About 23 years ago I had an RNY gastric bypass surgery. You can learn more about that, and my subsequent years of dieting, by reading ABOUT ME. This resulted in me eating an extremely low-calorie diet during the first 6 months after surgery, and a very-low-calorie diet during that following year. This type of eating caused me to lose 110 pounds during that time period.

The dieting industry makes billions of dollars every year by marketing its foods, supplements, and services. It encourages people to use MORE foods and other diet products, while people actually need to use far LESS. As a result, most people are unaware of how VERY LITTLE FOOD is required by a person wishing to lose weight - especially by a person who has an obese body with a great deal of stored fat which needs to be used as energy.

For the first few months following a gastric bypass surgery, a person’s calorie intake is between 300 and 600 calories per day. The recommended meal portion size is 1/4 cup for a solid meal and 1/2 cup for a liquid meal.

The volume of the plated meal in the picture at the top of the page is about 1/3 to 1/2 a cup which is MORE than 1/4 cup of food.  To reduce the amount food on that plate to 1/4 cup, visualize removing some of that little round potato. 

Immediately following surgery, the stomach size is very small - about 1/4 cup, or the size of an egg. The opening that allows food to pass out of one’s stomach is also very narrow. For this reason, it is important to take only two to three sips or bites at a time of any NEW food and then wait 10 minutes before taking more. This will help a person learn one’s limits and tolerance. Liquids will empty faster from the stomach than soft solids.

See Below for the standard Dietary Guidelines for after Bariatric Surgery, provided by the University of California San Francisco Medical Center:  

Dietary Guidelines After Bariatric Surgery

General Guidelines
• Eat balanced meals with small portions.
• Follow a diet low in calories, fats and sweets.
• Keep a daily record of your food portions and of your calorie and protein intake.
• Eat slowly and chew small bites of food thoroughly.
• Avoid rice, bread, raw vegetables and fresh fruits, as well as meats that are not easily chewed, such as pork and steak. Ground meats are usually better tolerated.
• Do not use straws, drink carbonated bevera...