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…
Emotional Strategies
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…
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…
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…
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…
Happiness After Gastric Bypass Surgery
I’ve had a couple of interactions this week that have stuck around in my mind and have led to this post. As you can tell…
Milestones and Tracking Your Progress
Going from being morbidly obese with a BMI of 48 and being 132 kgs to losing 70 kgs and having a BMI in the normal…
Does weight loss surgery affect your Self-Esteem?
I will start this post by saying that we each have a very different experience in life and our own sense of self-esteem is influenced…
The Hardest Breakup
There is much, much more to bariatric surgery than just the physiological side of it and the effects that it has directly on your body.…