KatCarney

This is quite a long article, but worth the read. The doctor writing it, is not 'anti wls', but he attempts to explain why/how many people regain their weight following weight loss surgery.

Most interesting to me was the discussion regarding the consumption of HIGH glycemic foods by WLS patients, and the increase in hormones like grehlin in LAP BAND patients (not gastric bypass patients.)

Here is the PDF

Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery Louis J. Aronne, MD
http://www.obesityonline.org/meeting...nne/aronne.pdf

Here is the HTML

Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery Louis J. Aronne, MD
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...s&ct=clnk&cd=6

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VitaBella

That habit of eating high glycemic "meltable" foods like crackers often leads to grazing, just nibbling here and there. It's really easy if you think about it - you can eat a handful of goldfish crackers all day long and never feel full, but OH the calories and the appetite stimulation with all that starch.

I grazed a bit while I was pregnant, but have strict "meal time, snack time" kitchen slots now. No more grabbing a handful of peanuts just because peanuts sound good. It is very easy to regain the weight if you are not careful...

Great article, BTW.

KatCarney

I cut out grazing, too. It's too easy for a bite here, and a bite there to add up to 400 extra calories per day....

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VitaBella

And that totally ruins the good things that you were doing, without even a fond brownie memory to think about on a lonely afternoon!