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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.

FAQ: Is it okay for me to have wine?

FAQ: Is it okay for me to have wine?

Most doctors say okay for you to have wine IF you are at least one year post op.

Take Back Thanksgiving!

Take Back Thanksgiving!

This year let's make Thanksgiving about the day and the people and not buy in to believing that our worth is tied to a bowl of brown sugar and marshmallow sweet potatoes that we *must* make.

Post-op Drinking. Should we? Tis the Season for Parties.

Post-op Drinking. Should we? Tis the Season for Parties.

It is important that we have an open and honest discussion of holiday drinking so we not only know what to expect, but can handle ourselves like ladies and gentlemen and remain safe. 
Gastric Bypass Surgery Causes Alcoholism! Really? Nope. It Grabs Attention Though.

Gastric Bypass Surgery Causes Alcoholism! Really? Nope. It Grabs Attention Though.

Bariatric surgery doesn't necessarily cause alcoholism, the procedure just happens to be performed on a population that carries a lot of emotional baggage

Bariatric Recipes Advice, Rants & Support Podcast: Real Talk