subject: Post Bariatric Surgery Diet [print this page] The post bariatric surgery diet is the diet that you will be following for the first 8 to 12 weeks following your gastric bypass surgery. This is something that may not have even crossed your mind until a few months before your surgery date, but it is something you will have to be prepared for because the way you eat will be drastically different from what you are used to.
This diet will be very different than what you are used to, but it will not last forever and you will be back to eating foods that you enjoy and hopefully making healthy choices to maintain your weight loss. You will be on clear liquids for the first day or two and then it will be on to step 2 of the diet. It is important that the foods in this step not require chewing. You should be eating ONLY protein drinks, baby food or strained pureed foods.
You should be consuming 60 grams of protein and 32 ounces of allowed liquids each day.
This will consume a good part of your day. Because of how little you can eat at one time, it is important to eat things that have high protein gram count in a small volume. There are drinks that contain 15-20 grams in an 8 ounce serving. Drinking should be avoided within 30 minutes of a meal and this is something I still do five years later.
You can begin step 3 of the post bariatric surgery diet anytime after the second week, but proceed with caution, especially if you are recovering from a Roux-en-Y. Choose soft foods and chew it extremely well. You cannot chew too much and the food should be liquid before it is swallowed. Over time add different foods back into your diet. I found some vegetables and meats most difficult. Cut the meats into small pieces and you may need to soften them with liquid.
By the time you reach the twelfth week you should be eating many of the foods that you ate before, but some foods will not agree with you. Sugar and fat will present the biggest problems. You want to severely limit these items as much as possible. And some of them you may have to be eliminated from your diet completely. These items may cause severe pain or dumping syndrome. These people will have the easiest time maintaining their weight loss because they will be forced to eat healthy most of the time. If you are like me, you will be able to eat anything within reason.
This should be an exciting time in your life. If you use the information that is given to before the weight loss surgery and set up a strong support system with a good after care program, there is no reason why you should not continue to maintain a healthy weight and see most obesity related medical issues diminish.
by: Marjorie Salada
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