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  • Bariatric Friendly Ways to Celebrate this Labor Day

    Bariatric Friendly Ways to Celebrate this Labor Day

    We celebrate Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer. Since it will continue to be as hot as molten lava for another few months here in South Florida, that label is purely symbolic. But, summer break is now over and most schools are back in session.

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  • What is a Medicine Ball Used For?

    What is a Medicine Ball Used For?

    Medicine balls have been around for centuries, yet they are still popular with fitness enthusiasts. Ancient Greeks used to make them out of sand and animal pouches, but these days they’re often made out of leather, vinyl, or rubber. You may find them stacked on a rack in different areas of your gym.

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  • Full-time Favorite: Pumpkin Turkey Chili

    Full-time Favorite: Pumpkin Turkey Chili

    Fall is a great time to add pumpkin to your diet. While canned pumpkin is available all year round, seeing fresh pumpkins in the stores and as decorations can really put us in the mood for pumpkin flavor. For most people, they think of pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, or pumpkin chai lattes. But for bariatric surgery patients, pumpkin is best incorporated into protein-rich meal.

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  • Shrimp Salad Can Make a Good High Protein Dinner Salad

    Shrimp Salad Can Make a Good High Protein Dinner Salad

    Summer in Florida can get hot. Sometimes so hot you might think it’s on the Sun. It’s hard to want to prep a hot meal and heat up your house. Salads can be a great option for hot summer night dinners.

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  • Bariatric Friendly Steak and Avocado Salad

    Bariatric Friendly Steak and Avocado Salad

    Summer is a great time to have a salad for dinner. But gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band patients are encouraged to incorporate protein into their meals, so a plain green salad isn’t the best choice. Enter this Steak and Avocado Salad from Tasty. It’s loaded with sirloin steak and hard-boiled eggs for high-quality protein that will help bariatric surgery patients lose weight without compromising muscle. It’s also got avocado for healthy fats and fiber, and tomatoes for vitamins A and C.

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  • What Bariatric Friendly Meals Can I Make With Canned Chicken?

    What Bariatric Friendly Meals Can I Make With Canned Chicken?

    Canned chicken is a staple in most bariatric cupboards. It’s shelf-stable. It’s high in protein. It’s low in fat. And very importantly, it’s got zero carbs. All of these things together make canned chicken a good choice for gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band patients on a weight loss diet and those maintaining their post bariatric surgery weight loss.

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  • Exercise Suggestions for Bariatric Patients Who Are Social Distancing

    Exercise Suggestions for Bariatric Patients Who Are Social Distancing

    As the COVID-19 virus pandemic reshapes the world around us seemingly daily, one thing that is certain is that our normal lives have been disrupted. Many bariatric patients rely on the structure of their post-surgical eating and exercise regimes to stay on track with their weight loss. For many, that has been sidelined. While your trips to the gym or class may be put on hold for now, gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band patients still need to fit exercise into their bariatric lifestyles. 

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  • One Pan High Protein Dinner: Baked Italian Chicken and Vegetables

    One Pan High Protein Dinner: Baked Italian Chicken and Vegetables

    High protein dinners that you can cook in one pan are perfect for weeknights. Fewer dishes mean less cleanup. That means you have more time for things like work, family time, exercise, and other important things. Keeping the protein high and the carbohydrates low is the ideal way to maximize weight loss after gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band surgery.

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  • 6 Ways Gastric Sleeve Patients Can Use Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel Seasoning

    6 Ways Gastric Sleeve Patients Can Use Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel Seasoning

    Are you a fan of Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning? If you haven’t tried it yet, it’s like eating an everything bagel without the calories and carbs of a bagel. This makes it a great choice for people who are trying to lose weight, like Dr. Shillingford’s gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band surgery patients.

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  • Gastric Sleeve Patients Should Try This Hack for Making the Fluffiest Eggs

    Gastric Sleeve Patients Should Try This Hack for Making the Fluffiest Eggs

    Eggs are a food that many bariatric surgery patients eat a lot of. And for good reason: they are full of high quality protein and no carbs. One egg has 75 calories, 7 grams of protein, iron, vitamin A, lutein, zeanthanin, and B12 among many other beneficial nutrients..

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