3 Legged Stool Analogy
Dr Georgia Rigas, our senior Bariatric Medical Practitioner has insights into weight management gleaned from being involved in the care of thousands of patients during their weight loss journey. She has a has a useful analogy for the role that bariatric surgery plays...
Support Group Meeting 15th August 2018
Our last support group meeting featured guest speaker Dr Amira Sanki who is a Sydney based plastic surgeon at Southern Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The reason we had Dr Sanki speak at our support group is because when a person loses a significant amount of weight...
After Bariatric Surgery – an analogy
Analogy - a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Bariatric surgery is often viewed by the world as a ‘quick’, ‘easy’, ‘lazy’ way to lose weight. It is viewed as a ‘one off’ operation that will fix a...
Support Group Meeting 9th of May
Bariatric surgery is a life changing event and can have a massive impact on not only your weight but your long-term health. However it isn’t a ‘quick and easy solution’; it requires a lifelong commitment to a change of diet and lifestyle. That’s why we encourage all...
What happens to fat when you lose weight?
As pioneers in weight loss surgery in Australia, our main focus is helping our patients to lose excess body weight following their surgery. Surgery isn’t sufficient on it’s own to lose weight, but our patients must commit to a life long diet/lifestyle change to...
Support Group Meeting 21st February 2018
In February we held our first Support Group Meeting of 2018 for our weight loss surgery patients. Bariatric surgery is just the beginning of a lifelong commitment to change that our patients need to make in order to return to and maintain a healthy weight. Attending...