My Weight Loss Story
Before weight loss surgery my life was consumed with obsessing over losing weight, punishing myself with hateful self-talk, numbing myself with food, and experiencing constant anxiety. I suffered from severe underrating as a teenager, and later after a miscarriage turned to binge eating to cope with my postnatal depression. My weight then yo-yo-ed, increasing after every diet I tried. I decided to have gastric sleeve surgery after finding a tumor in my thyroid when my second baby was just 8 weeks old. Thankfully the tumor was benign but it gave me a health scare I could not step back from. I knew the physical restriction of a tiny tummy would cause me to lose weight regardless of the lifestyle I was living but that long term it was my mental health and nutrition knowledge which would see me succeed or fail. So, I invested in life coaching and self-development and I studied nutrition, educating myself on sustainable weight loss, reverse dieting and long-term weight maintenance strategies. Now I am the healthiest and happiest I have ever been, and my decision to have bariatric surgery is one of the best moments of my life.
Words of Wisdom
Make small, sustainable changes to your lifestyle, these compound to permeant lifestyle and habit changes. Educate yourself on nutrition from the right sources to be able to reach your weight goal and maintain it.
What does success in bariatrics mean to you?
Success to me is not just losing weight, it’s a lifestyle change, a habit change, feeling confident, not worrying about food, and an increase in self-worth and overall happiness.
Favorite NSV:
My favourite non-scale victory is being able to be active with my kids - skiing, snorkelling, hiking, horse riding, going to theme parks, etc. all activities I would have skipped.
