Wellness
Exercise as a Stress Reliever
Exercise can be used as a stress reliever in many ways. From improving self-confidence to helping you sleep better at night; exercise is a beneficial way to help control and reduce stress. Read below what benefits can come when including exercise into your daily...
Hair Loss After Weight Loss Surgery
By: Jennifer Davis, RD, LD One of the most common questions we get during a new patient surgery consult is, “how can I prevent losing my hair after surgery?”. Hair loss is quite common after weight-loss surgery and can range from an increase in hair shedding to...
Foods to replace during diet visits BEFORE surgery and 6 weeks + post-surgery
So you just had your consultation with us and came away with handouts, samples and a whole bunch of new information about the surgery. If you have diet visits to meet insurance requirements, we counsel you on how to change your diet now to prepare you for changes...
Vitamins: Importance Before and After Surgery
By: Jennifer Davis, RD, LD Weight loss surgery is not only about the number on the scale or how many clothes sizes you have shrunk down. We often forget the most important benefit of weight loss surgery: your overall health and wellness. The quality of your diet...
How to use Unflavored protein powder in recipes
Meeting your daily protein goal every day can be very time consuming and can lead you to drinking your protein more than the body prefers. Sometimes protein goals are very high…too high to reach with just food especially in those early months post-surgery. Our...
Nutrition and Exercise: 2-5 Years Post Bariatric Surgery
By: Jennifer Davis and Jessi Treadaway Immediately after surgery, you know exactly what to do with your nutrition and exercise as there a clearly defined rules of what you should or shouldn’t do. Food choices and portions are still extremely limited, nutrition...
When Should I See My Doctor?
The most critical timeframe for complications related bariatric surgery occurs within the first 72hrs up to 6 weeks post-surgery. Symptoms of concern include: Fever over 101 degrees Fahrenheit Symptomatic low blood pressure Heart rate greater than 120bpm (or 40...
Lactose intolerance symptoms and approved alternative proteins
Dairy is one of the main protein sources recommended when switching to a high protein diet. It is, like meat, one of the most bioavailable proteins for human bodies. We are also the only mammal that consumes another mammal’s milk! Lactose is found in mostly all...
Junk Food Replacements
Even after you feel like you’ve mastered this whole new way of eating after bariatric surgery, those old food cravings can creep back up every now and then. It is important for long-term weight management to keep junk food to a minimum. These foods do not keep you...
Importance of Hydration
Are you feeling fatigued? Have frequent headaches? Are you still struggling with weight fluctuation? Feeling bloated? These are just a few of the symptoms of dehydration. Our bodies are made up of 60-70% water that must be replenished every day with oral...
Physiological changes after bariatric surgery
Hunger after surgery I often hear at postoperative appointments after surgery, “I only eat like once a day, I’m not hungry, so I just don’t eat.” This is not a desirable or sustainable practice. We want you eating healthy, high protein, nutrient dense foods, in...
Emotional changes after WLS
The excitement and anticipation of weight loss can often overpower the reality of lifestyle changes that occur after weight loss surgery. This can be very impactful on the patient’s life and their loved ones. Mild depression, anxiety and suicidal...