Around about now all the what I and others call ‘beige buffet’ or appetiser food starts to appear at drinks parties and other Christmas and holiday gatherings. Now I’m not going to pretend I haven’t been partial to a sausage roll or vol-au-vent in the past (because I have) but I am so over[Read More]
Coping mechanisms
3 ‘Wise’ Christmas Tipples
On the run up to Christmas and the holidays you will be tempted by a good many offers of drinks and cocktails – some saintly, some demon-like and some in between. We’re no party poopers and recognise that you might like one or two but would caution some restraint (see the previous surgeon’s blog[Read More]
Post-Op Holiday Drinking & Alcohol After WLS – What’s The Surgeons’ View?
GUEST POST: Alcohol after WLS. Can you drink? Is there a safe limit? At this time of year, with parties and Christmas festivities in full swing, we thought it was the perfect time to address this touchy subject. We hate to be party poopers, but the short answer: alcohol is pretty dangerous after weight-loss[Read More]
How To Have a Healthy Christmas After WLS
Christmas is coming … and with it the inevitable stress, strain, uncertainty and tricky challenges for WLS patients. We have covered this quite a few times before and more recently in our latest free Christmas 2018 Bariatric Newsletter. In it WLS dietitian Nichola came up with some brilliant advice for the lead up and[Read More]
Don’t Let Food Get Stuck This Coming Holiday!
Dr Terry Simpson is a good friend of mine and Bariatric Cookery (we both have a love of food, sous vide cooking and bariatrics) so we were thrilled to see his new video chat. In this less than 2 minute slot he chats about what we call the 20:20:20 rule (see here), but he[Read More]