The Tonic Weight Loss Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In today's podcast Harry has the pleasure of hosting Tonic Dietician Abbie. We talk about what Abbie sees as the trickiest phases for patients, how to manage them and also the history of diet and what we feel will help the patients most. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail We are delighted to welcome back Tonic Patient Sally. You may remember Sally was the first patient ever to come onto the podcast pre op. She has returned 3 months post op and she gives fantastic insight into her journey and how it is all going so far. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Today, Harry had the pleasure of hosting 2.5 year post op Tonic patient Danielle Jewell. We spoke around the ups and downs of her journey, the positive impact social media can have and also, some new interesting ideas around why diet clubs do not work for people. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Harry talks about the success of The Tonic Patient Ball and draws some parallels towards lessons that can be learnt from the evening into our nutrition, health and fitness. Tonic. Giving Back Lives 

Send us Fan Mail Today Harry goes through 3 stories he read recently that are there to take nuggets of inspiration from to aid your health journey. The two books they came from were Chicken Soup for The Soul and The Daily Stoic if anyone is interested. Enjoy Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Today Harry had the privilege of having Tonic Aftercare Psychotherapist Gareth Stubbs on the pod. Gareth and Harry speak at length around our brain, it's flaws and how to channel these to great success. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, I talk about the importance in doing. This process allows weight loss to occur, particularly in the early stages. But it is so important to realise it is all about what the weight loss provides and how we explore it rather than relying completely on the number on the scales. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail In todays podcast, Harry had the pleasure of hosting Bruna, one of our Tonic Dieticians. We discussed diet culture across the world, how it compares to our western diet and also went through certain Blue Zones in the world which are called this as they are the healthiest places on earth. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail In todays podcast, Harry and Julie are talking about their journey into the fitness and nutrition industry. What is very apparent in their different journeys is how even when seemingly go wrong, these are actually our biggest assets in how we progress in the future. Enjoy TONIC. Giving Back Live

Send us Fan Mail In today's podcast, Tonic PT Harry goes through why it is so important to sometimes prioritise number one in our busy lives. He goes through numerous reasons and tips as to why we should be thinking and prioritise our journey the very best we can. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail So excited for this trilogy podcast where I will interview Sally Pre op, 6 weeks post op and 6 months post op. In todays pod we really dig deep into the decision making behind the surgery and what 38 years of diet feels like. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Harry is joined by Lisa Stubbs, one of our dieticians at Tonic. She has many years of experience in the industry and has supported so many of our wonderful patients. In this episode we discuss the pre liver diet, the stages post and  also how to build a balanced diet for the rest of your life. Tonic. Giving Back Lives.

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety is something that effects everyone in different ways. It can particularly be apparent around diet and weight loss. In today's podcast, Harry is joined by Tonic aftercare Psychotherapist Rebecca Smith and we spoke in detail around why anxiety occurs and what is best practice so it does not restrict us in every day life. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Harry was delighted to host our newest member of the Aftercare Team Hilary Baker. Therapeutic Art is a form of therapy that uses art to enhance and better understand one’s mental and emotional well-being. It can be practised on an individual basis or as group therapy. In this podcast we introduce you to Hilary and talk about the the new weekly virtual class we are offering at Toni...

Send us Fan Mail Today Harry had the pleasure of hosting Tonic patient Marc Jones.  We was delighted to host Marc who is 2 and half years post op as we want patients to see the longer term nature of this process. Marc offers great insight with fantastic stories around his motivations and gives great advice around long term planning. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Harry had the pleasure of hosting patient Janelle Worrall who has had a fantastic approach to WLS throughout. You'll notice in the podcast how every potential hurdle Janelle approached each in a measured positive manor and on 2 or 3 occasions this helped make the difference in maximising her surgery. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail A really honest, wonderful chat with Tonic patient Michelle Preston on today's podcast. Harry and Michelle go deep into understanding PCOS and why it is such an important consideration pre and post op. We also talk about the diet culture, when other people have opinions on your weight loss and much more. Tonic. Giving Back Lives.

Send us Fan Mail A truly marvellous transformation with Tonic patient Stephanie Quintrell. Stephanie found out she had Complex Functional Neurological Disorder, a neurological condition which impacted many parts of her body from firing and is wheel chair based. Knowing she wanted to make a change to her weight, she contacted Tonic for WLS and from this we have a remarkable transformation showing w...

Send us Fan Mail Today Harry had the pleasure of interviewing Tonic patient Ben Hartley. Ben had a gastric sleeve with Tonic in Jan 2022 and through a very progressive approach in mindset, exercise and understanding the process, he has had fantastic results in weight loss,. As always, the real success comes from what the weight loss provides for our patients and we discuss at length the numerous w...

Send us Fan Mail Delighed to have Julie Webster on todays pod where we talk why this fitness game is so difficult. From All or Nothing Effect to confidence we talk about the 1000s of people we have helped but also why, even for pt's this is not always easy. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Personal Trainer Harry goes through certain aspects of the post WLS process which maybe can be looked at a bit differently. The nature of the industry is there is not always a right or wrong but its important to look at stalls, slow losers and carbs a bit differently to help progress patients further. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail Today Harry hosted patient from December 2021 Hope Ann Coates. In this episode we go through many factors of how starting a family can create a weight gain alongside how important relearning habits and diet is so important in the post op. A really big thank you to Hope for such a honest assessment of her journey and we know it will help so many. Tonic. Giving Back Lives

Send us Fan Mail today Harry had the pleasure of being joined by Tonic patient Daisy Addie. Not only has Daisy lost an incredible amount of weight but she has changed her relationships and built friendship groups within the WLS community to last a life time. So much so, she went on her hen at the weekend with these new relationships to celebrate. Tonic .Giving Back lives

Send us Fan Mail Harry had the pleasure of hosting Give Back Lives award patient Amy Harris.  Amy has been very open about her journey in social media throughout and goes through the up's and down's of her journey in a positive and detailed manor. Really great listen for all patients going through the journey or thinking about applying for the 2023 Giving Back Lives award. Tonic. Giving...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 19 of the Tonic Weight Loss podcast and we have patient Melissa Dooley. Melissa is only 3 months post op and has already seen so many benefits away from just the weight loss. From her back pain subsiding to confidence growing and being able to do things that weren't possible before the op. Its lovely to hear so many patient success stories and as we always say, the no...