Everyone has to meet with a dietitian before Weight Loss Surgery (WLS) to meet insurance requirements. Some people may look at this as a box they need to check or another hoop to jump through along with all the other specialists they need to see to get approved for surgery.
Instead, look at these meetings with your bariatric dietitian as a chance to learn as much as you can about how your diet will change and how you can begin making those changes. Meeting with a bariatric dietitian is an important part of your WLS journey to begin to learn a new way of eating. Nutrition is the cornerstone of WLS success — even with surgery — if you are not following the bariatric way of eating, you will not maximize your weight loss and will regain.
Below are 5 questions you should ask at your meetings with your bariatric dietitian: Read more…