Habits
One thing that has become greatly apparent since my gastric bypass surgery is how much of my behaviour around food was purely habitual. Once you…
Bariatrics
Quest protein bars review
If you follow any of the online American based weight loss surgery forums you will have heard about Quest protein bars. When I found that…
How I decided to have gastric bypass surgery
I have battled my weight for my whole life, forget just as an adult, I’ve been overweight for a long as I can remember. Having…
Mindfulness
I did a lot of work sorting out my head issues before my gastric bypass. I guess somewhere deep down inside I knew that the…
Alcohol and drinking post bypass
One of the things that you have to completely give up (for the first year at least anyway) when having bariatric surgery is alcohol. When…
A letter to my pre-op gastric bypass self
Today I would like to share a letter to my pre-op gastric bypass self that I wrote...... Dear Melissa, So you made the decision to have…
Protein in Food
You may have seen my first post about reading food labels and if you haven’t you can check it out here. That post was about the…
Organisation Success Post Gastric Bypass
Organisation is one of my main keys to post-op bariatric success. I tend to be a very organised and ordered person by nature. This trait…
What I think of my body 18 months out….
When I set my goal weight of 65 kgs it seemed like a bit of a magical number that I never thought I’d actually reach.…
Confidence
One thing that has changed quite a bit for me post gastric bypass is my confidence. People who knew me before and after have probably…