4 DayOne Health Tips on How to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! The New Year 2012 is here, and so is the Chicago winter. To all of our DayOne Health patients, lap-banders, and those of you who are considering weight loss surgery, we wish that your band serves you well, and that this year will be even better than the last. We wish you weight loss successes, lots of smiles, and that you stay warm during the winter …

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Foods Lap-Banders Should Avoid

After the lap-band procedure you will soon notice that not all foods go down easily. While some foods will slide right through it, some will take longer, and some may even get stuck. The feeling of getting stuck is very unpleasant, and may even cause the food to come back up. While for everyone the list of potentially problematic foods is different, the ones that are getting …

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Category: Lap Band, Nutrition

Shrink Back Your Stomach in 4 Easy Steps

How are you doing after Thanksgiving? Did you stay on track with your diet? To all of you who maintained or even lost some weight during the holiday – Congratulations! Nevertheless, if you fell behind on your diet resolutions, not to worry. DayOne Health is here to get you back on track. Overeating is not a good idea not only because of the possible weight gain, but also stretching of your stomach. With a stretched stomach …

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7 Things Lap-Banders Should Keep in Mind For Thanksgiving

Gobble gobble gobble! Happy Thanksgiving to all of our DayOne Health patients! Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner, putting most diet plans on a temporary hold, we thought that maybe we could provide you with some tips on how to avoid “over celebrating”. The tips below are intended mainly for lap-band patients, but even if you don’t have …

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Category: Nutrition

Lap-Band Cooking

One of the most important things in the lap-band diet is cutting down on eating out. The simplest reason behind why you should prepare your own food is that when you prepare it yourself you know what goes into it. That not only means that you are able to determine the quality of products that you use to make your food, but also that you have more influence over the nutrients in your diet.

Cooking? I don’t …

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Category: Nutrition