subject: Diet For Gastric Bypass [print this page] If you are planning on having gastric bypass surgery, you will want to familiarize yourself with the diet for gastric bypass surgery. For many gastric bypass patients, being educated on the post bariatric food plan will be part of your pre surgery preparation. Most insurance companies require you to undergo a 3 month waiting period where you are educated on what your life will be like leading up to the surgery and after you have had your surgery.
Eating immediately following your surgery will be quite different than anything you are used to. For the first two weeks, you will eat one of three things; pureed, strained food, baby food or protein shakes. It is quite boring, but it will be over before you know it. It is important that you eat slowly.
It is necessary to consume 60 grams of protein and 32 ounces of water daily. This doesn't sound like much, but you will spend a lot of time eating and will not actually take in many calories. Those first 2 weeks your meals will be about an eighth to a quarter of a cup of food. You will need to try to eat 5-6 times per day. You will want to take care not to over eat. If you do, you will either vomit or be in severe pain.
You should stop drinking at least a half hour before you eat and you should wait the same amount of time before you drink after a meal. Drinking while you are eating can cause severe pain. It is hard to explain why this happens, but having experienced it, I can tell you the pain can be excruciating. This is one rule a rarely break even 3 years later. I may take a few sips, but in the first six months following surgery, I wouldn't even consider it.
Your first two weeks should be nothing but liquid. Then you will slowly begin to introduce soft foods into your diet and it is very important to chew your food thoroughly. Meats will be the last thing you will add to your diet and that will happen at about two months.
Sugar, carbs and fats will likely give you the most problems in the upcoming years. Some people will have no problems at all and others will have discomfort, among other symptoms. Gastric bypass surgery can give you a new chance for a healthy life, but sustaining the weight loss will be up to you. If you follow a diet for gastric bypass and do as you have been instructed, you will be well on your way to a new, healthy life.
by: Marjorie Salada
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