Own Your Bariatric Journey!
There is one main ingredient that is crucial to your success after bariatric surgery. While the choice of exactly which surgery to have is important…
Emotional Strategies
Pre-op Worries: What if I don’t lose any weight?
I’m fairly sure every single person who is about to have weight loss surgery goes into the operating theatre with a small fear that they…
Who even am I? Figuring out who you are
I spend a lot of time in my head just thinking about stuff. There’s always a few ideas on the go in there and I…
Pre-op Worries: Cooking for other people following bariatric surgery
I always really enjoyed cooking and baking and before my surgery baking, especially, was one of my biggest hobbies. When I decided to have my…
Pre-op worries: The anaesthetic
When you are deciding to have bariatric surgery there are many things you need to take into account. Just like any other surgical procedure there…
Pre-op appointments and stress
If you’re looking at trying to get bariatric surgery in New Zealand on the public health system it’s going to be a bit of a…
The fine art of saying no
One thing I never really expected to increase after my gastric bypass surgery was how often I have to say, “No,” to people. The rules…
Accepting life as a bariatric person
Deciding whether or not to have bariatric surgery is the biggest decision I have ever had to make for myself. Bariatric surgery is a long-term,…
Addiction Transfer
There’s a bit of a phenomenon that can happen after bariatric surgery and it’s called addiction transfer. For some bariatric surgery patients part of the…
Fighting regain and hitting rock bottom
Towards the end of last year my weight started hanging firmly round my goal weight. I never want to lose the fight against weight regain…