Gastric Bypass Causes Hair Loss: Can It Be Avoided?
Surprisingly, hair loss is one of the reasons female pre-operative patients sit on the fence beforee deciding to have gastric bypass surgery. Obese people, particularly obese women, often have lush...
View ArticleIs A Healthy Pregnancy Possible After Gastric Bypass Surgery?
When a woman in the child bearing years undergoes gastric bypass surgery to lose weight one of the first things she will hear from the nay-sayers is that after surgery she cannot have a healthy...
View ArticlePanic After WLS: I'm Succeeding At Weight Loss: Now What?
The fear of success arises in patients when they realize a genuine change is occurring and they are moving forward with their life. To have bariatric surgery is to pursue an allusive dream that is now...
View ArticleBody Dysmorphia: Mind Games After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Maybe you've heard about body dysmorphia - it's a mental image many victims of anorexia nervosa have that tells them they look fat, even when they are emaciated. Bariatric patients can suffer from body...
View ArticleWhen A Parent Has WLS: What To Tell Our Chubby Children
We know that children are becoming obese at an alarming rate. We know fat kids become fat adults. We know that obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in this county. We know that...
View ArticleWhat Is "Back To Normal" After Gastric Bypass Surgery?
It is common for new WLS patients to ask, "How soon after surgery will I get back to normal?" This is understandable. We've spent a lifetime dieting for the short-term - the 30-day diet, the six-week...
View ArticleChildren Of Gastric Bypass Patients At Risk For Eating Disorders
As parents who've had gastric bypass we face many challenges raising a family. Perhaps an unexpected challenge is when a child develops an eating disorder that may be exacerbated by the parents dieting...
View ArticleMyth: Gastric Bypass Patients Can Never Be Nutritionally Healthy
A common claim from gastric bypass detractors is that after surgery patients can never be nutritionally healthy and they must take daily vitamin supplements just to survive.It is a mistaken notion that...
View ArticleRunning From The Fat Monster After Gastric Bypass
Many patients of gastric bypass report feeling fearful of succeeding at weight loss after a lifetime of failed diet attempts. In most cases, the fear of success subsides as a patient reaches goal...
View ArticleAfter WLS: How Much Weight Have You Lost?
I had lost nearly fifty pounds beforee anyone mentioned my weight loss. Then, all of the sudden, everybody noticed! As soon as they noticed the questions began. The most often asked: "How much weight...
View ArticleFemale Breast Reconstruction After Weight Loss Surgery
In my pre-surgical consultation for gastric bypass weight loss surgery I remember asking my surgeon "will I lose my breasts?" He assured me, yes indeed, I would lose my breasts. Nine months and 100...
View ArticleMen & Gastric Bypass Surgery: Is There A Social Stigma?
It's estimated 200,000 American's will undergo gastric bypass surgery this year. Only 15 percent, 30,000, will be men. Yet obesity statistics in this country indicate morbid obesity is not gender...
View ArticleThe Rumbly-Grumbly Tummy After Gastric Bypass
If you've been enjoying life after gastric bypass surgery you will know exactly what I'm talking about. That rumbly-tumbly stomach growl that's more bark than bite. It's the inactive tummy talking, the...
View ArticleWLS Patients Feeling Gassy & Bloated? Sugar Alcohol May Be To Blame
Sugar intake is a real concern for people who've had gastric bypass, in fact most patients fear sugar. The foremost fear isn't weight gain, it's dumping. Foods containing sugar pass too quickly through...
View ArticleFish! It's What's For Dinner After Gastric Bypass
Since gastric bypass weight loss surgery gives us a second chance of leading healthy lives it behooves us to pay attention to what we eat and incorporate things in our limited diet that can aid our...
View ArticleAvoiding Nutritionally Deficient Foods After Gastric Bypass
After WLS we must concentrate on eating nutrient rich food. Nutritionally void foods cannot be part of the regular diet after surgery because they can cause dumping, vomiting and/or weight gain. In...
View ArticleSuccessful WLS Patients Make Right Their Nutritional Wellness
It seems there are two schools of behavior patients follow after gastric bypass surgery:The first are the patients who realize WLS is a second chance to make right their nutritional wellness and they...
View ArticleAfter Gastric Bypass: Pass The Water, Hold The Ice
I just read this conventional diet tip - and we've heard it beforee - "Burn away fat with ice cold water! Ice cold water is calorie-free and fills you up so you can eat less. Drink ice-cold water and...
View ArticleGastric Bypass Comedian: The Jessica Fischer Story Reviewed
Funny, poignant, painful and joyous - That's the Jessica Fischer's story as presented on the DVD "What's So Funny? A transformation of epic proportions." Jessica was a successful stand up comic who at...
View ArticleGastric Bypass Patients Should Include Tomatoes In Their Diet
After weight loss surgery it is important to include as many healthy foods in our diet as possible while still respecting the restrictive nature gastric bypass system. One of the foods that many...
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