Helpful Tips Archives - Tucson Weight Loss Surgery

I still get headaches more than a week after starting the Metabolic Reset Diet. Is there anything I can do?

By Dr. Matthew Weiner, MD Ask Dr. Weiner, Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

It’s normal to experience headaches for the first several days on the diet.

Words to Consider Not Using

By Suzette Kroll, RD Helpful Tips

How you think and talk to yourself affects the food and behavior choices you make.

How Many Calories Should I Be Eating After Weight Loss Surgery?

By Suzette Kroll, RD Helpful Tips, Post-Op, Surgical Weight Loss

An answer to this often asked question.

Call It A Vegetable And Move On

By Suzette Kroll, RD Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

Learn a simple strategy to break those downward eating spirals.

Does Muscle Weigh More Than Fat?

By Suzette Kroll, RD Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

Discover the answer!

How To Satisfy Pizza Cravings

By Suzette Kroll, RD Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

Healthy ways to “have your pizza and eat it too”.

The Single, Most Important Skill After Bariatric Surgery

By Suzette Kroll, RD Helpful Tips, Post-Op, Surgical Weight Loss

Find out what it is!

Protein Shakes 101

By Suzette Kroll, RD Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips, Post-Op, Pre-Op

In this video, Suzette Kroll RD, talks about the different kinds of protein shakes available and offers advice on how to make your own protein shakes.

Whole Food Protein Shakes

By Suzette Kroll, RD Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips, Post-Op

In this video, Suzette Kroll RD, explains how to make whole food protein shakes and offers tips and techniques to insure that you get enough nutrition to meet your protein goals.

Can you please provide more information about the duodenal switch?

By Dr. Matthew Weiner, MD Ask Dr. Weiner, Helpful Tips, Surgical Weight Loss

Bilio-pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (also called Duodenal switch), is a complex bariatric surgery wherein the stomach is “sleeved” and a significant portion of the intestines are bypassed.