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Bariatric Eating: Gastric Bypass and Weight-Loss Surgery (WLS) Support
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Bariatric Eating: We're More Than Just a Facebook Group
We've got the real life tools and experience that you can use to get over the mountain you face. We've been helping post ops for over 20 years and we...
A Tale of Two Suppers
One of the most common issues we hear about is late night food cravings and an inability to stay on track. We know why but the reason escapes a lot...
Let's Go to Safeway - How to Shop
How can folks who have lived a lifetime with morbid obesity be expected to suddenly KNOW what they need to buy at the grocery store? Let's go to Safeway with...
Clear Liquids - First Post-op Eating Stage
Clear liquids means what it says, liquids that are clear, liquids that transmit light. No fooling around with this one, its important.
10 Tips for Drinking All that Water after Bariatric Surgery... glug glug glug.
Water is more important than you realize. Fact. We sit through patient aftercare classes, some quite extensive and just nod about the drinking water part. It's just water... Right? Wrong....
SOFT FOODS? Are they important for real?
The term Soft Food is a medical term, meaning you are able to mash a food into the consistency of APPLESAUCE using only a fork. Not a lot of wiggle room...
FAQ: When can I have coffee? Anyone else told no coffee?
When can I have coffee? Anyone else told no coffee?
FAQ: I'm 'released' to eat Puree after my Bariatric Surgery, what can I have?
I just had my first post op check up and they released me to eat Pureés, what about scrambled eggs?
What the Heck Do I Eat? Early Purees to Soft Foods that work!
Everyone wants to smack the Low Carb Tortillas from our hand but no one says what we CAN eat. Here is the list.
Transitioning from Early Soft Stages to 'Real Food'
This is not a diet with a beginning and end - this is your whole new life!
Full Liquids - Your First Baby Steps with Food
The goal in this phase is to introduce a few calories into your diet and ready your surgically altered stomach and intestines for food. Doctors vary in their requirements for...