Weight Loss Surgeon
Tips to Maintain your Weight Post Bariatric Surgery
- Dr. Ravi Rao
- March 12, 2024
“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out”. This applies to patients who have undergone the bariatric surgery. Tips to Maintain weight post bariatric surgery is a crucial aspect to learn about as Obesity is now pandemic across the world, with more patients seeking bariatric surgery to help lose weight. Many patients see huge weight reduction promptly after the procedure need to know the Tips to Maintain weight post bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery.
Post surgery, one feels full after eating a small quantity of food. There are huge neuroendocrine changes resulting in efficient weight loss and resolution of comorbidities. However long-term success in keeping weight off is patient-centric and is not guaranteed by surgery alone.
Maintain Appropriate Diet:
Avoid Emotional Eating:
Weight regain can happen if the association with food stays unaltered. Stay vigilant to eating habits; recognize the difference between food needs and craving for food. Change thinking pattern and identify food as something which should provide nourishment and not emotional comfort. Physical appetite is the physiological need to eat. One can eat small portions and feel full. Emotional eating is activated by a mental perspective and it hits suddenly which creates a desire to eat large portion sizes.
Maintain Exercise Routine:
Routine exercises that increase your heart rate and breath rate not only help in weight loss but makes it simpler to keep it off long term. However, take a stab at the activities and change them accordingly when routine starts getting dull.
Get Post-Op Support for Long-Term Success:
Undergoing bariatric surgery is definitely an emotional roller coaster ride. Being in a Support group helps to provide positive reinforcement which goes a long way in preventing weight regain. Perth Surgical and Bariatrics provide a forum to keep individuals motivated and emotionally supported pre and post surgery. It definitely is a proven and a life-changing supportive measure.
Related Read: Exercising After Weight Loss Surgery: Some Useful Tips to Consider
Creating Realistic Goals for Weight Loss:
Having a well-planned and a realistic weight loss goal, keeps a person focused and motivated. Impractical weight loss goals undermine one’s efforts causing setbacks. One needs to work with their bariatric surgeon and team to create realistic and attainable goals based on the weight loss surgery procedure they choose.
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Summing Up
Lifestyle and behavioral changes towards food, alcohol, and exercise helps achieve weight loss goals and prevent weight regain. To know more about a bariatric procedure and get personalized advice, book an appointment. Call us on 08 65581901.
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