NUT visits

[Michelle920 66]

How often does everyone see their NUT? Do you have regular appointments? And what would prompt you to make an appointment to see him/her? I'm two weeks out today and am doing very well. I wasn't losing much weight until I got on track with my Water, and walked, more than just my dog. I like my NUT a lot but I feel like she has a one size fits all approach (I could be wrong; I only saw her at my pre-op appointment with her, and the pre-op class.) It seems like a lot of you have a more personalized relationship with yours. Maybe once I'm farther along I'll need to see her more? I only pay a $20 office visit copay to see her, so finding a new one would be expensive. TIA for your help.

[anaxila 501]

I saw my nutritionist more than everyone else in the office combined. They take a team approach, so you can see any one of them for your mandatory 6-month supervised weight loss thing, and for whatever reason I picked her. She tried every trick in her book to get me on track, but it never really stuck. I knew she was making sense and knew what she was talking about, but it didn't change my behavior. She was a nice enough person and very earnest, but I just wasn't ready to hear any of what she was laying out there. I didn't lose a single pound during that process, until the last 2 weeks before surgery when I suddenly managed to squeak out the expected 5% reduction for liver-shrinkage.

Immediately pre- and post-surgery, I would just schedule appointments when I felt like I needed it. When I was about to go on my first business trip or first vacation post-surgery, I'd schedule a session and just talk about how to navigate those situations. And when I transitioned from one food phase to another, I'd schedule an appointment to talk about what was OK / not OK on the new plan.

At the end of the day, I must have been taking in what she was saying on some level, because the more time passes the more I'm following the instructions she gave me more than a year ago. I'm almost six months post-surgery and haven't seen her for three months and don't have any appointments planned, but I still feel like she set me up for success even when I wasn't really taking any action yet.

[Djmohr 6,965]

My team has a specific requirement for each expert. I see both the nutritionist and my favorite Bariatric nurse who happened to have bypass herself.

I of course saw my nut once per month during the pre op phase and then once each time the diet phase changed until I was cleared for normal food. So I saw her after week 1 post op where they changed me from Clear liquids to full liquids, then again a week later when I went from full liquids to puréed, the again when I went from puréed to soft foods. I stayed on soft foods for a month then saw her again when she cleared me for regular foods.

Then it has moved to 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year.

You do build a good repor with them. I love my nut, she has taught me a ton about how my new system works and it really helped me stay the course. I have lost 110lbs in 8 months and have 35 to go.