After undergoing gastric band surgery, your diet is extremely important particularly for the first few weeks. Eating the wrong things immediately after surgery can lead to complications with the procedure and in the long term a healthy and balanced diet is still required to ensure that you achieve the weight loss results you are aiming for. A sensible gastric band diet is essential to getting the best result.
We’ve put together a short list of resources that will help you find the right kinds of food to eat, and help you to make the food you can eat more interesting.
Gastric Band Post-op Eating Plan
This article from The British Obesity Surgery Patient Association (BOSPA) provides all the basic information you’ll need to ensure that you’re eating a well balanced following your gastric band surgery. The site provides details of what you should look to eat for the first six weeks post-op, and advice on how to put together your long term eating plan.
http://www.bospa.org/Information.aspx?Page=20
Gastric Band Support Forum
If you want to discuss any part of your weight loss procedure, or get some moral support from others who have undergone the same treatment as you then look no further than the Gastric Band Forum. The forum is free to join and is acked full of useful advice, pre and post operation chat and recipe ideas.
http://www.ukgastricband.co.uk/index.php?name=PNphpBB2
Weight Loss Surgery Recipes
Split into handy categories, these recipes from “Lap Band Surgery Site” are certain to help patients who have undergone weight loss surgery find something tasty to eat. Fish recipes, chicken recipes, vegetarian dishes and even desserts are all covered. We recommend the Sesame Salmon…yum yum.
http://www.lap-band-surgery-site.com/weight-loss-surgery-recipes.html
Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
If you’re struggling to create delicious and nutritious meals that are suitable for your gastric band dietary requirements then perhaps this book it what you need. “Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery” by Patt Levine contains over 125 recipes that contain no added sugar, are very low in fat, and get their carbohydrates almost exclusively from fruits and vegetables.
The Lap Band Solution
Another book which is fantastic for both post-op gastric band patients or those considering weight loss surgery is “The Lap Band Solution”. Currently available with a 10% discount from The Hospital Group, the book talks about diet, exercise, various weight-loss options, the benefits and the restrictions of the band.
http://www.thehospitalgroup.org/online-shop/weight-loss-products.php?id=615
i had my band fitted on this day i have had one fill and currently lost 17 pounds my next fill is on the 10 november and i cant wait to lose more weight i recomend this to anyone its a life saver