Gastric Bypass Diet
The purpose of gastric bypass surgery is to reduce the size of your stomach and to bypass a portion of the small intestines. This is the reason you must be on a gastric bypass diet. Your stomach will no longer be the same size and you will not be able to eat as much food at one sitting.
When you leave the hospital after gastric bypass surgery, you are giving a gastric bypass diet guideline. Many times, this is only a guideline and no real meals are planned out for you on a daily basis. In addition, some of these guidelines may not sound very appealing.
After gastric bypass surgery your stomach will not only change in size but also its shape. Your body may take awhile to get use to these changes so staying on your gastric bypass diet is very important.
This is the very first stage of your new gastric bypass diet. You will only be allowed to consume clear liquids. This means liquids that you can just about see through. This stage lasts about one to two days.
Just because you had gastric bypass surgery does not mean you are going to wake up in the morning and have all that extra weight gone. You are going to have to change your lifestyle and more importantly your diet.
Clear liquid gastric diet: sips of water, diet gelatin, clear broth, bouillon, sugar free juice diluted with water, and flat diet sodas.
Well you are probably home by now and have your trusty gastric bypass diet in hand from the hospital, but you will also be looking for support and other tips to help get you through this diet and to ensure that you lose the weight and keep it off. |
