The Ups and Downs of the WLS Journey to Success! You can be forgiven for thinking the path to WLS success is a straight one. Regular weekly losses of around about the same amount each time; a consistent pat on the back from your dietitian or team; no issues with compliance; and ‘you’re doing fine’. I know[Read More]
Coping mechanisms
Lock-down Eating & Head Hunger!
The True Cost of Lock-down If the media is to be believed, for most of us, the weeks of living in lock-down have taken their toll, with many of us turning to food for comfort. But is this really true? Our friends at Jane Plan (http://www.janeplan.com) commissioned some research and asked thousands of people[Read More]
Summer 2020 FREE Bariatric Cookery Newsletter Out Now!
The latest issue, and something of a bumper edition, of the Bariatric Cookery Newsletter has just been published. This one, focuses on ‘The Great Pause, Lock-down Uncertainty & Rainbow Of Hope’ issues, as well as some delicious summer recipes. In it you’ll find advice from Dietitian Nichola, a checklist of hopeful tactics from[Read More]
Snack Attack? Time To Bite Back!
These stay-at-home orders, due to the virus crisis, have had some positive effects (believe it or not there have been some), but I know for the majority of WLS patients there have been some many more real negatives. It’s become a very messy time. Routines are thrown out, anxiety begins or resurfaces, food[Read More]
Learn How To Thrive, Not Just Survive, In These Worrying Times!
I’ve lost count of the number of people who have contacted or messaged me to say that they are feeling anything from jittery to downright panic-stricken with the events happening globally at the moment. Some just clearly out-of-sorts and others paralysed with crisis inertia and on-going events. I have struggled with interrupted sleep;[Read More]