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The Great NZ Food Show 2017

May 15, 2017 | Blog, Food | 2 comments

I wanted to go to the Great NZ Food Show last year. But I didn’t. The year before that, when I hadn’t had weight loss surgery, I actually had no interest in it. So why would someone who has the stomach the size of a shot glass and a food addiction want...

Top Ten Reasons Weight Loss Surgery is NOT the Easy Way Out

Apr 5, 2017 | Featured, Post-Op | 10 comments

Before you even have bariatric surgery, you need to complete the pre-op diet. This can be 2-4 weeks and is no bloody joke. Pre-op diets vary but as a basic plan you have 2 very low calorie shakes each day and then 100grams of lean protein and green vegetables. You...

BODIE’z & Proti-15 – All About That Protein Water

Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Product Review | 4 comments

Protein is the building block of muscles, it is present in every cell, in all our organs and in all the tissues in our bodies. Protein plays an important role in the body’s ability to grow, stay healthy and repair itself. It’s also the most satiating...

The Tongariro Crossing

Apr 2, 2017 | Blog, Diary, Exercise, Post-Op | 4 comments

Sometime in 2016, Andrea mentioned to me that they were thinking of putting a trip together for the Hamilton & Wellington WLS ‘Family’ to walk the Tongariro Crossing together.Just quickly, a bit of info for new readers, WLS Hamilton...

Time for Tea

Mar 28, 2017 | Personal | 5 comments

I’d like to know a little more about you, the 15 people subscribed to my posts and my 3 regular commenters, so I thought I’d ask you a few questions and then answer the same myself. I’ve just updated my About Me page, so if you are looking for some...

On Giving Up the Whole 30 and Trying Not to be a a Crazy Person

Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Mental Health, Whole 30 | 2 comments

Week Two started really really well but as you get through the next section, you will see the wheels didn’t just come off so much as the bloody bus went down a hill, over a bank and exploded on the stones at the bottom. Still, […]