Recently we’ve seen a new phenomenon. More and more people that I come across with are opting for a weight loss surgery. When I say weight loss surgeries, I’m talking in the collection because there are different type of weight loss surgeries. Although the end goal for all surgeries is very similar same, the method…
One of the many questions I always gets asked is; “Why did you go through a gastric bypass surgery?” There are many answers for this question, but the main one is simple. I WANT TO LIVE!
A question which many people ask us and we always try our best to explain is this; How many calories should I eat after a Gastric Bypass? To answer this first I need to explain briefly once again what does the bypass really do. In a nut-shell, the gastric bypass procedure is a common way…
Let’s talk about… food after weight-loss surgery For those of you who haven’t seen our previous posts yet, my husband Alan and I both got a Gastric Bypass done at Irmet Hospital in Turkey. I get a lot of questions about what our food intake looks like now and immediately after surgery, so below I’m…
If you haven’t read part 1 yet, click on THIS link first. It’s been three and a half months since my husband Alan and I flew out to Istanbul on a cold January morning for our Gastric Bypasses. It’s been exactly 106 days since the day of both our surgeries, and how are we doing?…
Today’s subject is quite a touchy one. I’m going to be mentioning a few cases that happened to me personally throughout my life where I was fat-shamed, picked on or else discriminated against because of my size. This blog isn’t written so that people feel sorry for me, trust me I’m a very strong person…
“You’ve gained a bit of weight haven’t you?” “If you want to live to grow old, you need to lose weight now while you’re still young.” “You take after your [insert relative/ancestor’s name here], she was also overweight.” “Why don’t you follow this diet, I’ve lost the 8kg I had gained with it.”“Speak to [insert…
So for those that don’t know exactly how the female body works, let’s start with a quick physiology lesson so we’re all on the same page about our reproduction organs. The ovaries are each connected to the uterus by a fallopian tube and during typical ovulation, one of the ovaries releases a mature egg that…
Just a few days ago another woman was murdered. We might know about the horrific ending of Sarah Everard’s life because she was raped and murdered in London, yet this is is not something that has never happened before. Every few months we hear about a similar case, we get shocked, we might even weep,…
No matter how one looks at it, Partit Nazzjonalista are at crossroads. No, this is not another article that emphasises the point that PN must change their leader. That is obvious enough. Changing the leader is just the beginning. What the party needs is to reinvent itself. Failure to do so, PN will die a…