After gastric sleeve surgery, patients start focusing on losing weight. Building muscle is a vital part of that journey. Much of the weight initially lost is muscle mass but retaining muscle mass is vital for long-term health. I’m Dr. Guillermo Alvarez of Endobariatric, one of just 12 surgeons worldwide certified as a Master Bariatric Surgeon. ...
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It takes a while after gastric sleeve surgery to return to eating a regular diet. After all, the stomach is now much smaller. You’ll start with clear liquids, graduate to all liquids, then go on to a soft foods diet until your stomach heals. After that, you can consider trying a specific diet to lose ...
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Stick to what you know Every big holiday meal features protein as the star of the show. Whether it’s a Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham, it should be fairly easy to load up on your protein first, just like you would at any meal, at any time of the year. Then move on to the ...
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Sometimes vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients get so caught up in the big numbers (“I need to lose 100 pounds!”) that they fail to appreciate how even seemingly “small” losses can deliver big health benefits. Unless you’re actively working against your sleeve, you’ll lose far more than five or ten percent of your body weight. But ...
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Yep, we’re going there, VSG family. We’re going to the bathroom. Or not going to the bathroom, as the case may be. Constipation is a not-uncommon complaint for vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients, and it hits bariatric populations for a number of reasons. Some of it can be chalked up to your new, lower carb gastric ...
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Whether it’s because you’re keeping bariatric surgery in Mexico on the down-low or because your spouse has to stay home with the kids, plenty of Endobariatric patients travel by themselves for vertical sleeve gastrectomy. It might sound like a less-than-idea scenario at first, but I want to assure you that it’s really not. Thanks to ...
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Many people who seek out gastric sleeve surgery are more than food lovers; they’re food addicts. And, having lived with this very real disorder for years, it’s understandable that patients wonder whether the procedure will have any effect on their ability to control their interactions with food. The short answer is yes, it can help ...
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You’ve been watching the scale for months—or even years—waiting for it to hit that magic number: your VSG goal weight. Next stop? Maintenance city. This might seem like the easy part of the journey, but many patients find it to be confusing. Weight loss the Endobariatric way is pretty foolproof for our vertical sleeve gastrectomy ...
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The diet we typically recommend for our vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients is a high-protein, low-carb regimen. Why? In a nutshell: it offers foods most people like and it works. The ketogenic diet—which is high in fat, moderate in protein, and very low in carbs—is a cousin of our generally prescribed diet and popular among bariatric ...
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