Bariatric Surgery Dietitian Melbourne - Specialist Pre & Post-Op Nutrition Support.
Weight loss surgery changes two things at once: your anatomy, and your relationship with food.
Thinking About Surgery? Already on Your Journey?
Most nutrition programs only focus on the first. Our Melbourne bariatric dietitians address both. We hold SCOPE accreditation in obesity — one of fewer than 50 dietitians in Australia to have it. It means we treat weight as the complex medical condition it is, not a lifestyle problem.
What you eat after surgery matters. But so does how you think about eating. How you handle fullness you can no longer push through. What happens when old habits come back in a body that now works very differently.
We work with people at every stage — before surgery, in the early weeks after, and years down the track. We support all types of weight loss surgery: sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, single anastomosis gastric bypass, and lap band.
How We Support You.
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What happens before surgery matters as much as the surgery itself. Most people aren't told that.
We've supported hundreds of clients through bariatric surgery preparation — and the ones who invest in this stage consistently have better outcomes.
Here's what we work on with you in the lead-up to your surgery:
Hitting the pre-op weight target your surgeon has set — and understanding why it actually matters for your safety and results
Shrinking your liver through diet before surgery — a short-term, structured approach using low carb or very low calorie eating, depending on what your surgeon needs
Finding and treating any nutrient deficiencies before you go in — iron, B12, and vitamin D are commonly low in people preparing for bariatric surgery, and often missed
Preparing you for what eating after surgery will actually look and feel like — before you're in it
Addressing any complicated patterns around food — emotional eating, binge eating, or cycles of restricting and overeating — without judgement
If any of that sounds familiar, that's exactly why we're here.
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The weeks after surgery are where most preventable complications happen. They're also where clients most commonly feel like they're on their own.
We've guided hundreds of clients through bariatric surgery recovery. Here's what that support covers:
Moving through each dietary stage — fluid, purée, soft, then regular food — with practical guidance specific to your surgery and your surgeon's plan
Hitting your protein targets to protect muscle and support recovery — especially in the early weeks when eating feels hard and appetite is almost gone
Long-term supplements done right — iron, B12, calcium, vitamin D, zinc, and folate in the forms your body can actually absorb after surgery
Managing what comes up — dumping syndrome, food intolerances, nausea, reflux — and knowing what's normal versus what needs attention
Support for any complicated patterns around food that emerge or intensify after surgery — loss-of-control eating, emotional eating, grazing — without adding shame to an already hard experience
If you're post-op and feel like you're missing a map — that's what we're here for.
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Surgery is a tool. Nutrition — and a sustainable relationship with food — is what makes it work long-term.
For clients who are months or years post-op, this is often the stage where things drift. The restriction effect of surgery fades. Life gets in the way. It happens to a lot of people, and coming back for support isn't a failure - it's the smart move.
Weight maintenance support — and honest conversation if things have drifted
Checking and correcting your nutrient levels over time, because deficiencies can develop slowly and go unnoticed for years
Support for the shift that happens when surgery stops doing as much of the work — and eating starts to feel less controlled than it did in the beginning
Help reconnecting with your goals when life, stress, or old patterns have got in the way
You don't have to have it all figured out before you come back. That's what we're here for.
