Welcome!

A big Welcome to Bennu Health Coaching where we offer personalised health coaching plans and programs to those thinking about or post Bariatric surgery. We also work with clients who are using medical interventions like Ozempic, WeGovy and Mounjaro to support their weight management journey.

Bennu was founded by me, Rob Cumiskey, as a response to what I have seen over the past few years on my weight management journey. I will share more detail about my own story over the next while but I have spent years trying to get myself to a place where my weight is under control and not causing a host of other obesity-related issues. I found myself in 2022 with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, joint issues, sleep apnoea and significant mental health challenges, all coming as a result of the disease of obesity. Over 3 years now I have clawed back my health thanks to a combination of medical interventions, first using Semaglutaide injections (Ozempic) and then Bariatric surgery in the form of a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) in Jan of this year with Prof. Helen Heneghan and her team at SVPH. 10 months later, a combination of eating the right diet, strength training and following the best medical advice from the Bariatric clinic at St.Vincent’s Private Hospital in Dublin has led to a total weight loss of almost 60kg, almost 80% of my excess weight. Going from 40% body fat to 15%, increasing my muscle mass, being able to run a 10km trail race and a reversal of the hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, joint issues, sleep apnoea and others that I was suffering from.

Pre-weight management interventions in 2022 at 155kg, and 9 months post Bariatric surgery in Sept 2024 at approx 95kg.

I feel better and more energetic than I have since my early 20s and I feel like I have gotten my life back. I now want to help others on a similar journey, and I went about a career change, starting before my surgery joining the IINH Nutrition and Health Coaching Diploma in Sept 2023 which I finished in Aug of this year. I am now certified, accredited and insured as a Nutrition and Health Coach and have specialised in Obesity with a certification in SCOPE from World Obesity. I am currently taking the Elite Fitness Academy certification in Personal Training and will be qualified in mid-December and I also expect to have completed my Level 1 Precision Nutrition certifications by early 2025.

I am hugely passionate about helping others suffering from the chronic disease of obesity, I am a big believer in the benefits of modern advancements in obesity treatment both pharmaceutical and surgical, but I know first-hand what it takes to get the most out of these interventions in terms of eating right, exercising and having a personalised plan and accountability.

If you would like to talk about how I can help you on your journey, just book a Free Discovery Call here and I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have.