Why Multidisciplinary Care is Essential in Medical Weight Loss
At Sunshine Coast Medical Weight Loss Centre, many patients arrive feeling as though they’ve “tried everything” without lasting results. They may have put effort into diets, exercise plans, or even weight loss medications, yet still feel stuck. The truth is, effective and sustainable weight management is rarely about one strategy alone. That’s why a multidisciplinary, […]
Life After Surgery
By Alita Cobb Bariatric patient & co-host of bariatric podcast Bari Banter. You’re a few years post bariatric surgery, you have hit your goal weight and settled into life with a gastric sleeve/ bypass, what now? By now the chauffeur has well and truly gotten out of the driver’s seat and you are in full […]
Pregnancy and Bariatric Surgery
By Kishani Turner Bariatric Dietitian Obesity is associated with reduced fertility and conception can be difficult with oligoovulation (irregular/ infrequent ovulation resulting in 8 or less periods a year) or anovulation (absence of ovulation) common in PCOS. Some people undertake bariatric surgery to assist fertility and /or increase the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy. Rapid […]
Dumping Syndrome
Dumping syndrome is a condition that can develop after weight loss surgery. Also called rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome occurs when food, especially sugar, moves from your stomach into your small bowel too quickly. Most people with dumping syndrome develop signs and symptoms, such as abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness and flushing, 10 to 30 minutes after […]
What is the Place of Revisional Surgery for Bariatric Patients?
By Dr Ian Baxter In the next few years there is no doubt that revisional bariatric surgery will become a large component of bariatric surgical practice. We have been doing Lap Band surgery for 20 years and Lap Sleeve surgery for 10 years. Certainly with thousands of sleeve patient’s out there, over the next 5 […]
Make the Move to Mindfulness
By Kishani Turner BARIATRIC DIETITIAN For most it is long journey to the point of considering or undertaking bariatric surgery. Many feel like they have failed having exhausted every diet or weight loss measure. Others have given up exhausted by monitoring their weight, intake & exercise, let alone the plethora of confusing information. If only […]
#iamabariatricpatient
Bariatric surgery has a wide spread perception by many of being “The easy way out”. This could not be more incorrect. Bariatric surgery is an irreversible lifelong decision, affecting the patient immensely both pre and post-surgery. There is nothing “easy” about having this operation and we want to help make the world aware of this. […]
The What, Why and How of the VLED Pre Surgery Diet
By Sally-Anne Livock Bariatric Dietitian It’s common practice to use a very low energy diet (VLED) in preparation for bariatric surgery. WHAT is a VLED? A VLED is a diet that provides a reduced energy intake (usually around 3350kj) along with a reduced carbohydrate intake (usually ranging 50-100g of carbohydrate daily). Traditionally, meal replacement shakes […]
Weight Regain after Bariatric Surgery
By Sally-Anne Livock Bariatric Dietitian What is the expected weight loss for a patient in the first year of surgery? The total percentage of weight loss will vary for each patient, and there is no set number which we work on for how much you should lose in the first year. Our statistics show that […]
Reading Labels after Weight Loss Surgery
After Bariatric surgery the quality of your food is important as the quantity is so small. We encourage you to use unprocessed natural foods as much as possible, limiting artificially sweetened and diet foods. It is also important to make choices low in both sugars and fats so as to avoid any possible Dumping Syndrome. […]