Helpful Tips Archives - Tucson Weight Loss Surgery

Vegetables and Fruit

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

In this video, Zoe Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS, offers practical goals for fruit and vegetable consumption as well as providing tips and tricks on how to incorporate fruits and vegetables into every meal.

Stress Eating and Cravings

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

In this video, Zoe offers practical advice on how to avoid eating when you are stressed or experiencing cravings.

Reframe Your Vocabulary

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Helpful Tips

In this video, Zoe Schroeder, explains how to avoid words that are negative and craft new thoughts that promote positive thinking.

Exercise Goals

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

Nutrition is the most important tool when trying to lose weight but that doesn’t mean that exercise isn’t important. In fact, exercise offers so many benefits to your overall health...

Added Fat

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips

In this video, Zoe explains the 3 “R’s” of fat consumption and offers tips and techniques on how to use fat sparingly but effectively without feeling deprived.

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.

Protein Shakes 101

By Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips, Post-Op, Pre-Op

In this video, Zoe 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 Zoë Schroeder, MS, RDN, CSCS Dietary Weight Loss, Helpful Tips, Post-Op

In this video, Zoe 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.

Choosing The Right Weight Loss Option

By Dr. Guillermo Higa, MD Helpful Tips, Pre-Op, Surgical Weight Loss

Forty percent of people living in the United States struggle with obesity. In this video, Dr. Guillermo Higa sits down with The Morning Blend to discuss why obesity rates are so high and what options are available to people who struggle with their weight.