I am an eight months post op gastric sleeve patient in the UK.

I have had every complication going and unfortunately, have had limited support from my NHS bariatric team.

So I have been learned alone how to manage my post op care, Vitamins and diet.

Someone here recommended Dr Weiner's youtube videos so I watched every one of them.

His advice has been fantastic. The video explaining how and why we lose so much weight in the initial post op period, then hit that wall around the nine month mark, was such a revelation.

I have bought his book, a plan that he recommends to everyone who wants to lose weight, but very helpful to WLS patients.

The plan is so different than my bariatric plan but so much better.

I have to follow a low fodmap diet, plus a wls diet, so was really struggling to find a diet plan that suited me.

I live alone so don't like to cook as I have no one else to feed but this book has me excited about my next year in this process.

I have also bought a fitbit which has also been so encouraging for me. It means that I can track everything so I can keep to my diet and exercise program.

I am quite housebound with a disability so the positive information from Dr Weiner and the data that the fitbit gives me has helped so much.

Dr Weiner will do skype consultations. For people like me who are doing all of this alone without support, his videos and diet information are a God send.

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I've spent all day watching his videos. Neat guy!

One question... he recommends Beans. I am preop, and my husband has virtually banned beans from my diet due to excessive and noxious gas. I love them, but they don't love me!

Does Dr. Weiner have a recommendation about that?

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I can't eat beans because I am on a low fodmap diet.

Just leave them out.

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Have you tried beano? Maybe that will help with some of the 'side effects' lol

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Lol, hadn't thought of that! Thanks!

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A pound of cure by Dr Mathew Weiner. Amazon has it

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Thank you for the name of the book.☺

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I have his book and also watched all his videos. I am really looking forward to my metabolism being reset after surgery.

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I love dr. Weiner!!!

I have his book and also watched all his videos. I am really looking forward to my metabolism being reset after surgery.

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I found that information fascinating!

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On 1/29/2017 at 4:16 PM, hermione53 said:

I find his videos very helpful, too! I learned through him that I'm taking the wrong kind of Iron. Totally missed my surgeon's recommendation. I think I'm going to get his book!

Can you tell me which kind of iron you now take and what is the "wrong" kind? I have just started watching his videos and have already learned a lot. I am 4+ years out and everything he says really makes sense.

@funinthesun00 i was taking regular iron pills but now take the chewable Celebrate 18mg Iron + C. You've done such a great job with your weight loss! Congratulations!!!! Yahoo!

17 minutes ago, hermione53 said:

@funinthesun00 i was taking regular Iron pills but now take the chewable Celebrate 18mg Iron + C. You've done such a great job with your weight loss! Congratulations!!!! Yahoo!

Thanks for the info! I will order these. My weight loss really came easily the first 18 months-- I even got a bit too low and needed to put some weight on. I made the mistake of using that as an excuse to make poor choices in my diet and it was then hard to stop once I got back to my goal weight. I continued to gain slowly over the next couple of years, but I finally got things back under control. I went from a high of 150 in January to 126 now. I am only 5'2". Feeling great to be back in control!

39 minutes ago, hermione53 said:

@funinthesun00 i was taking regular Iron pills but now take the chewable Celebrate 18mg Iron + C. You've done such a great job with your weight loss! Congratulations!!!! Yahoo!

One more thing regarding iron. I normally take the Nature's Plus chewable iron plus vitamin C. https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Plus-Chewable-chewable-tablets/dp/B00014DAFM/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1489801568&sr=8-1&keywords=nature+plus+chewable+iron

Do you know if these are comparable to the celebrate or do you think I need to switch?

The Celebrate has 36 mg Vitamin C and 18 mg Iron so if more is better it looks like what you're taking is better. Cheaper, too. Thanks, I just added that to my Amazon cart for when I run out! :-)

Glad people are finding Dr W. I wished I could be his patient. Ran across his vids on YT a couple of years ago and borrowed his book from the library. Now that I am approved I have been viewing them again and looking at getting my own copy of the book. I like his approach and how he explains and breaks down the info.

Another informative YT channel is "7 Bites", started by two women who had WLS. It has lots of great info. Theres so much on YT - the 7 Bite channel and Dr. W.'s channel are at the top of my list.

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Yep, I have read his book (kindle unlimited available on amazon, btw) and I have to say I like his approach. It's a very, very different one when looking at what most nutritionists seem to recommend (low carb, lots of animal lean protein).

Dr. Weiner's approach reminds me a lot of Eat To Live. I like that a lot though I'm definitely no hero when it comes to following the nutritarian diet.

6 hours ago, timeless333 said:

Glad people are finding Dr W. I wished I could be his patient. Ran across his vids on YT a couple of years ago and borrowed his book from the library. Now that I am approved I have been viewing them again and looking at getting my own copy of the book. I like his approach and how he explains and breaks down the info.

Another informative YT channel is "7 Bites", started by two women who had WLS. It has lots of great info. Theres so much on YT - the 7 Bite channel and Dr. W.'s channel are at the top of my list.

If you like dr. W. You might want to try and frin dr. Duc Vuong videos. He's another one I like...similar philosophies. He has a cookbook too