Developing New Habits After Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is a huge life event that is meant to give you a new chance for getting healthy and living a longer life with much better quality. But what happens after surgery? What steps can you take to make sure that you support your own success? Weight loss surgery is only a tool to help you lose weight; without your participation, there is no guarantee that the surgery will allow you to be successful in losing weight and getting healthy. Taking control of your life starts with making important decisions about what it is you want now and what you want for your health in the future.

Any weight loss surgeon will tell you that being successful with weight loss surgery ultimately depends on establishing healthy new habits following your procedure. These new habits can dramatically impact the way that you are able to continue to lose the weight and ultimately keep it off for a longer, healthier life.

The new, healthy habits that you should incorporate into your life following your surgery include:

Eating high protein, low fat foods. Immediately following your surgery, your doctor will work with you to direct you in a post-surgery appropriate diet. But long after that time is over, it’s still important to eat a diet that is line with your new lifestyle. A high protein, low fat diet is best.

Eating smaller amounts. You’ll find that smaller portions will make you feel more comfortable and satisfied.

Avoiding fat and sugar. The amount of food that you can eat is limited after surgery. It’s important not to waste that limited space on food high in sugar and low in nutrition. Additionally, eating foods high in fat fills up the stomach and can cause a host of side effects including acid reflux and stomach pain.

Avoiding fiber. Foods that are high in fiber - including raw vegetables - are bulky and can cause food to get "stuck."

With healthier habits in place, you can begin a new life with a healthier, happier you.

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One of the most experienced weight loss surgeons in the country – Dr. Nick Nicholson – along with a full staff of surgeons, nurses and other experienced clinicians, help patients reverse obesity with LAP-BAND, Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Revisions.

Dr. Nicholson knows that you are unique. So he and his staff only perform specialized, custom-tailored weight loss solutions that put you, the patient, first. Becoming thoroughly acquainted with the various options, Lap Band, Gastric Bypass, Gastric