Eating Stages for the First Few Months after Weight Loss Surgery

The stages of a bariatric diet in the first months after weight loss surgery may vary, depending on your surgeon, and the length of time you follow each food stage also varies, depending on the type of [more…]

Understanding and Avoiding Dumping Syndrome after Weight Loss Surgery

Dumping syndrome is a condition that may happen to you if you've had gastric bypass surgery. It's extremely unpleasant, but you can avoid it if you stick to the recommended post-surgery diet. [more…]

Tips for Eating and Drinking after Weight Loss Surgery

The way you eat and drink changes after you have weight loss surgery. The following tips help you to be healthy, successfully lose weight, and maintain weight loss after bariatric surgery: [more…]

Visualizing Post-Weight Loss Surgery Portion Sizes

Your portion sizes will need to decrease after your weight loss surgery. You won't always have a food scale or measuring cups handy, though. This guide helps you visualize appropriate portion sizes, so [more…]

Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Weight loss surgery can be an invaluable tool for losing weight and becoming healthier, but you have to use the tool correctly for success. When recovering from weight loss surgery, it's important to follow [more…]

Post-Weight Loss Surgery Possibility: Cosmetic Surgery

Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and after working hard to lose so much weight, you may be discouraged to find that your skin drapes down in unattractive folds or looks damaged with stretch [more…]

Types of Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is just a broad category for several different weight loss procedures. Here are some basic descriptions of the most common weight loss surgeries: [more…]

The Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is not for everyone, but it does offer many benefits. Losing a significant amount of weight — and keeping it off — can impact numerous medical and physical aspects of your life. Here’s [more…]

Weight Loss Surgery and Insurance

So, you’ve decided to go ahead with weight loss surgery. One of your first steps should be to check your insurance policy to make sure you’re covered for the procedure you want to undergo. You can do this [more…]

Squelching Myths about Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is in the news almost daily. You may hear everything from glowing reports of saved lives to horror stories about surgeries gone wrong. No doubt you know people who have had the surgery [more…]

Starting Out Slowly: Clear Liquids after Weight Loss Surgery

Immediately after your weight loss surgery, on the day of the surgery itself, you may not be allowed to have anything to drink, and you definitely won't be allowed to have anything to eat. Your surgeon [more…]

Finding a Weight Loss Surgeon

You’ve decided to have weight loss surgery — or at the very least, look into it further. Finding a surgeon is one of the most important steps in this process. Here are some ways to find a reputable weight [more…]

Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for Me?

So, you want to explore the option of weight loss surgery. You’ve tried diets in the past and regained all the weight you lost. This type of yo-yo dieting is common — you’re not alone. Here are some ways [more…]

Recognizing the Pros and Cons of Roux-en-Y Weight Loss Surgery

Roux-en-Y (often abbreviated RNY, and pronounced roo-en-why) gastric bypass surgery is known as the gold standard of weight loss surgeries. Approximately 80 percent of all surgeries performed in the United [more…]

Seeking Insurance Approval for Your Weight Loss Surgery

One of the happier moments in your weight loss surgery journey is when you get the seal of approval from your insurance company.

Most insurance companies realize the long-term effects and cost savings associated [more…]