The success of weight loss surgery patients will tell you these are the four rules for living that gastric bypass is only a tool to facilitate mindful behavior for better health. It will confirm that weight control, even with surgery, has a lifetime of diligent attention to their bodies and behavior. They assure you that it is not easy, but the results are worth the effort.
Rule 3: No Snacking
Gastric bypass patients are instructed to avoid snacking. No exceptions.
Snacking is the worst possible thing WLS patient can do. If patients snack they cease to lose weight and may regain weight. Besides gastric bypass snackers risk severe swings in sugar levels and blood glucose overdose, not to advance to healthy living that makes surgery possible. They feel like failures when the WLS does not result in weight loss.
The nature of gastric bypass surgery gives patients an advantage over the beating snacking habit. When a patient eats three protein-rich meals a day in which the body’s fuel requirements are met and satiation results. Hunger does not occur if water is sipped throughout the day. If a patient is taking vitamins will not be nutritionally wanting. Given that, patients are able to do so snack out of habit that contributed to obesity. (more…)