Tips for Maximizing Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass, Lap Band OR REALIZE Band Surgery

By Karen Kelly, RD, New Jersey Bariatric Center

Portion Control

***Understand the importance of satiety and listen to body’s signals***

• Learn the difference between Internal Cues vs. Learned Eating Cues
  
  • Internal Cues
    
    • Eating to survive
      
    • Sweet Cravings
      

    [*]Learned Eating Cues

    • Social Eating
      
    • Mood Eating
      

  [*]Train yourself to eat only when internal cues signal you its time

Three Principles for Maintaining Satiety

• Eat enough to fill pouch with each meal
  
• Keep pouch filled longer by waiting 30 minutes to drink liquids
  
• Add a Protein to each meal
  

Adopt Good Habits

• Eat Only ( No TV, work, etc)
  
• Eat Slowly
  
• Chew Well
  
• Don’t Drink While Eating
  
• Use a Small Plate
  
• Measure Out your food ( 4-6 oz first year, 6-8 oz after 1st year)
  
• Eat Protein First
  
• No liquid Calories
  
• No Baby Foods
  
• No Blenderized Foods
  

Make Good Health Choices Everyday

• Power of Protein
  
  • Body digests it slower and it stays is system longer
    

  [*]Value of Veggies

  • Try a new veggie weekly
    

It is always great to look at the basics again. Helps to keep us on track. Thanks, bxlisa!

Sounds interesting im gonna mark this to remember after I have surgery.

thanks for the tips!! there are 2 good books out (i got them from www.amazon.com) that are about lap-band. i have them both and they are very helpful, info such as your post above and pre and post op subjects too. very helpful! i recommend them!

"lap-band for life" (a quicker read) and

"laproscopic adjustable gastric banding" (thicker book)

looks like there are others but these are the 2 i have. i have the "eating well after weight loss surgery" book too but the recipies are a little too fancy for me. tho they sound very good!