Regain is something every *human* will experience. Our weight is designed to fluctuate over our lifetimes, regardless of our bariatric status. Regain is not a bad or scary thing, it is simply data we can observe and collect along the way. Nothing scary there! We also know the stress that weight regain can play in our lives because we are on this bariatric rollercoaster with you and have experienced regain ourselves.

If we have regained an amount of weight that does not feel right on our frame, we have the ability to become our own scientists and explore that regain. Our goal is metabolic wellness, not size, shape, or weight. Sometimes regain is *necessary*. Regain is not a negative thing! It is simply one data point that we can use along our bariatric journey to find our happy, healthy weight!

We had the honor of sitting down with Jana Wolff, RD, and Lora Grabow, Bariatric Therapist to shine some light on regaining. We wanted to know what it is, why it happens, and how we can approach regain in a safe and loving way. We know regain can be caused by many things, but at its core, regain indicates a change. It means something has changed or shifted and if we want to explore that change, we can. Sometimes this change is out of our control. Other times, the change is within our control. Jana and Lora offer us their clinical expertise from their unique lens' and will leave you with tools to start to explore the change in ways that feel right for YOU. April and Jason will share how to regain impacted their lives and how they went about addressing it in their own, unique ways.

Episode Takeaways:

• Obesity is a disease that will require treatment for the rest of our lives.


• We will need different treatments at different stages of our bariatric journey.


• Regain indicate a change and it is ok to explore that change in ways that are right for you.


• Moving through regaining will require some mindset work. 


• We must NAME what we are experiencing if we want to understand it. 


• Reignite, Reprogram, Refocus (Jana)


• Lapse, Relapse, or Collapse (Lora)


• COMMUNITY is TREATMENT

Follow our amazing experts on Instagram and reach out to them if you need individual support!

Jana Wolff @mybaribox or www.baribox.com

Lora Grabow @loragrabow or www.loragrabow.com