The Post Gastric Bypass Skin Situation…..
*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…
Weight
Periods post gastric bypass
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…
Things I Don’t Miss
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…
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…
Quest protein bars review
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…
How I decided to have gastric bypass surgery
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…
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…
Alcohol and drinking post bypass
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…
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…
Protein in Food
You may have seen my first post about reading food labels and if you haven’t you can check it out here. That post was about the…