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What Should I Eat With a Lap Band?!?
I saw several people today who asked if we had a list or book about what they should and shouldn’t eat. The short answer is no, but there is almost an infinate amount of information on the internet and in the library on the topic so I thought I’d at least give you some guidelines [...]
Food Labels
2. June 2009
It sometimes occurs to me while talking to patients in the office that things that I find second nature after doing them for years may not be either easy or obvious for somebody just getting started on this journey. I was fortunate enough to go to France one summer with an exchange program when I [...]
Recipe – Healthy burger
19. April 2009
Dr. Keilin and I find that we don’t eat that much meat. Instead we use a lot of soy products. We do this I know it sounds gross but a lot of the soy stuff tastes great. And it is much healthier. Less fat and a good amount of protein. There are soy ‘crumbles’ which [...]
Fast Food Ain’t Your Friend
18. April 2009
So I was talking to someone recently who very much wants to lose weight, but does not have a LapBand (for many complicated reasons). She has tried Weight Watchers successfully several times, but the weight’s always come back (and then some). When lamenting this fact after weighing on the super-accurate evil scales in our office, [...]
Keep a diet diary for weight loss
15. April 2009
We found a study that highlighted something we have suspected for some time. Keeping a journal or diary of your food intake helps you lose weight. By writing down what you are eating you are able to review your food intake and confront yourself. It requires you to be honest with yourself. Since eating is [...]
LapBand Loosening part two
31. March 2009
I want to re-iterate what Dr. Hekier said in an earlier post about loosening the band. I recently had a patient who had their band loosened after almost a year of frequent vomiting and PB’s at every meal. Every time they came to the office we pleaded with them to let us loosen the band, but they [...]
Are you treating your car better than your body? #1
22. March 2009
I was filling up gas in my car and thinking to myself about how infrequently we think about food as fuel. That’s what food is. Food is fuel for our bodies. Yes food is comfort, and food is yummy, but the main purpose of food is to fuel our body. But how many times do [...]
LapBands and Peanut Butter
29. January 2009
Okay, to mix my metaphors, let’s talk turkey about peanut butter. Many people tell me that they eat peanut butter for protein. But peanut butter is a very mixed benefit food. Tastes fabulous, makes great cookies, but as a protein source? So-so at best. Two tablespoons of protein (a small serving) has 188 calories/9 g [...]
LapBand Breakfast Choices
23. January 2009
Breakfast is a VITALLY important meal. Why? Not just cause your mother told you so. According to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition (Leidy HJ et al. 2008), when people eat high protein foods for breakfast they have more of a “full” feeling for the rest of the day. There is a [...]
More on LapBand Journaling
18. January 2009
I recently ran across a fascinating psychological study. People were asked to estimate the number of calories in a meal. They were shown two pictures: one with a diet coke as the drink (label prominently displayed) the other with a glass of water as the beverage. Should have the same calories, right? But that’s not [...]
29. June 2009
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