Weight Loss and Relationships

I am writing a book about weight loss which wil be released in January, 2009 (okay, enough shameless self-promotion!) and one of the chapters of the book will be devoted to people who achieved incredible weight loss, meaning close to 100 pounds if not more. How did they allow themselves to become so obese? What psychological or environmental factors were involved? What made them decide to finally do something aggressive about their weight and how did they do it so sucessfully?

I am interviewing a number of our patients who have achieved incredible success and agreed to be a part of this chapter. This past weekend I interviewed a husband and wife who are in their 50s and combined, they have lost well over 200 pounds. Their entire lives have changed, but one of the most poignant examples of how life has changed was this: Because of the morbid obesity, subsequent sleep apnea, snoring, taking up large amounts of space, etc., they had not slept together in years. Now, they both are in the same bed at night again and the smiles on both of their faces told me just how much they loved this benefit of the weight loss.

As I have mentioned many times before, the obvious benefits of weight loss are the medical pnes...improved health. But, there are also some major benefits to relationships. If you have a story about how your weight loss has positively impacted on your relationship, and are willing (no names of course!) to share the general nature as to how that relationship has changed, please feel free to e-mail me at: serotab@aol.com