Practising Physical Activity Following Weight-Loss Surgery: The Significance of Joy, Satisfaction, and Well-Being

Groven, Karen Synne; Råheim, Målfrid; Natvik, Eli

doi:10.1080/20797222.2017.1370903

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“…According to Merleau-Ponty (2002), bodily being involves a certain ambiguity. The ambiguity regarding one's body, relations and self is described in several phenomenological lifeworld studies within the obesity field (Groven et al, 2015(Groven et al, , 2017Westland Barber, 2017). Our research has revealed that aspects of wellbeing can be found within the struggle of people with obesity to make living bearable.…”

Section: Striving To Make Living Bearablementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research on living with a chronical illness confirms that opting for less favourable choices sometimes also means achieving a balance in life (Johansson et al, 2015). Groven et al (2017) referred to the concept of "flow", which is described as a state in which the lived body feels in tune with the environment, as possibly providing new hope for the future. Galvin and Todres (2013) linked the movement towards the future to being "at one" with the present moment by constitution of a sense of meaningful purpose.…”

Section: Striving To Make Living Bearablementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, some phenomenological studies highlighting efforts to maintain weight loss are relevant to our study. These have reflected upon how people strive for balance, identity and meaning in life, within their challenges of maintaining long-term weight loss (Groven, Galdas, & Solbraekke, 2015;Groven, Råheim, & Natvik, 2017;Natvik, Gjengedal, Moltu, & Råheim, 2015;Toft & Uhrenfeldt, 2015;Warholm, Øien, & Råheim, 2014). We see this striving as a parallel to people's struggle to handle a challenging life when living with obesity.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Aspects of well-being when struggling with obesity

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Furnes

Dysvik

et al. 2019

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: We aimed to gain deeper insight into how people struggling with obesity handle their life situation by addressing how well-being might unfold. For many people, obesity becomes a lifelong condition characterized by repeated weight fluctuations while their weight increases gradually. From an existential perspective, constantly waiting for weight loss can cause an experience of not reaching one's full potential. How people with obesity experience well-being, within their perceived limitations, is less reflected in previous research. Methods: We established a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with seven men and 14 women with obesity (body mass index 3 35 kg/m 2) aged 18-59 years. The study had an exploratory design including a phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective, with a lifeworld approach. Results: Three themes describing aspects of well-being were developed: coming to terms with the body, restoring the broken relational balance and reorienting the pivot in life. The thematic findings were abstracted into a main theme: striving to make living bearable. The movement towards well-being can be seen as a struggle towards an experience of balance to make bearable living. Conclusions: We suggest that well-being as a dialectic between vulnerability and freedom might become a health-facilitating experience for people struggling with obesity.

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Section: Striving To Make Living Bearablementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Striving To Make Living Bearablementioning

confidence: 99%