73. Why Bariatric Patients Self-Sabotage

Bariatrics and GLP-1's for Busy People with Rob DiMedio · May 28, 2026 · 38m

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Most bariatric patients think regain happens because they “lost discipline.”

That’s not the real problem.

In this episode of The Busy Bariatrics Podcast, I sit down with Shelly Southall from ⁠WLS Delight⁠ to unpack why bariatric patients self-sabotage after surgery, how emotional eating quietly sneaks back in, and why shame keeps so many people trapped in the “I’ll start over Monday” cycle.

Shelly is 24 years post-op gastric bypass and openly shares her own story of losing over 100 pounds, struggling with regain, hiding from the scale, and…