So you have been losing weight successfully after WLS and then all of a sudden the numbers on the scale seem to stop moving. We’re not talking about those ‘very early days’ post-op small blips where the body is simply re-calibrating, but longer term when you begin to doubt the loss will happen again. What[Read More]
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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]
What Your Scale Isn’t Telling You!
Fit Mom Looks Drastically Different After 2-Lb. Weight Loss: ‘The Scale Is Not the Ultimate Factor’ Today we bring you the 2nd of our joint collaboration features from dietitians Lisa and Monica. This one covers that topic that crops up time and time again – the scales and what it is or isn’t telling you. Most[Read More]
What Behaviours Are Important For Optimal Outcomes With WLS?
This feature could easily be called ‘what’s the best things to do after WLS?’ because essentially they tell the good story about ideal behaviours that bring about success and the sorry tale of those that don’t. We’ve covered this before when we have asked past patients what they do to get great results (here and[Read More]
In It For The Long Haul/Part 1
I often say that WLS is no quick-fix, indeed I don’t even like the work ‘fix’ because it implies guaranteed solution and ‘job done’ and that is so very, very far from the truth. Plainly speaking WLS is something of a journey that you undertake with no real ending – it’s not like a[Read More]