Archives: July 2024
How to Maintain Muscle Mass During Rapid Weight Loss
When you’re on a weight loss journey following bariatric surgery, focusing solely on getting rid of body fat is often a primary concern. However, there’s another important goal you shouldn’t overlook—maintaining your muscle mass. Muscle mass is vital to boost metabolism and achieve a healthier body composition. Preserving muscle during weight loss is hard, so it is important to have strategies to keep your weight loss from including muscle mass loss including the following four:
The Missing Link: Fiber in Post-op Bariatric Life
Bariatric surgery is a life-changing weight intervention that offers a potential solution to those with severe obesity. “Potential” is a keyword to use to describe this situation. Bariatric surgery is not a quick fix or even the solution. Instead, it is a framework for patients to build their weight loss program. In other words, the journey doesn’t end at the operating table. The post-op phase is crucial in ensuring long-term success, and diet is essential in getting the body back to working at its best. While much of the post-op focus is on protein intake, vitamins, and hydration – all incredibly important, one critical component often gets overlooked: fiber.
