Melissa Loses It Turns Four!
Just like that another year has passed! I never imagined I would still have my blog and be posting to it four years after I…
Pre-op
What I think may have contributed to my morbid obesity
This post has been on my mind for a long time. Obesity is a very complex thing. It can’t be reduced to a few simple…
Set yourself some New Year’s Goals, not resolutions
I think it’s fair to say that most of us have set some New Year’s resolutions one year or another. For me, it’s always been…
Flavour fatigue after bariatric surgery
In the pre-op and initial stages after bariatric surgery your diet and the range of foods you can eat is quite limited. You need to…
My thoughts on The Big Ward season 2!
Season 2 of The Big Ward, oh how I waited for you! It’s nice to see bariatric surgery being talked about on TV. My main…
The 10 things nobody tells you about weight loss surgery
The experience of having weight loss surgery is like nothing else you have or will ever do in life. There are a million and one…
Enjoying Christmas after weight loss surgery
There is nothing like having weight loss surgery and completely changing your lifestyle to make you realise just how much Christmas revolves around food. Not…
How do I choose which weight loss surgery to have?
There are a few things I see asked in weight loss surgery groups time and time again and one of those is how do you…
The weight loss work you do before the weight loss surgery
When you decide to have weight loss surgery so much of the focus is around the procedure itself. There is so much work to do…
Head hunger or physical hunger, how do you tell?
One thing I love most about having had a gastric bypass is that I, for a long time after surgery, did not feel physical hunger…