Join us for our Patient Support Group – launching on Wednesday August 3rd

One ofthe key success factors in acheiving your goals after your recent weight loss surgery is getting the support from others who are going through the same experience as you are as well as from your weight loss professionals support team – thats us! So to help you along the path we are launching a [...]

Diet Information – Hints and tips for Ramadan and fasting after Bariatric Surgery

During Ramadan it is important to continue eating your normal healthy diet. Meals should remain based on lean protein foods and free vegetables, and the addition of low Glycaemic Index (GI) carbohydrates may be useful for sustained energy release over periods of daily fasting. Even though you are fasting from sunrise to sunset, with careful [...]

Guidance for the festive season from Dr Georgia Rigas

On December 4, 2010, in Healthy Eating, Information, Recipes, Weight Loss Education, by uppergisurgery

By following a few healthy tips, you will be able to avoid the disappointment felt when you jump on the scales in January. A reasonable goal over the festive season is to make it a time to maintain your weight by being balanced with healthy eating and increasing fitness levels. Read on for more hints and a great Christmas turkey recipe…..

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Missed our Information Night? Catch some great information here in the blog post

On November 29, 2010, in Gastric Banding, Gastric Bypass, Information, Weight Loss Education, Weight Loss Surgery, by uppergisurgery

I know that for many folks they arent always able to make it along to our information evenings so to make it even easier to find out more about the benefits of weight loss surgery and the details of the available procedures we have put together some videos to share the information.

Dr Michael Talbot Chat on 60 Minutes

On November 29, 2010, in Gastric Banding, Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Weight Loss Surgery, by uppergisurgery

Back in 2007, 60 Minutes did a story on weight loss surgery and Dr Talbot then did the after program chat ad a transcription of the chat can be found here on the 60 Minutes web site.

Heres a short extract of the chat – for the full chat, please go to the 60 Minutes site.

Should you consider weight loss surgery prior to the holiday season?

On November 19, 2010, in Gastric Banding, Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Weight Loss Surgery, by uppergisurgery

In this post we’ll discuss whether or not you should have your weight loss surgery before or after the holiday season…

Gastric Banding Surgery – How It Works

On November 4, 2010, in Gastric Banding, by uppergisurgery

How does the Lap Band system work? We’ll explain it in this blog post.

Fast Facts About Gastric Banding

On November 4, 2010, in Gastric Banding, by uppergisurgery

In our first blog post, we have assembled some interesting facts about laparoscopic gastric banding.