Job Hunting After Gastric Bypass
After bariatric surgery life tends to have a whole lot of new ‘firsts’ again. This is especially true once you are through the main weight…
Weight Maintenance
One Year of Goal Weight Maintenance!
I reached my goal weight one year ago. At the time I could not believe it and it actually was, as corny as it sounds,…
Post Gastric Bypass Food Issues
When you are thinking about having weight loss surgery such as a gastric bypass you do eventually find out that one of the things that…
Being Self Centred After Bariatric Surgery
I think part of what makes deciding to have gastric bypass surgery or any bariatric surgery so hard is that once you fully begin to…
Getting Hit On Post Gastric Bypass
I think one thing most very overweight people can relate to is becoming largely invisible in public (that’s such a bad pun, totally unintended but…
Post Gastric Bypass Exercise Goals
If someone had told me two years ago I would have exercise and fitness goals now I would have found it quite funny. After my…
Fitbit Charge HR Review
I had been wanting a fitness tracker for a while so I researched the different options that were around. I decided the most suitable one…
What Drives my Cravings and ‘Hunger’
One of the major advantages I saw of gastric bypass surgery is that for a while after surgery it takes away your hunger. This can…
Who to Tell When
Making the decision and going through the process of having gastric bypass surgery was filled with highs and lows. One thing that comes up again…
My tips on how to make Optifast more palatable!
Optifast is a very necessary evil of having any kind of bariatric surgery in New Zealand. Before my gastric bypass I had to go on…