Your Scale will tell you Protein First Works!UPDATED FOR 2020Attn: WLS Patients
If you only make one healthy change this year make it Protein First.
Known as the
"First Rule of WLS weight loss surgery", Protein First is a high protein eating plan that rewards with greater energy and more significant and lasting weight loss. If you are stuck, plateaued, sliding backwards then it is time to go with Protein First. If you are thrilled with your WLS results and want to maintain here is your holy grail: Protein First.
Understanding "Protein First" is the most exciting knowledge you can hold in support of your lasting weight management goals after weight loss surgery. Protein First, is not temporary during the initial period of weight loss after bariatric surgery. Rather, this rule must be followed for the life of the postoperative bariatric patient who desires life-long healthy weight management by employing surgery, diet, and lifestyle modification in this cause.
February 2020: Updated for a new decade, this tiny gem of a book available in print and digital formats, is bursting with the essential information you must have to lose weight and keep it off. You'll treasure an enlightening 120-page read that informs with updated research, tempts with savory flavor-balanced Protein First recipes, encourages with smart life-management tips, and inspires you to excellence.
We are in this together. Put some protein on that fork and let's do this!
Protein First is suitable for all bariatric procedures including gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, gastric sleeve and others. Be you a year out from surgery, or like Kaye 20+ years post gastric bypass, you can benefit from a high protein diet. The next time you step on the scale you'll be glad you are living Protein First.
Kaye Bailey developed the 5 Day Pouch Test in 2007 and is the owner of LivingAfterWLS and the 5 Day Pouch Test websites. Ms. Bailey, a professional research journalist and bariatric RNY (gastric bypass) patient since 1999, brings professional research methodology and personal experience to her publications focused on long-lasting successful weight management after surgery. Concerned about weight regain her bariatric surgeon advised her to "get back to basics". With that vague advice Ms. Bailey says, "I read thousands of pages and conducted interviews with medical professionals including surgeons, nutritionists, and mental health providers. I collected data from WLS post-ops who honestly and generously shared their experience. My research background gave me the methodology to collect a vast amount of data. As a patient I found answers to the questions and concerns I have in common with most patients after WLS." Kaye Bailey is the author of countless articles syndicated in several languages, and books available in print and electronic format including The 5 Day Pouch Test Owner's Manual 2nd Edition 2012, (1st Edition 2008 out-of-print, 50K copies in circulation); Day 6: Beyond the 5 Day Pouch Test (2009 - 3rd Printing January 2015); Cooking with Kaye Methods to Meals: Protein First Recipes You Will Love (2012); and the popular series LivingAfterWLS Shorts.
