There is no quick fix or miracle cure for weight loss. Let’s face it, weight loss is hard! However, going through weight loss surgery is not easy either. Bariatric surgery is often stigmatized as the “easy way out”, but as many patients will often tell you, having surgery is not easy and can be a challenging process, even when they are losing weight.
Some individuals are still challenged by uncontrolled hunger and cravings and some people often struggle to lose the weight they had hoped for after surgery. Often people think that surgical procedures are so powerful that they can lose weight without too much effort, especially in the early months. Complacency is common and easy to fall into — you become comfortable with your weight loss and stop working as hard at it. However, over time, the power of surgery or your procedure can subside, and it will be the diet and lifestyle changes that you have made after your surgery that will help you maintain your weight loss.
The importance of aftercare and support is often underestimated with Bariatric surgery. Having weight loss surgery is only the first part of a long process, but good support and aftercare are key to your success. Combined with sensible lifestyle changes, helpful aftercare can give beneficial long-term results for health and weight.
Nutrition by Neha can offer practical dietary advice to help you to:
Help to regulate your meal pattern
Introduce you to the powerful tool of self-monitoring
Understand the importance of a well balanced Bariatric diet
Direct you to resources which will aid you in your journey
Improve your knowledge and skills on how to meet your requirements of both macro and micro-nutrients
Understand which supplementation is correct for your procedure type and based on your current diet
Develop skills for both weight loss and maintaining this weight loss in the longer term
If you have had surgery abroad and have no aftercare or if your existing package has come to an end and you would like some support, please get in touch so we can work on getting you back on your weight loss journey.