Before Surgery
1. Know your surgeon
2. Change your diet
3. Stop smoking
4. Get prepared
5. Prepare your support group
After Surgery
1. Follow the diet stages set out by your doctor
2. Learn what fullness feels like
3. Control your depression
4. Do not go back to work until you are ready
5. Never miss your check-ups
6. Exercise when you can
7. Continue to educate yourself
8. Track your calories
9. Control your portions
10. Don’t drink your calories
11. Reduce sedentary activities and screen hour especially long hours of TV
12. Don’t forget to weigh yourself once a week.
Beside considering these tips for gastric sleeve surgery, you should view your sleeve gastrectomy as an opportunity for a new beginning of life. Boost your confidence and sense of well-being with the weight loss experienced, pick up new habits, hobbies and start fresh and fit. It would be nice to take up new fitness challenges to maintain the weight loss. Commit yourself to a new happy and healthy lifestyle and overcoming the bad ones.