How do we change our behaviour? Leading up to surgery we come to accept that we’re going to have to “do life differently” and exchange some of our old habits for new ones—but the “doing” part can often be tricky. Old habits for new ones Join Steph and Tania, our new resident Clinical Psychologist, and […]
Welcome Tania Coates, Our New Psychologist
Specialising in eating disorders and issues… Mercy Bariatrics is delighted to welcome Psychologist Tania Coates to our team. Tania assists people with a range of psychological concerns and has a special interest in eating disorders and eating issues. Tania is available for consultations on alternate Fridays afternoons commencing Friday 19th May. Bookings now being taken […]
April Support Group – Break The Grazing Habit
In The Habit Of Grazing? Let’s Break It. In the early days after Bariatric Surgery it is normal to eat several small meals a day to fulfill your nutritional needs. However, for some people healthy snacking can gradually evolve into grazing and slow your weight loss progress, or at worst lead to weight regain. At […]
March Support Group – Shopping Tour
Shop With Confidence About Your Health. Confused by the range of food choices available in our supermarkets and which products are the best for you? It is not always easy to know which products to choose and even knowing what to look for on the nutritional food panels can be difficult at times to say […]
February Support Group – Weight Loss Maintenance
Weight Loss Maintenance Enables You To Keep Your Desired Weight. All weight loss surgery patients are used to hearing that surgery is just a tool to reach their weight loss goals. Sometimes that doesn’t sink in until a couple of years after surgery and a few extra pounds have started to creep back on or […]
January Support Group – Overcoming Emotional & Behavioural Obstacles to Weight Loss
The Choices We Make Every Day Happy New Year and let’s hope it’s a great one for all of you! In order to make it a great one, weight loss and weight maintenance wise, it helps to understand what influences the choices we make everyday as we all struggle with this at some point in […]
Braving Christmas after Bariatric Surgery
What comes to mind when you think of Christmas? You won’t be alone if you say something along the lines of too much pavlova/too much Christmas cake/too much [insert favourite food here!], as it is an occasion that society has led us strongly to associate with food. Have your feelings about Christmas changed since you […]
Struggling With Your Gastric Band? – TV ad
A recent TV ad to highlight there are thousands of people with gastric bands in Australia and some are struggling. If your gastric band is causing problems, please contact your GP or call us. Video Transcription Around Australia there are thousands of patients with gastric bands. If you are struggling with your gastric band, don’t […]
Struggling With Obesity? – TV ad
A recent TV ad to encourage those struggling with obesity to contact their GP or call us. Video Transcription Sometimes life can start to feel too hard, too pressured, too sweet, too loud or maybe too quiet. If your obesity is weighing you down, speak to your doctor or see us at Mercy Bariatrics Obesity […]
November Support Group – Are You Ready For Christmas?
Surviving The Silly Season Many patients feel a sense of loss or a fear of missing out after weight loss surgery and never more so than at Christmas, which tends to revolve around food. At our November Support Group meeting we’ll give you tips, ideas and recipes to make sure that you survive the silly […]
