Katie Jay's

Be a WLS Rock Star! How to Make Your WLS Life a Big Hit

(Or Stage a Comeback if You've Regained)

1:00 p.m.             Opening Thoughts

Katie Jay, MSW, Certified Wellness Coach, Director, National Association for Weight Loss Surgery

1:40 p.m.             WLS “Rock Stars” vs. “Has-Beens”

1:50 p.m.             Katie Jay's™ WLS Stages of Transformation

Learn about the 12 stages of WLS transformation. Discover a new framework to better understand the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes on your journey. Find out how to cope with major, life-altering transformation more effectively.

2:50 p.m.             Quick Restroom Break

3:00 p.m.             The Truth about Weight Regain

Physiological Factors

Carbohydrate sensitivity

The food-mood connection

Menopause and other physical challenges

Mental and Emotional Factors

            “If nothing tastes as good as thin feels, why do I overeat?”

Running toward the pain, courting discomfort, sitting with feelings, taking risks;

And other scary things that change requires -- and how to cope with it all!

What Long-term Success Looks Like

            The “show-me” approach to change

            “I can't control my eating!” Is that true?

            It's all about the food and it's not about the food

4:00 p.m.             Activity/Question & Answer Time

5:00 p.m.             Break for Dinner on Your Own

6:00 p.m.             Do YOU Have a Fat Personality? Here's How to Lose it!

Learn the 10 personality traits that are obstacles to success after weight loss surgery, as well as the character traits that predict success and how to nurture them.

7:15 p.m.             Persistence

A trait so important that it gets it's very own place on the agenda.

7:30 p.m.             Closing Thoughts and Q & A