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A weight loss surgery podcast with zero fluff and maximum truth.The Bari Chronicles brings you unfiltered conversations about WLS, obesity, GLP-1 medications, mental health, addiction, relationships, and everything the clinic doesn’t always have time to explain.Hosted by Damo…
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Forget the Scales: The Life We Got Back After Metabolic Surgery (opens the original)
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When we first considered metabolic surgery, we thought the goal was pretty obvious: lose weight. Years later, we realise the scales were only a tiny part of the story. In this episode of The Bari Chronicles, Tash and Damo go back to where their journeys began and have an open conversation about what metabolic surgery has really meant for both of them. Tash shares the trauma of her early lap band experience, why it took her years to consider surgery again, and the moment that finally made her dec
I Miss Sourdough The Foods We Lose After Metabolic Surgery (opens the original)
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It started with a confession from Damo: “I miss sourdough toast.” Since having his gastric bypass, every attempt at eating sourdough has ended the same way. His body simply says no. But what sounds like a conversation about bread quickly becomes something much bigger. In this episode of The Bari Chronicles , Damo and Tash talk about the foods we lose, rediscover and learn to eat differently after metabolic surgery. Why can one person eat bread but not sourdough? Why is steak fine for some people
Nobody Told Me: It Wasn’t My Fault (opens the original)
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Who is responsible for our obesity? Is it our parents? Genetics? The food we grew up eating? Diet culture? Trauma? Doctors? Our environment? Or is it us? In this episode of The Bari Chronicles , Damo and Tash tackle one of the most uncomfortable questions in the obesity and metabolic surgery conversation: How did I actually get here, and who is responsible? Growing up surrounded by diet culture, food rules, shame and the constant message that weight was something you simply needed to control, bo
Nobody Told Me It Would Change Everything | The Bari Chronicles – Part 2 of 4 (opens the original)
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Nobody Told Me It Would Change Everything | The Bari Chronicles – Part 2 of 4 Everyone tells you weight loss surgery will change your life. But no one really explains just how much. In Part 2 of our Nobody Told Me series, Damo and Tash share the unexpected realities that caught them completely off guard after bariatric surgery. From the shock of waking up in pain, learning to eat and drink differently, and navigating embarrassing bathroom changes, to grieving food, changing relationships, loose
Nobody Told Me I Wasn't Prepared (opens the original)
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Everyone tells you how to prepare for bariatric surgery. Follow the pre-op diet. Pack your hospital bag. Drink your protein shakes. But what if that's only preparing you for the 45-minute operation—not the life that follows? In the first episode of our four-part Nobody Told Me series, Damo and Tash look back on what they thought weight loss surgery would be like... and how wrong they were. Together they share the moments that led them to surgery, the fears they had the night before, and the real
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