What Happens At The Nutritional Appointment?

[Wgbem 138]

I have to meet today with the nutritionist. What happens at that appointment?

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I'm sure they all have their own variations, but here is what happened at mine.

She went over the basics of why eating healthy after any WLS is so important, and then brought out a model of a banded stomach cut in half to visually show how food passes through. This was to show why it's important to take tiny bites and chew thoroughly.

She showed me how to use a food scale. She then took a normal measuring cup of food and demonstrated with plastic food an example how to stay in the cup or less per meal rule.

She also used a dessert or salad plate to show food portions on it.

Then she sat down with me and helped me establish healthy food guidelines to follow.

For me, seeing the nutritionist turned out to be so crucial to weight loss. It's helped me so much to have clear guidelines to follow and understand how to eat with the band.

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

i met with mine for 2 hrs and she went over the food basics. you remember the pyramid? she went over the (basics)

she then went over what foods are important to eat after banding and to help me stay full and that are good for me.

like mis, she showed me the scale and how to measure my foods. she asked what i liked to eat and what i didnt and gave me examples that fitted me better.

i learned alot and walked away from her with a much better understanding of the mission at hand and also she stressed, it was up to me to (eat) to lose weight. not eat because i can.

[RhondaMarie 67]

My 1st visit was as above. We also have two additional classes. The first is pre-op diet and the second is post-op diet. Apparently it was one 2hr class, but patients were overwhelmed by info so they split the class.

I have had the 1st class and it was nice to talk about the why of the pre-op. They gave is plenty of samples of unjury and good multi-vitamins/calcium supplements (is. Calcium citrate is the most easily digested and absorbed)

I am scheduled for post-op class on the 23rd.

[Wgbem 138]

Thank you all so much for your responses. I appreciate it. I am so excited by the whole process.