Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
One thing I really never expected after my gastric bypass was getting to a point where I am completely comfortable in my own skin. It’s…
The Importance of the Pre-op Diet
The pre-op surgical diet that we have to do before bariatric surgery is, I think, one of the most unifying things in the bariatric surgery…
Melissa does: A session with a personal trainer
I’m going to start a little series off called Melissa Does: with this post. I have been offered a three month pass to the YMCA…
My favourite posts from the first year!
Since it was Melissa Loses It’s first birthday yesterday I thought I would put together a post with my favourite posts from my first year.…
Melissa Loses It turns one!!
Today it’s Melissa Loses It’s first birthday!! Oh my gosh. Seriously how did that happen? I don’t know. There’s someone I really need to thank…
A gastric bypass research opportunity for my readers!
Updated Feb 2017: Please note Sara has enough participants and she is not currently accepting anyone else. The internet is such an amazing place. This…
Non Scale Victories!!
A whole lot of the progress and ‘success’ that most of us tend to focus on after bariatric surgery is the amount of weight we…
Post-op bariatric head games
So much of the personal journey many of us will have through bariatric surgery is in our own heads. Our minds are powerful and can…
Healthy Easy Dinners for Busy Mums
Since my gastric bypass surgery I’ve had to adapt how I feed my family. Our diet was not too bad before surgery but there were…
New research showing long term metabolic changes in The Biggest Loser participants which are not observed after gastric bypass
I read a few articles online last week about participants from the TV show The Biggest Loser and how most of them had put all…