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1. You should have a minimum of three meals a day. This will allow the pouch in your stomach enough time to empty before every meal. You can rest assured that you will easily be satisfied with 3 meals after gastric band surgery.

2. You should include as much soft food as you can in your diet. This is because this food won't block your stomach and will allow you to eat more every day. You can consider having solid foods mixed with a load of sauce to ensure that you eat less than before and still manage to remain full.

3. Most overweight are used to eating very fast. You will need to slow down the way you eat which will allow your stomach enough time to let your brain know when it’s full. If you aren't careful about the amount of food you eat you will be at risk of vomiting, stomach pain or may even block your stomach. You should chew each mouthful at least 20 times.

4. It is very important for you to remember not to drink anything when eating. If you do, you will only slow down the emptying of food from your stomach pouch. Even if you drink before a meal, you may suddenly find your stomach to be full and not feel the need to eat anything.

5. Lastly, anything that you drink needs to be calorie free. Drinking heavy, calorie laden drinks like alcohol will unnecessarily increase your daily calorie consumption. Don't do this to yourself unless you want to face problems with your gastric band in the future.

What to eat after gastric band surgery?

Have you considered having gastric band surgery in London to help you in your efforts to lose weight? While there is a lot of careful planning and decision making while preparing for the surgery have you really thought about how your life is going to be after? Do you have any idea of the kind of food you will be eating after your gastric band london surgery? You should be prepared for this as well shouldn't you?

Well, for the first month or so, you will pretty much eat pureed foods. You will also have to eat very small quantities of food split into four or five meals a day. After a month has passed, you can upgrade to mashed food instead of pureed. This will need to continue for another couple of weeks before you can start eating normal food again. And even at this point, there are quite a few things which you will need to remember if you want to ensure you don't have any trouble. By this time, you would have greatly reduced your calorie intake and would definitely have started to lose weight to. But, you will have to continue eating healthy if you want the gastric band to do its job. Here are a few tips which you have to keep in mind:-