Everything You Need to Know
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There's a lot you need to know about lap band surgery diet! Trust me...
...I'm a lap band dietitian and I specialize in bariatric eating.
I'll tell you everything you want to know...and maybe some things you don't want to know...about your diet for lap band. Let's get started!
I'll talk about the gastric band diet in two distinct phases:
- Lap Band "Pre-op" Diet (Pre surgical diet for lap band)
- Lap Band "Post-op" Diet (Diet after lap band surgery)
Pre-Op Diet Lap Band
- Pre-surgical diet: The weeks before lap band surgery are the weeks to do your BEST eating, not your worst.
- Pre-surgery protein shakes: Find out how to enjoy them because you'll be drinking a lot of them on your lap band diet!
- Vitamin Supplements: Preparing for the gastric banding procedure means getting yourself into the best nutritional shape possible.
- Diet progression after surgery: The lap band post op diet involves a series of stages as you work your way back to eating solid foods.
- WHAT to eat: Find out the types of food and the proportions in which to eat them on the post lap band diet.
- HOW to eat: How quickly you eat, how thoroughly you chew, etc., are just as important as what you eat on the post lap band surgery diet.
- Avoid Hunger: Find out how to avoid hunger with the stomach band using these simple gastric band diet eating strategies.
- To Snack or Not To Snack? Find the answer to this often confusing question.
- Lap Band Surgery Diet Restrictions: Foods and beverages to avoid/limit.
- The right portion sizes: Tips and tricks to help you get it right!
- Pantry List: Following your lap band diet is easy when you have the right foods on hand.
- Bariatric Foods: Foods specially made for weight loss surgery patients.
- Best protein sources: Make sure you always keep these foods on hand.
- Protein shakes: How to make your own or pick the best.
- Protein shake recipes: Look FORWARD to drinking your shakes!
- Pre-made Bariatric Shakes: Protein shakes are an important part of your gastric band diet. See this list of my favorite ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes and directions on how and when to use them.
- Post Lap Band Diet Recipes: New recipe added weekly.
- Sample Menu Suggestions: Get ideas about what to eat for an entire day.
- Vitamin Supplements: Nutrient deficiencies are easier to prevent than to correct.
- What to do if you stop losing weight: You'll want to know this!
- The 10 Commandments of Eating: Follow these rules of bariatric eating like they're the law!
- Solids vs "Mushies:" A reminder why solid foods are better choices than soft foods on your gastric band diet.
- All you really need to know about bariatric eating, you learned in kindergarten! Brush up on those lessons mom taught you way back when.
- Food Journaling: Successful "losers" journal. Find out the many uses of a gastric lap band food journal.
- Submit Your Own Recipes: If you have "tried-and-true" recipes that are appropriate for use after the gastric band operation, you can send them in to share with others on this website.
I hope you'll use my professional expertise to help you get the most out of your gastric banding procedure.
After all, your ultimate results depend largely upon how committed and motivated you are to following your new diet after lap band surgery.
A stomach band can be life changing, but you'll need to make permanent changes in the way you eat in order to achieve successful weight loss and a healthier life.
Congrats on your decision to have the gastric banding procedure performed. Enjoy your new way of eating and your "second chance" at life!
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