Do you second guess your portions by eye-balling them? Play a bit of Russian Roulette (hoping for the best), or methodically and consistently weigh and measure foods to ensure you get the right portion and proportion of macros for all your meals after WLS? In the early days post-op I was a bit of a[Read More]
Coping mechanisms
Can You Stretch Your Pouch? Tell Me More … And What About Pouch Re-Sets?
Perhaps it’s the time of year (after the excesses of the holiday season and Easter); the start of the summer; launch by many more companies of ‘magical’ pouch test ‘cures’; and all the rest, but my mailbag and inbox has been inundated with queries on ‘stretching the pouch’ and how to overcome ‘WLS regain’[Read More]
Food Addiction and How to Combat It
I think this may be one of the most relevant and poignant features for all WLS pre- and post-op patients. I would go as far as to say it is ESSENTIAL READING. This is not just because this week alone I have had so many requests for help about out-of-control eating but because I[Read More]
7 Rules For Low-Carb Eating To Reverse Regain, Kick-Start Stalls & Stay or Get Back On Track
A Post-Easter Blog! Is It Over Yet? For some (read “Me” for this) it began on Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day with all the excitement of tossing pancakes and retrieving them from the floor or dog (and conveniently forgetting how many I had already eaten). A couple of birthdays, an anniversary, a school[Read More]
LATEST! The Bariatric Bible – New WLS Book Has Arrived!
It’s been a momentous and exciting week here – first the birth of a new grandchild and now the arrival of my new bariatric book ‘The Bariatric Bible’. It’s seems like I have been waiting forever for this new ‘baby’ but here it is (a little earlier than expected). And I am thrilled with[Read More]