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...
Gastric Bypass – The First Month

Gastric Bypass – The First Month

Dec 11, 2015 | Post-Op, Whole 30 | 5 comments

I know as you get older time passes a whole lot faster but yikes! A month has gone by since I had my surgery and I can remember waking up from it like it was yesterday. Rather than just write a summary of my week, I thought I would use a couple of emails I’ve...
Week Three – and a Birthday!

Week Three – and a Birthday!

Nov 29, 2015 | Food, Post-Op | 3 comments

So last weekend we went to a wedding and this weekend we had a birthday – mine!!!  All year I had been thinking about how I wanted to celebrate but when it came down to it, I just wanted a simple cruisy and quite relaxing day. My beautiful friends drove down...
Step, Step, Step, Step It Up!

Step, Step, Step, Step It Up!

Nov 26, 2015 | Exercise, Post-Op | 0 comments

Yesterday was Day 12 (so today’s Day 13) – hard to believe that it is 2 weeks since I had my gastric bypass, in fact most days I could quite easily assume that they just made some nicks on my belly and let me have a 5 hour sleep.  This time 2 weeks ago I...