Eight Months Post Gastric Bypass

Eight Months Post Gastric Bypass

Jul 21, 2016 | Post-Op | 0 comments

Its been a long time, four months, since I wrote a diary update on this blog about my life post gastric bypass.  I’ve been keeping an open Facebook album on my personal profile and of course there is Instagram (over there in the sidebar on the right) but I felt...
Winning the Battle of the Brain

Winning the Battle of the Brain

Jul 19, 2016 | Post-Op | 0 comments

I also think about food a lot.  And I blog about food a lot.  The majority of my Instagram posts, especially lately, have been about food.  But then I was writing a cookbook you know.  Oh yes – RELEASED SOON!! So what I wanted to talk about today was the Battle...
Four Months Post Gastric Bypass Surgery

Four Months Post Gastric Bypass Surgery

Mar 13, 2016 | Post-Op, Whole 30 | 0 comments

On Friday I had my four months post gastric bypass surgery check up appointments with the team from Weight Loss Surgery. The last time I saw Carol, our nurse, was during my pre-op consultation and since then I have only spoken to her on the telephone.  I remember her...
Knock, Knock, Knocking on 50 Percents Door

Knock, Knock, Knocking on 50 Percents Door

Feb 14, 2016 | Post-Op | 0 comments

I use an app on my iPhone, in addition to my scales and My Fitness Pal and Fitbit, to keep a track of my weight loss.  It is called My Weight and one of the reasons I like it is that it produces a nice graph and also shows me progress in percent and over time.  For...
A [Not] Shit Week

A [Not] Shit Week

Jan 25, 2016 | Post-Op, Whole 30 | 0 comments

Weight Loss Surgery blogs don’t often talk about the hard and often painful side of recovery.  We talk about food, a lot, and most recipes that suit our new lifestyle.  And we talk about clothes and results and where we get a lot of our support from (HOLLA...
But What Do You Eat?

But What Do You Eat?

Jan 6, 2016 | Food, Post-Op | 0 comments

One of the most talked about parts of a post gastric bypass lifestyle is food – because its the biggest change especially in comparison to someone else.  And so the question I get all the time is … but what do you eat? The first few weeks are quite...