Are you (or were you) an emotional eater before bariatric surgery? You weren't alone...many people turn to food when undergoing tough times, a crazy week, stressful situations or emotional times. Food has a bizarre way of making us feel better whilst not fixing the situation (and I don't mean carrot sticks and celery, rather is often the not so healthy stuff...). I don't know about you but somehow when emotional or stressed, digging into a big bowl of Nutella doused vanilla ice cream loaded with nuts somehow feels comforting (well at least at the time)... After surgery, turning to food isn't usually a viable option anymore and some people can really feel this loss. I've seen many patients in clinic who feel...
Bliss balls make a delicious healthy snack. There's many versions, this version has added protein powder to make these a higher protein bliss ball. It also has chia seeds for added fibre and calcium. Each ball has around 8-10g protein. We've used 2 of the protein powders on our store to make these balls, you can buy them individually or as a pack and save, they are: Cyborg BCAA Enhanced WPI 100% Whey Protein Isolate Boomers Whey Protein Isolate 2 Pack: Cyborg + Boomers Makes about 25 balls Ingredients 2 cups dates (I used 1 cup Medjool and 1 cup dried dates) 1¼ cups raw nuts of choice (I used a mix of almonds, walnuts, pecans) 2½ scoops Chocolate protein powder...
Have you ever gotten on the scales after being so good during the week and it hasn't moved or worse, it's gone up? It happens to everyone and while it can be disappointing, it's completely normal to have weeks there that nothing happens so expect it once in a while. When it happens, rather than dwell on the disappointment, focus on your other goals and working on your nutrition and exercise routine. What other goals I hear you say...? It's important to have several goals after surgery. In fact the more the merrier! I've had patients tell me that they start a big goal list and tick things off as they go throughout their whole weight loss journey, that way...
Looking for a healthy snack idea that will help you boost your protein and fibre intake? Try these chocolate fudge brownie bites with added protein and fibre. The protein is boosted using the Cyborg BCAA WPI whey protein powder as this has 30g protein per scoop. You can purchase this on our shop by clicking here: Cyborg protein. Fibre is boosted using chia seeds, psyllium husks, dates and banana. Makes 30 bites (have 1-2 as a snack) Ingredients ¾ cup oat flour (traditional oats processed in a food processor to a powder) ½ cup almonds (ground into meal in food processor) ½ cup walnuts (ground into meal in food processor) 3 scoops Cyborg BCAA Enhanced WPI 100% Whey Protein Isolate Chocolate...
