Gastric Lap Band Diet
|
|||||||||||
There's a lot you need to know about the lap band diet! Trust me...
...I'm a bariatric dietitian and I specialize in the diet for lap band surgery.
I'll tell you everything you want to know...and maybe some things you don't want to know...about the diet for lap band. Let's get started!
| Pre-op Lap Band Diet: | |
| Diet After Lap Band Surgery: | |
|
| Portion Control Plates and Bowls What to do if you STOP losing weight
|
I like to talk about the diet for lap band 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)
Your surgeon may or may not have you follow a pre surgical diet for lap band. It's not necessarily required, but many surgeons recommend it. Get the lowdown on what (and why) you'll have to eat a certain way before gastric banding surgery. Note: The weeks before lap band surgery are the weeks to do your BEST eating, not your worst!
Protein Shakes on the Pre Bariatric Surgery Diet
Find out why bariatric protein shakes are recommended in the weeks before lap band surgery and get used to the notion of drinking them as part of your long term bariatric eating plan.
Pre Surgery Bariatric Vitamins
Preparing for the gastric banding procedure means getting yourself into the best nutritional shape possible. Find out which vitamins you may need to supplement your diet with.
Post-Op Lap Band Surgery Diet Progression
Find out how you'll eat in the days and weeks immediately following your stomach banding surgery. It will take time for your new stomach to heal. Eating the proper foods and progressing your diet slowly will help the healing process. The lap band post op diet involves progressing from liquids to mushy foods as you work your way back to eating solids.
WHAT to Eat on the Lap Band Surgery Diet
Get my professional advice about the types of food and the proportions in which to eat them on the lifelong post lap band diet.
HOW to Eat on the Post Lap Band Diet
How quickly you eat, how thoroughly you chew, etc., are just as important as what you eat on the post lap band surgery diet. I'll share my professional insider tips and tricks and suggest the right tools to help you eat the way you should!
Gastric Band Diet Restrictions
Find out which foods and beverages to avoid/limit on the diet after lap band.
Suggested Pantry List for Diet After Lap Band Surgery
Following your lap band diet is easy when you have the right foods on hand. See my suggested list of foods to keep around.
Protein is an essential component of the diet for lap band. You can't eat right if you don't keep the right foods around...so make sure you always keep a good supply of these protein sources around.
Find out how to mix your own high protein shakes on the diet for lap band and get my recommendations on the best tasting brands of protein powder.
Lap Band Diet Protein Shake Recipes
These recipes will help you look FORWARD to drinking your protein shakes!
Bariatric shakes are an important part of your diet after lap band because they help you boost protein intake easily. If you don't like to mix your own high protein shakes, select from this list of recommended ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes.
Sample Menu Suggestions for the Diet After Lap Band
Get ideas about what to eat and what a balanced daily intake should consist of on the lap band diet.
See this list of recommended foods that are specifically made for use with the diet for lap band.
Gastric band diet friendly recipes are posted here weekly. Be sure to bookmark the page and check back every week for ideas and inspiration.
Submit Your Own Bariatric 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!
The 10 Commandments of Bariatric Eating
Follow these lap band surgery diet rules like they're the law!
A reminder why solid foods are better choices than soft and mushy foods on your diet after lap band.
Simplified Bariatric Eating Guidelines
All you really need to know about the diet for lap band, you learned in kindergarten! Brush up on those lessons mom taught you way back when.
Lap Band Post Op Portion Sizes
Use my professional portioning tips and tricks including my list of common objects to help you eyeball the right serving sizes.
How to Avoid Hunger After Stomach Banding
Find out how to avoid hunger on the diet after lap band using these simple gastric band diet eating strategies.
Diet After Lap Band: To Snack or Not to Snack?
Find out the answer to this often confusing question.
Life After Lap Band Surgery: What if I STOP Losing Weight?!
You'll want to read this!
Nutrient deficiencies are easier to prevent than to correct. Find out which vitamin supplements may be necessary on the post lap band surgery diet.
Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Journal
Successful "losers" journal. Find out the many uses of a gastric lap band food journal. See the lap band journal I personally designed for you!
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!
Go to Lap Band Surgery Site's Home Page
