The Food Show Auckland 2016!
What a difference arriving at The Food Show on preview day as the doors open makes! The first couple of hours at the show it…
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Revised entry criteria for Massey University bariatric research!
Updated Feb 2017: Please note Sara has enough participants and she is not currently accepting anyone else. You might remember that a couple of months…
How I’m treated differently within the health system now that I’m a normal weight
I can only imagine like me, anyone who has been noticeably overweight or morbidly obese has a story or five to tell about how their…
GAINZ Eatery Review
I had heard about GAINZ which is located down on the waterfront in central Auckland and had been meaning to go there. Then a Bloggers…
Is the weight loss ever going to stop?
Never in my lifetime did I ever think I would reach a point where I was worried about losing too much weight and not being…
The Food Show survival guide
The Food Show has been an annual event that I look forward to for a long time now. Naturally the first time I went the…
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…
Meatza: The bariatric answer to pizza!
You know when you see someone do something and you think, “Why didn’t I think of that myself?” This happened to me recently and oh…
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,…
Vitamins and timing
One thing that is a given for the rest of your life after bariatric surgery is the need to take vitamins every day. It depends…