What are the ways I can regain weight after weight-loss surgery?
The following “bad habits” have been observed in patients who report weight gain after weight-loss surgery. This is true in patients who do not have failure of their surgery such as a gastro-gastric fistula (a reconnection between the pouch and the old stomach). • Eating a diet rich in high carbohydrates with a high glycemic index– such as donuts, cookies, cakes, ice cream. • Not starting or maintaining the suggested exercise program, and spending more time watching television and increased time in front of the computer. • Eating food rapidly so that patients don’t get that full feeling. Remember, feeling full — or satiety — takes a while to register, so if you eat rapidly you can stuff a lot more in than if you eat a bit slower and feel full with less. • After feeling full, eating just a bit more (this stretches the pouch out to a normal sized stomach). • Grazing throughout the day (eating a little bit all the time will cause any weight-loss operation, even a duodenal switch, to fa
