Bariatric Weightloss Surgery (WLS) Sugar free recipes, post-op diet, before and after photoshow, food, nutrition, meal plans, BMI calculator, experience, support forum, and more.
BariatricEating.com - BE, Inc. The number one bariatric website for protein, vitamins, and success.
Welcome to BariatricEating.com
Post-Op Eating
No Sugar Summertime Desserts are the perfect fit for any Bariatric Meal Plan!
BE’s original Bariatric Recipes for ‘friendly’ soups and stews have lots of flavor and satisfy the entire family as a main course or paired with a sandwich or quesadilla. Check out our Sugar Free Desserts – they truly satisfy any sweet tooth.
We don’t live on a diet - we eat incredible food and get high on post-op LIFE!
Accountability is key – keeping a Food Journal allows us to identify poor eating patterns in order to make permanent lifestyle changes we can live with. Bariatric Food Journal
Do you know what to eat during your Liquid, Puree, and Soft Food phases? We have Bariatric Meal plans & Menus for easy breakfasts, lunches, and suppers. Post-op
Meal Plans
After bariatric surgery, we are prone to Vitamin Deficiencies due to poor eating habits, restricted food volumes, and simply by virtue that we have had a bariatric procedure. Avoiding long term health problems is easier than trying to fix them once we have them. Soft or broken bones, IV iron infusions, serious fatigue, permanent nerve damage, and leg cramps are not what we signed on for.
Fortunately, bariatric vitamins are created for our specific post op needs. Flintstones vitamins, while tasty and readily available, are created for a 40-pound child, not a 245-pound bariatric patient.
Less than half of all bariatric post-ops bother with any vitamin supplementation at all – don’t be one of the many who underwent surgery to cure their morbid obesity and end up with a different set of health issues.
Get the right vitamins and get serious about taking them every day! We recommend Journey or Bariatric Advantage - see how good healthy feels and take control of your life.
Buy Bariatric Vitamins for your well BEing!
Featured Products
You have never tasted anything quite as delicious as Believe, our new ready-to-drink sensation. Smooth and delicious coffee lattes, spiced chai tea, and creamy vanilla custard filled with healing protein & natural energy – packed in premium glass bottles, they’re a pleasure to sip.
The best magazine for bariatric and weight loss lifestyle. BE recommends WLS for your weight loss success! (more...)
Support Tools
Before & After-Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery Susan Maria Leach, author (HarperCollinsPublishers revised edition 2007)
more info...
After Bariatric Surgery, what happens to the loose skin? Choose a plastic surgeon wisely – the results you end up with last a lifetime.
Bariatric plastic surgery specialist, Dr. Bernard A. Shuster of Shuster Plastic Surgery, shares before & after photos of his post bariatric surgery patients. WOW!
Plastic Surgery Before & After
BE is proud of you, pay forward your success and inspire others with your amazing bariatric transformation. BE an After, stay an After! Send us your photos
Spotlight
If you don't LOVE your shakes, we have the help you need!
Bariatric News
Besides enabling severely obese people to lose weight, gastric bypass surgery seems to help their overly stressed hearts return to more normal function and appearance, a new study suggests. Source: USA Today
Obesity is a risk factor for many types of heart problems, including heart failure, atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm) and death, explained senior study author Dr. Sheldon Litwin, chief of cardiology at the Medical College of Georgia.
The connection between obesity and cardiovascular disease isn't fully understood, but obese people often show signs of structural changes to the heart, including excess heart muscle mass in the left ventricle and enlargement of the right ventricular cavity. Both are linked to heart failure and other problems.
For this study, published in the Feb. 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers followed more than 400 severely obese people with an average age of 42 who had gastric bypass surgery, which reduces stomach size. They were compared with a reference group of more than 300 severely obese individuals who did not have the weight-loss surgery.
Two years later, patients' body mass index (BMI) fell from an average of nearly 48 (morbidly obese) to about 32. Their average weight loss was about 100 pounds, Litwin said. (A BMI of 30 is obese, while a BMI of 25 is considered normal weight).
Participants also had smaller waistlines, lower blood pressure and heart rate, healthier cholesterol levels and less insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, the researchers found.
Read more at USA Today
The Weight Loss Surgery Program at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington, has been performing weight loss, or bariatric, surgery for more than 15 years. Watch BE message board moderator Katharine Warmerdam’s story of her weight loss surgery at Overlake with Dr. Dave Lauter, and how it boosted her quality of life.
Copyright
© BE, Inc. 2011 - Susan Maria Leach. All rights reserved.
