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]
Bariatric Portion Plate Gallery
When Your Built-In Portion-Control System Let’s You Down – What Should You Do?
Weight-loss surgery works on a number of levels but the main one is that you will be restricted in how much you can eat in one sitting. Your surgeon gives your body something of a re-set and you gain a new built-in portion control system. For many this works fabulously well and for a good period[Read More]
Portion Control After Weight Loss Surgery
GUEST POST: Undergoing weight loss surgery is a life-changing event and after the procedure it’s imperative to get a handle on a new way of eating. The need to eat a healthy diet is an obvious one, but what about portion control? You’ll have a reduced capacity to digest food and your stomach will[Read More]
Bariatric Cookery Instagram
Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Twitter will have noticed recently that I have been posting regularly on Instagram. I am loving this new social media vehicle and it gives me a great opportunity to show you the kind of foods that I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and as a snack.[Read More]
The Tuck Of The Irish!
Feck Sausages with Colcannon and Guinness Gravy on Bariatric Portion Plate St Patrick’s Day is looming and whether you have even the most tenuous link to the Emerald Isle or not it’s a great excuse for a bit of Irish indulgence. In years gone by we’ve made a shamrock kind of smoothie; served[Read More]