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Month: July 2025

Sunette’s story
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Sunette’s story

ByBambine Rogers July 14, 2025July 15, 2025

It’s been 7 years since my life took a drastic turn. I had Bariatric surgery. At my heaviest I was about 122kg. It was affecting my life. I had no energy, found it difficult to play on the floor with my grandbabies and walking was a huge problem. I think my success is hugely due…

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Minienke’s story

ByBambine Rogers July 14, 2025July 15, 2025

1 Sept 2021 Dr Swanepoel and his team performed my bariatric surgery. Fast forward to today, 4 years later, I have lost a total of 82kg. Believe it not, that is the smallest win of this journey. My entire life has changed. In fact, my life feels like it only started now. The non-scale victories…

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Key Lifestyle Changes with Weight Loss Surgery

Some of the most important lifestyle changes to adapt to after weight loss surgery include:

* Slowly increasing physical activity
* Assessing and logging in daily food intake
* Undergoing counseling to adapt to the changing body image
* Eliminating social situations that promote overeating
* Tackling any emotional issues that triggered overeating with a therapist
* Making time to prepare special foods and meals to complement a healthier lifestyle

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    • Sunette’s Story
    • Rhine Barnes
    • Sandi Loggenberg
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    • Ronel Cilliers
    • Simone Sowade
    • Gerrit van Zyl
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