GUEST POST: This month we found ourselves talking a lot less about food with our patients, and more about the importance of shifting one’s expectations or frame of reference after WLS to be happy. As you likely know, although your body physically undergoes a lot of changes in the months after surgery with relatively little[Read More]
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How To Stay Calm, On Track and Healthy On The Run-Up to Christmas
Or at least here at Bariatric Cookery we don’t have them! So today Black Friday is ‘off’ … Fridays are fun days for us and the time when we look forward to clocking off in the evening and making plans for the weekend ahead. Sometimes we have to work over the Saturday or Sunday but[Read More]
10 Mantras For WLS Success
My ‘after the holiday’ mail bag is groaning again with requests about how to get back on track or turn-around-the-regain. And as I have said once, and will say again and again, the only reliable and long-lasting way is to get back to and adhere to the WLS principles that we were all given at[Read More]
6 Ways To Bullet-Proof Your WLS Success & Speed-Up Weight Loss
I can confidently predict that my mail bag requests and pleas for help from those who are faltering or stuck with weight-loss results after surgery, peaks at this time of year, only beaten by the predictable after Christmas scenario. Why? Sometimes it’s the realisation that summer holidays beckon and the vacation wardrobe doesn’t fit;[Read More]
8 Ways To Enjoy Your Holidays & Stay On Track
GUEST POST: As the holidays are here, almost everyone is faced with the challenge of eating healthily, or sticking to prescribed (or self-induced) diets. For bariatric patients, this effort is made more herculean by the unending high-fat, high-carb, sugary treats and sparkly beverages that are the hallmark of holiday celebrations. We find ourselves in a[Read More]