There are a few things that don’t get discussed too much when it comes to navigating your diet after your bariatric surgery. One of them is: regain.

Although bariatric surgery is a large step that you can take to sustain long term weight loss, gaining weight after the surgery is still very much possible.

Regain can happen for a variety of different reasons and can be incredibly discouraging to experience. The good news is that there are steps you can take to get your weight back on track if you happen to experience regain.

Our platform and various resources here at Bariatriceating.com, are not only there to help you with your recovery, but also to help with making progress again if you experience gaining weight.

One of the ways you can get back on track is through something called the pouch reset diet. Alongside the proper foods and snacks that you can consume while on the diet, we also sell pouch reset diet tools for you to lose any additional pounds you might have put on.

About Bariatric Eating

Our platform acts as an online marketplace and community for those who need support as they go through the bariatric diet.

From hot meals and snacks to vitamins, protein drinks, and more, we have everything you need to make sure that the bariatric diet is simple and easy to navigate for you.

We understand that being given a guideline from your doctor may not be enough for you to have ample success with the diet. Sometimes, having the specifics in front of you can make all the difference, and that’s where we come in to help you.

You can shop our online selection to find bariatric-friendly foods as well as meal plans, but that’s only a snippet of what you can find on our website. We offer tips and recipes if you’re looking for new meals to try out, and we also have an entire community of experts and post-op patients so that you never go without advice or support.

With what we offer on our website, you’ll never have to worry about feeling alone in this journey. You also won’t have to worry about feeling defeated if you experience gaining weight as we have plenty of resources to get you back to losing weight again.

What Does Bariatric Surgery and the Diet Look Like?

If you happen to stumble upon this article and aren’t too familiar with bariatric surgery or the diet, allow us to give you a brief synopsis.

Bariatric surgery is a general term that is used to refer to weight-loss surgeries or procedures. These can include surgeries such as gastric bypass or gastric sleeve. The overall goal of these surgeries is to make changes to your digestive system so that you can lose weight.

The patients for this surgery are commonly those who are obese or at high risk for certain medical conditions like heart disease or high blood pressure. It is important to remember that just because you are considered overweight does not mean you will be eligible for the surgery. This will be a decision made by your healthcare provider and what they believe to be best for you.

Aside from the surgery, the other crucial part of the entire process to make sure you keep your weight down is by following the bariatric diet.

The bariatric diet is a diet that consists of a few different stages, where the liquid stage is the first. Slowly the diet progresses from liquids to pureed foods, soft foods, and eventually to solids. Once you reach the solid stage, the key is making sure that you are eating foods that are high in protein and low in carbohydrates and sugars.

Portion size is another factor that you’ll have to consider when you reach the solid stage, as you don’t want your stomach to expand after you’ve had the surgery.

What Causes Regain?

You may be wondering what causes regain after you’ve had bariatric surgery. This may be different for every person who experiences it but some causes include issues with the surgery itself or if you’ve been consuming more food than advised.

Sometimes it may be difficult to pinpoint the exact cause which makes experiencing the weight gain a lot more discouraging to come to terms with. There are many quick fixes that you can go through to help you evaluate what may be causing the weight gain.

Here are some things to think about: Are you following a plan? Are you reading the labels of your foods to check for calories, sugar, and carbohydrate levels? Are you taking your vitamins and supplements?

Those are just some of the things you may want to step back and think about as it relates to your bariatric diet. Luckily we have the proper vitamins, supplements, and nutritious foods available to help you with the areas you may be struggling with.

One good place you may want to take a look at is our Bariatric Advice & Support page. We get plenty of questions and inquiries daily about all things related to the post-operative diet, therefore we decided to put them all in one place to make searching for your answers, easier.

While evaluating your diet by thinking about what it looks like for you can be helpful for some, you may feel as though you need to take things a step further.

The pouch reset diet might be the solution you need if you’re trying to get back your confidence to lose the weight you’ve gained after surgery.

What is the Pouch Reset Diet?

Whether you’ve experienced weight gain after surgery or you’re worried that you may have stretched your pouch, this diet will help you. If none of those situations apply to you, but you’re a bariatric patient, it may be useful to know that we have the resources for you to go through this diet if needed.

As the name suggests, the pouch reset diet is a diet that works to reset your pouch if you’ve slipped up during the process.

To give you an idea of what it looks like, you can expect a pouch reset diet to replicate your immediate diet after surgery. What makes the two diets different is that the pouch reset diet only requires 48 hours while the diet directly after your surgery is a process that takes weeks to go through.

The stages of the pouch reset diet are condensed to help you get your stomach back to how it was before. As a result, you will see that your pouch still provides resistance if you choose the right foods and can start over again as you continue on with a redirected bariatric diet.

How does the Pouch Reset Diet Work?

You can expect the pouch reset diet to have similar guidelines to the diet that follows immediately after your surgery. This particular diet only requires two days for you to get back on track as your stomach has the ability to stretch and contract.

You can expect to spend the first 36 hours using Inspire Protein Drinks to create satiety and keep you full. Consume as many drinks as you need to get sugar and bad carbs out of your system - Breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, supper and before bedtime are all periods named for drinking an Inspire Protein Drink.

At the end of the second day, you are to purposefully consume a meal of chicken breast to note fullness in this solid protein meal. After 36 hours of Inspire liquids only, its difficult to consume much of the chicken. The purpose of the 48 Hour Pouch Reset is to show you that the magic is still inside you, if you choose the right foods.

Our 48-hour pouch reset is a meal plan that is designed for the pouch reset diet only. With this plan, it only takes two days for you to reset your pouch if you properly follow the guidelines laid out for you.

Now that you know your pouch still works to provide resistance and keep you in control, you may move on to the weight loss phase and The Inspire Diet.

As long as you are continuing to follow proper guidelines, the diet can be a fulfilling thing to navigate.

Product Recommendations for The Inspire Diet

The products that we sell don’t pertain exclusively to those who are on the right track on their bariatric diet. We understand that everyone’s journey may look different and that everyone may experience different levels of difficulty when it comes time to navigate it.

We have plenty of products that can be useful to those who are looking for additional support during The Inspire Diet process.

Sometimes, things are easier when they are simply written out for you. One of the tools that we offer on our website for our customers is meal plans. We have a few options for meal plans to help keep our customers satisfied, but we also have one specifically for the 48-Hour Pouch Reset as well as The Inspire Diet.

If you run into issues with gaining weight in the future, you can refer back to this meal plan. You also have the option to refer this plan to someone you may know who is struggling with weight gain after bariatric surgery too.

Some things you can expect to find on our pouch reset meal plan are the particular protein drinks for our Inspire protein shakes available on our website. We have plenty of options to choose from to ensure that you have something that you can thoroughly enjoy.

We also feature a simple meal that you can have at the very end of the reset as well as tips on how to mindfully enjoy your meals as you move beyond the brief reset diet.

14 day Inspire Diet Box

Perhaps a two-day meal plan doesn’t provide you with the amount of guidance you need. You can take a look at our Inspire Diet Box which includes Inspire protein drinks and foods, slimming jellies, a portion cup, and a starburst shaker.

This box contains the additional tools necessary to carry out your reset diet plan, but they can also be used further along the way. For instance, portion size is an important aspect of the bariatric diet so that you can properly monitor your food intake. The portion cup can be useful as you continue familiarizing yourself with what portions your body needs.

The slimming jellies can help aid the process of weight loss as well. Everything that our box includes can be useful to you in some way. At a reasonable price, you can have everything you need to make sure you are back to the place where you need to be.

Regain can be disappointing to experience, but with the tools that we have available at our online store, you won’t have to feel defeated.

Contact Us Today

At Bariatric Eating, our team looks forward to offering ample support to all of our customers. Questions are bound to arise, especially since the bariatric diet is a new journey for many.

We understand that everyone adapts to diets differently and we are experienced in giving the best advice and support that we can.

The products we sell on our website are designed specifically for bariatric post-op patients. You can expect all of our products to meet nutritional guidelines without worrying about jeopardizing the progress of your weight loss.

To formulate our products, we worked with doctors and healthcare professionals to make sure we are giving our customers high-quality products to have a successful weight loss journey. You’ll be given the right amount of nutrients that your body needs to continue functioning at its best, and you’ll also have the creativity to come up with meals tailored to your preferences.

If you have any questions you can contact us by sending us a message through our contact form. For additional customer support, we have an FAQ page where you may be able to find answers to your questions as well.

Regardless of what you need help with, our team can easily be accessed.

December 28, 2023
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