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Bariatric Eating: We're More Than Just a Facebook Group

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 can help you too!

A Tale of Two Suppers

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 of post-ops.

Let's Go to Safeway - How to Shop

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 sale flyers in hand and talk!
Clear Liquids - First Post-op Eating Stage

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.

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. Dehydration is the leading cause of hospital readmission after bariatric surgery.
SOFT FOODS? Are they important for real?

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 there but some blow way past the limits.
16 Problems to Watch For After Bariatric Surgery - Part 2

16 Problems to Watch For After Bariatric Surgery - Part 2

Part 2 of a great read! 
FAQ: When can I have coffee? Anyone else told no coffee?

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?

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!

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'

    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

    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 length of time in this food stage; some as little as a few days to as long as a month or even longer in cases. Stay with your surgeons prescribed timeline.

    Bariatric Recipes Advice, Rants & Support Podcast: Real Talk