WARNING – Explicit Medical Surgery Video
WARNING – Explicit Medical Surgery Video
A common misunderstanding of gastric bypass surgery is that the pouch causes weight loss because it is so small, the patient eats less. Although that is true for the first six months, that is not how it works. Some doctors have assumed that poor weight loss in some patients is because they aren’t really trying to lose weight. The truth is it may be because they haven’t learned how to get the “satisfied” feeling of being full to last long enough.
It’s inevitable. Anyone who has lost a large amount of weight (more than 10-15 pounds) has hit one or more weight loss plateaus. The weight loss plateau is a very annoying period of body adjustment where your body “catches up with itself” so to speak. I hit two or three of them when I lost my 38 pounds and I learned a lot from each of them. I mostly learned patience! read more…
Long term weight loss and maintenance after Gastric Bypass
This info is sort of a “user’s manual” for the stomach pouch created in the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. The guide is targeted to patients who underwent GBP more than 6 months previously, but the best results are achieved by patients who begin to live by these guidelines even before the procedure.
The first year after gastric bypass is usually very rewarding, but this time can also be confusing, frustrating and frightening. The function of the stomach pouch “tool” changes almost continuously over the first six months, and continues to change periodically over the year or so. Just when the patient feels they have begun to understand the stomach pouch/tool and how to use it, things change all over again. read more…
Understanding the function of the small gastric pouch
After surgery, it will be your responsibility for the lifestyle changes necessary to make the small gastric pouch function properly. It is thought that the pouch walls stretch with the eating of a small meal, or even the drinking of fluid. The meal volume will increase over the months. Stabilization occurs at two years, with a mean pouch size of six ounces, with a wide range of three to ten ounces. The pouch appears to not get larger after the second year. Success in weight loss and maintenance depends not only on having a small gastric pouch but even more so on how the patient makes the required lifestyle changes, uses their “pouch/tool”. and adequately exercises. read more…
Post Gastric Bypass Dietary Guidelines:
For the first two weeks after surgery, you will progress from a liquid diet (i.e. soups, unsweetened juices and skim milk) to small amounts of blenderized foods. After two weeks, you will progress to soft, well-cooked, chopped or minced foods. Finally, you will advance to small amounts of solid foods, with emphasis on healthy food choices. read more…
