My intention here is to make it easy to understand your carbohydrates. How can we control our intake of carbohydrates when we don’t know what they really are. Sure, there are the ones that stand out like bread and tortillas, crackers and…
Shift focus to healthy eating – bariatric edition
It doesn’t matter if you have had bariatric surgery, are thinking about having bariatric surgery or are not intending to have any surgery. We all know that losses on the scale are no easy task. There are such a crazy amount of factors to…
Perfect Lunch for Bariatric Clients
Being prepared is the best way to be successful post bariatric surgery. Like everybody, bariatric post ops need to plan their meals and they can either not eat lunch, visit the local diner for lunch or eat something that they bring from…
Essential components for big losses – bariatric edition.
Big losses are going to occur when you get a lot of the different components correct. This is an important part of the equation. Post bariatric surgery, clients lose weight due to primarily the restriction they feel and the food choices…
Reading Food Labels 101 – Bariatric Edition
Maneuvering your way around the grocery store can feel like a gigantic maze designed to make you feel confused. We have labels on foods items shouting out how healthy they are for us on the front packages but when you turn them over, and…
Better sleep for better losses – bariatric edition
Better Sleep = Better Weight Loss
Are you one of the millions of people who struggle with getting sufficient sleep ? Are you also struggling to reach your weight loss goals ? These two situations share a strong association and the…
Truths and Realities – Bariatric Edition
Realities Versus Myths
We are all part of a very weight conscious time and era. We have all been affected by it. The media pushes imagines of a teeny tiny waists from the decade of the 1950s to the super skimpy skirts of the 1960s. The…
Following the plan ? Bariatric Edition
There is so much information online and we have everything at our fingertips. People just have so much more information than they did back 10 years ago and they are so much more knowledgeable today about bariatric surgery. Some clients…
Bariatric Keto – Do you want to try it ?
Keto Keto keto, it’s all you hear about today - the ketogenic diet. It’s everywhere. Your Mom’s doing it, your best friend is trying it and your neighbour talks non-stop about it. But can you, as a bariatric patient try the ketogenic…
Back to Basics – Bariatric Edition
The sun is shining and summer is right around the corner. It is time to take off that last layer of clothing and we are thinking about our bathing suits and that summer vacation that we have been planning for a while now. Front headlines…