Oatmeal vs Eggs – what should a bariatric patient be eating after their surgery ?  and even 10 years down the road ? One answer – PROTEIN. Sure, surgery was the tool to help get the weight off but let’s try to help that tool work even better.  Let’s make the good decisions to continue […]

Okay, we’ve all heard it before – EAT MORE VEGGIES.  We are talking about 2 or 3 cups per day minimum if you are following the USDA guidelines.  Guess what, you don’t need to chew your way through cups of spinach and bowls of broccoli.  There are easier ways to meet your vegetable goals. If […]

So you have decided to follow a low carb lifestyle but the information out there is so overwhelming … what even is a carb ?  good carbs, bad carbs , in between carbs , eat them, don’t eat them, you need them, you don’t need them –  what can we do to get to a […]

Having a bariatric surgery is going to help you lose weight but when discussing long term success, we need to talk about behaviors around food.  Long term success is going to depend on the new habits that we ingrain during the “honeymoon period” post surgery which generally lasts for one to two years.   Bariatric […]