Melissa Peaks, Author at Melissa Loses It

1 September 2015

Internal self talk and weight loss surgery success

We all have that one constant companion who offers comment, judgment and a highly unedited view on everything we do and see. That little voice…

27 August 2015

This post compliments the post I did recently about the things I don’t miss after having to give up lots of things in my decision…

25 August 2015

*Please note this post contains some photos that you might not want to see. If you're at all squeamish then turn back now. If you…

20 August 2015

The process of having weight loss surgery and in my case, a gastric bypass is a bit of a wild ride at times and this…

18 August 2015

In making my decision to have gastric bypass surgery I knew there was a lot that I would be giving up. This was one of…

13 August 2015

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…

11 August 2015

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…

6 August 2015

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…

4 August 2015

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…

30 July 2015

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…