What Diet To Follow After Gaining Weight Back After Bypass

[Griffen]

5 YEARS POST OP AND ONLY KEPT WEIGHT OFF 3 YEARS. WERE MAJOR COMPLICATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN MALPRACTICE SUIT AND SETTLEMENT. HOWEVER, I DID END UP BEING HOSPITALIZED 18 TIMES AND 11 SURGERIES BEFORE FINALLY HAVING PROCEDURE DONE CORRECTLY. I HAVE NOW DEVELOPED FIBROMYALGIA, PTSD, INCISIONAL HERNIAS AND SEVERE CLINICAL DEPRESSION WHICH NO PSYCHIATRIST CAN FIND MEDS SINCE NOTHING DISSOLVES IN POUCH. UPPER GI NOW SHOWS MY POUCH HAS STRETCHED TWICE ITS SIZE BUT AM NOT WILLING TO DO ANYMORE SURGERY. DIETS DON'T SEEM TO BE EFFECTIVE. I'VE COME TOO FAR TO END UP 75 OVERWEIGHT AGAIN. ANY INFPUT GREATLY APPRECIATED!

[Frang]

FIBROMYALGIA With regards to your Fibromyalgia I highly suggest you visit this discussion forum: http://tmshelp.com/ BarneySamples 47 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Naftalie]

With regards to your Fibromyalgia I highly suggest you visit this discussion forum: http://tmshelp.com/

[Hamlett]

Leorah said: 1 sassi, I also wanted to suggest that you maybe find a good nutritionist to consult, who should be liscensed and up-to-date on the latest nutritional findings, rather than just fads. For instance, though we've always known that eating less fat helps in weight loss, too many people cut out the use of good fats the body very much needs, and the lack of which lead to heart problems. Olive oil is a good example of a very healthy fat most of us would do well to get into our daily diet. Don't focus on a nutritionist who specializes in losing weight, either. Find one an MD recommends, if you can, though hopefully it will also be someone who veers more on the side of integrative medicine, knowing about both conventional and alternative aspects of nutrition. This medical professional will know all about the way heart patients need to eat, foods and supplements that address the problems of absortion, foods and nutrients that can help in depression, and your entire confluence of medical problems, as well as about the ways best for you to lost weight over the long haul.And if walking is too difficult for you at the moment, you could try water exersize, which is very effective and easier on the joints; many YMCAs have programs for water exersize. An indoor recumbant bike is another exersize strategy which many physical therapy patients also find much easier. If you live in an area with safe and pleasant bike paths, consider getting an inexpensive, used but well-refurbished bicycle this spring and see if you don't prefer riding your bike everyday when weather permits. It's a great option for sneaking in the most pleasant possible exersize, and you might even come to prefer it for some of your travel when you run errands and have short-distance trips to make rather than driving. You can fit a lot of groceries on the back of a bike. 47 months ago

[Cacey]

Rather than focusing on weight-loss now, you need to focus on heart-healthy eating and absorbtion of your food. I highly recommend following Andrew Weil, MD's guides to healthy eating, and even trying his diet.  Please see this site for discussion of his diet, and on this same page is a link to some discussion of depression, which he points out is caused by many different things.  You should register for his newsletter and forum and keep up with issues he discusses.  He is one of the best medical doctors on nutrition and many uses of food for health problems I've ever come across.   As he tries to stress, he tells patients to "eat less and exersize more."   http://www.webmd.com/diet/dr-andrew-weil-what-it-is   Dr. Weil's website:  http://www.drweil.com/   Since absortion of nutrients is a problem for you, you need to focus on things that will make all you take in, including foods and supplements, as absorbable as possible, so keep looking into that, and when you buy any supplements, check for anything they include that make them more absorbable.  For you, liquid vitamins, and sublingual vitamins that dissolve under your tongue are best.   Many, many people who have had heart surgey suffer from serious depression, and it's not yet known exactly why.  Even walking 30 minutes a day is going to help your depression   Please remember, it's much more important now that you eat very nutriciously and try to exersize regularly, for now, than do any kind of strenuous dieting.  Follow Dr. Weil's guidelines for healthy heart eating and losing weight slowly and naturally.  You've had such a hard time, you need to give yourself some tender loving care and good food and, most of all, to congratulate and appreciate yourself on being such a tough cookie and true warrior.   Good luck and keep up the good fight! Leorah 47 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[kelan]

I highly recommend following Andrew Weil, MD's guides to healthy eating, and even trying his diet.  Please see this site for discussion of his diet, and on this same page is a link to some discussion of depression, which he points out is caused by many different things.  You should register for his newsletter and forum and keep up with issues he discusses.  He is one of the best medical doctors on nutrition and many uses of food for health problems I've ever come across.   As he tries to stress, he tells patients to "eat less and exersize more."   http://www.webmd.com/diet/dr-andrew-weil-what-it-is   Dr. Weil's website:  http://www.drweil.com/   Since absortion of nutrients is a problem for you, you need to focus on things that will make all you take in, including foods and supplements, as absorbable as possible, so keep looking into that, and when you buy any supplements, check for anything they include that make them more absorbable.  For you, liquid vitamins, and sublingual vitamins that dissolve under your tongue are best.   Many, many people who have had heart surgey suffer from serious depression, and it's not yet known exactly why.  Even walking 30 minutes a day is going to help your depression   Please remember, it's much more important now that you eat very nutriciously and try to exersize regularly, for now, than do any kind of strenuous dieting.  Follow Dr. Weil's guidelines for healthy heart eating and losing weight slowly and naturally.  You've had such a hard time, you need to give yourself some tender loving care and good food and, most of all, to congratulate and appreciate yourself on being such a tough cookie and true warrior.   Good luck and keep up the good fight!

[Dixon]

sassi, I also wanted to suggest that you maybe find a good nutritionist to consult, who should be liscensed and up-to-date on the latest nutritional findings, rather than just fads. For instance, though we've always known that eating less fat helps in weight loss, too many people cut out the use of good fats the body very much needs, and the lack of which lead to heart problems. Olive oil is a good example of a very healthy fat most of us would do well to get into our daily diet. Don't focus on a nutritionist who specializes in losing weight, either. Find one an MD recommends, if you can, though hopefully it will also be someone who veers more on the side of integrative medicine, knowing about both conventional and alternative aspects of nutrition. This medical professional will know all about the way heart patients need to eat, foods and supplements that address the problems of absortion, foods and nutrients that can help in depression, and your entire confluence of medical problems, as well as about the ways best for you to lost weight over the long haul.And if walking is too difficult for you at the moment, you could try water exersize, which is very effective and easier on the joints; many YMCAs have programs for water exersize. An indoor recumbant bike is another exersize strategy which many physical therapy patients also find much easier. If you live in an area with safe and pleasant bike paths, consider getting an inexpensive, used but well-refurbished bicycle this spring and see if you don't prefer riding your bike everyday when weather permits. It's a great option for sneaking in the most pleasant possible exersize, and you might even come to prefer it for some of your travel when you run errands and have short-distance trips to make rather than driving. You can fit a lot of groceries on the back of a bike.

[Li]

Quit dieting.   First, a question that is more for you, but I'm curious to know. Did the hospital not give you instructions for how you should eat post-surgery? It's not the same as pre-surgery and if they didn't require both pre-surgical and post-surgical counseling in food management & nutrition(as well as help with the psychological factors) then shame on them.  If they did and you didn't follow those instructions, you need to ask yourself why before you try to lose the weight again.      If you think you need to "go on a diet" to lose weight, you have already set yourself up to fail. If you're willing to change what you eat, how much you eat and your relationship with food, you will set yourself up for success. It's really the only way. I tried different diets in the past(SlimFast, fruit & rice, etc.) and until I changed the above mentiong things, nothing worked. Oh, they would work temporarily, but that was it.   What worked for me:   1. Portion control. American restaurant portions are far bigger than an actual portion.  http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/portion-control-tips-----download-your-free-guide/article30302.html   this link will take you to a guide that you can print to see what a portion really is. It covers basic sizes for many foods. The other thing that will help you is to buy a food scale and use your measuring cups and spoons. Use them to measure all of your food. Once you've done that for a while, you won't need to any more. But, until you really know what a portion looks like, you need to measure, measure, measure.   2. Exercise. Get up and move. You can do almost anything for 15 minutes. Go outside, walk for 7 minutes in one direction. Turn around, walk home.(The walk home is always longer!) Can't walk outside? Walk around in your house. Go to the mall and walk. I would avoid buying any equipment at first. Then start small. Some adjustable handweights or resistance bands are good things to start with and aren't super expensive.   3. Talk to your doctor for a referral to a dietician or nutritionist who specializes in working with people who have had gastric bypass surgery.  That person can help you learn the best foods for you to eat, what supplements you may need and the portions you can have that won't stretch your pouch further.   4. Find some support. Whether it's in person or online, find a group of people with the same goals and issues.  TOPS(Take Off Pounds Sensibly), OA (Overeaters Anonymous), Weight Watchers, etc., are places to consider.  I believe that OA is free, although I cannot swear to that.  I've lost 70 pounds and I can tell you that the reason that I did it(and will continue to lose) is because of the online group that I found.  They understand, listen and encourage in a way that I found beneficial. Online websites include  sparkpeople.com and everydayhealth.com . There are others, I'm sure; those are just two that I know.   I had some nutrition advice that I was going to give, but stopped. Because of your surgery, you may have some special needs and I am not qualified to give you advice in that area.   I hope you find success with your weight loss. 

[Iustig]

Two words... Quit dieting.   First, a question that is more for you, but I'm curious to know. Did the hospital not give you instructions for how you should eat post-surgery? It's not the same as pre-surgery and if they didn't require both pre-surgical and post-surgical counseling in food management & nutrition(as well as help with the psychological factors) then shame on them.  If they did and you didn't follow those instructions, you need to ask yourself why before you try to lose the weight again.      If you think you need to "go on a diet" to lose weight, you have already set yourself up to fail. If you're willing to change what you eat, how much you eat and your relationship with food, you will set yourself up for success. It's really the only way. I tried different diets in the past(SlimFast, fruit & rice, etc.) and until I changed the above mentiong things, nothing worked. Oh, they would work temporarily, but that was it.   What worked for me:   1. Portion control. American restaurant portions are far bigger than an actual portion.  http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/portion-control-tips-----download-your-free-guide/article30302.html   this link will take you to a guide that you can print to see what a portion really is. It covers basic sizes for many foods. The other thing that will help you is to buy a food scale and use your measuring cups and spoons. Use them to measure all of your food. Once you've done that for a while, you won't need to any more. But, until you really know what a portion looks like, you need to measure, measure, measure.   2. Exercise. Get up and move. You can do almost anything for 15 minutes. Go outside, walk for 7 minutes in one direction. Turn around, walk home.(The walk home is always longer!) Can't walk outside? Walk around in your house. Go to the mall and walk. I would avoid buying any equipment at first. Then start small. Some adjustable handweights or resistance bands are good things to start with and aren't super expensive.   3. Talk to your doctor for a referral to a dietician or nutritionist who specializes in working with people who have had gastric bypass surgery.  That person can help you learn the best foods for you to eat, what supplements you may need and the portions you can have that won't stretch your pouch further.   4. Find some support. Whether it's in person or online, find a group of people with the same goals and issues.  TOPS(Take Off Pounds Sensibly), OA (Overeaters Anonymous), Weight Watchers, etc., are places to consider.  I believe that OA is free, although I cannot swear to that.  I've lost 70 pounds and I can tell you that the reason that I did it(and will continue to lose) is because of the online group that I found.  They understand, listen and encourage in a way that I found beneficial. Online websites include  sparkpeople.com and everydayhealth.com . There are others, I'm sure; those are just two that I know.   I had some nutrition advice that I was going to give, but stopped. Because of your surgery, you may have some special needs and I am not qualified to give you advice in that area.   I hope you find success with your weight loss.  Sources: www.rd.com tedibear 47 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[matyas]

Diet won't do it alone Other than eating lettuce all day, dieting won't do it. You've got to exercise. A couple of studies found that the only people who kept weight off were people who exercised an hour a day at least five days a week. If you can do any kind of exercise, this will help you lose weight and will also make you feel less depressed.  There's been some studies that have shown just visualizing yourself running may have positive effects on your depression. But certainly, if you can walk, or lift weights, that will help you in all categories.     DanZee 47 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.