After bariatric surgery

Diet upgrades after surgery

After surgery, you will upgrade the texture of your diet at regular intervals, progressing from fluids to puree, to soft foods before being able to include a variety of textures into a balanced diet. Videos and information sheets have been created to support you through these upgrades.

Watch the videos and download handouts

Annual Review Checklist

After surgery, it is important that your GP is monitoring your post- surgical care yearly, or more often if required. This check list provides a guide for lifelong post-bariatric surgery management.

Download the checklist

Medication changes after surgery

After bariatric surgery your medications may be absorbed differently due to changes in the size and shape of your digestive system. This handout may provide you with information on managing your medicines after surgery.

Download the factsheet

Healthy lifestyle support

These sites provide information on healthy eating and exercise post-surgery. To help achieve your health- related goals and maintain long-term weight loss, it’s important to follow a healthy diet and include regular exercise.

Healthy at Home
Get healthy program – information and coaching
Healthy weight guide

Post operative concerns

These videos will provide you with information on concerns patients commonly report after surgery, some tips on how to manage these symptoms and guidelines for when you should contact the team.

Coping Tools

This section provides information on tools you may find useful to help cope when preparing for surgery and adjusting post- surgery

Diet upgrades

After surgery, your stomach is much smaller than it used to be. The food and fluid that you consume after surgery will change, especially in the initial recovery stage. Your bariatric surgery dietitian will guide you through the different stages of upgrading your diet ‘texture’ after surgery.

In addition, the videos and diet upgrade sheets below will also be helpful to guide you through these changes.

Don’t forget to start your multivitamin, more information in this Vitamin and Mineral handout.

Post-surgery diet overview and stage 1 – fluids

This video provides diet upgrade information for the first two weeks after surgery when you are following a fluid only diet. Our diet overview and also our fluids handout may also be useful during this time.

Watch the video

Stage 2 – Puree

This video provides diet upgrade information for when you are following a puree diet which is usually week 3 and 4 post- surgery. This handout may also be useful during this time.

Watch the video

Stage 3 – Soft

This video provides diet upgrade information for when you are following a soft diet which is usually week 5 and 6 post- surgery. This handout may also be useful during this time.

Watch the video

Stage 4- Healthy eating after surgery

This video provides diet upgrade information for when you are ready to start incorporating all textures back into your diet. This handout may also be useful during this time.

Watch the video

Contact us

Metro North Bariatric Surgery Service
(07) 3647 0844
Email: MN_BariatricSurgery@health.qld.gov.au

Statewide Bariatric Services
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Metro South Bariatric Surgery Service
(07) 3176 1060
Email: msac@health.qld.gov.au