda Ouellette, LPC talks of her journey through this process, as well as the journeys of others. Highlighting the inner changes that have helped her along the way, Linda invites you to join her in exploring "What's Not Working," and "What Is Working." You will read about her husband's experience, as her ever important support person. Linda addresses such core topics as shame and secrets, perfectionism and black and white thinking. She offers solutions such as relying on your "inner survivor," changing your vocabulary, and defining "sanity." Many people have high expectations for weight loss surgery. Linda brings the discussion down-to-earth and shows what it really takes to recover.