ARE YOUR CRAVINGS, SNACKING AND GRAZING HABITS SCUPPERING YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS GOALS POST-OP? Grazing is the consistent, day-long consumption of low-value food items – in other words they are unplanned snacking. You know the kind of thing – finishing your child’s breakfast cereal; having a biscuit every time you make a hot drink; eating[Read More]
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Weight Loss Stall Or Plateau And How To Overcome It
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]
5 Red Flags To Look Out For Post-WLS!
Is it the time of year or am I just a little more sensitive to the pleas for help that have been coming my way? Some patients have written to me to ask for help since they’re struggling big time; others have expressed doubts that their surgery is still working for them (and there’s more[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]
Could Your Bad Habits Actually Be Good For You?
GUEST POST: We all have our bad habits – whether it’s sleeping in late at the weekends, or drinking a bit too much coffee (I’m definitely in this category!)… And those bad habits are called that for good reason, right? Well, maybe not. Perhaps some of those so-called ‘bad habits’ could actually be[Read More]