A few thoughts to help you navigate your new relationship with eating and cooking
Disclaimer: The advice on this website has come out of my own experience in my own particular situation. Where it contradicts your nutritionist’s advice, please ignore mine. Your nutritionist knows best. We can have gastric surgery for a variety of reasons. Like mine, your surgery might have been to treat …
I was recently called into my GP’s office to hear news that I was, to be honest, not at all surprised by: I’m perilously close to developing Type 2 Diabetes. My GP advised me to go online to Diabetes Australia to get the latest information on how to prevent it. …
One of the biggest problems facing the single cook is the fact that it’s much more expensive to eat per capita for the single person than for a family. If we check the unit price in the supermarket, we can see that gram-per-gram, a single-serving sized item is always more …
For those of us who, like me, were somewhat overweight before gastric surgery, the weight loss that followed it was its only welcome side-effect, while, if you’ve had bariatric surgery, it would be the desired outcome. Once we’ve left our nutritionist’s care, therefore, our main concern may be to ensure …
Disclaimer: The advice on this website has come out of my own experience in my own particular situation. Where it contradicts your nutritionist’s advice, please ignore mine. Your nutritionist knows best. In the first few weeks after your surgery, you’ll find yourself navigating a culinary minefield. You’re still recovering from …
Disclaimer: The advice on this website has come out of my own experience in my own particular situation. Where it contradicts your nutritionist’s advice, please ignore mine. Your nutritionist knows best. In your early days, it may be difficult at first to motivate yourself to cook more than an egg, …
Humans are social animals, so we won’t always be eating on our own at home. We’ll need something to eat while we’re out working or shopping, or we’ll want to eat out with friends and family. This is another area in life that used to come easily, but where we’re …
Disclaimer: The advice on this website has come out of my own experience in my own particular situation. Where it contradicts your nutritionist’s advice, please ignore mine. Your nutritionist knows best. Once your system has settled down you can begin to develop a long-term eating strategy. I hope that when …
