Go to Resources: Supporting Patients Beyond Surgery

After bariatric surgery, patients often find it helpful to have extra support beyond their medical care, such as guidance on nutrition, mindset, and adjusting to a new lifestyle.

Unjury® doesn't endorse specific products, brands, or companies, but we believe these resources could be beneficial for both you and your patients.

Scientific Information and Resources

• For Patients—Education and Resources (The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) patient resources))
• For Patients and Family | ACS (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) patient resources))
• Resource Library (Obesity Action Coalition (OAC))
• Body Contouring (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Helpful Apps After Surgery

Research shows that keeping track of what you eat is associated with greater success in losing weight.¹ However, achieving the best results after surgery also involves developing habits like eating a healthy diet, staying active, drinking enough water, taking vitamins, practicing mindfulness, and handling stress—quite a handful after bariatric surgery.

Thankfully, there are plenty of easy-to-use apps out there that can make tracking simpler, helping patients stay informed, accountable, and on track with their goals.

Mental Health and Stress Management

• ThinkUp App—this positive thinking app helps build confidence and motivation with daily affirmations
• Healthy Minds Innovations—this free app was made by the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, using neuroscience and skill-based learning methods to help develop the skills for a healthy mind
• Smiling Mind—this free app was created by psychologists in Australia to help people learn skills for mental health in an engaging way, featuring a mindful eating program
• Calm—personalized content to manage stress and anxiety, get better sleep, and feel more present in your life

Exercise

• Big Fit Girl—an inclusive fitness app for everyone, offering workouts of varying intensity and equipment, allowing progression from chair-assisted to advanced levels
• Yoga for Everyone with Dianne Bondy—on-demand and virtual classes for different yoga styles
• Fullbeing Yoga—a “pay what you can” membership for yoga focused on creating a weight-positive and gender-affirming community

Nutrition and Weight Trackers

• Lose It!—this app simplifies tracking macronutrients, exercise, water intake, and weight goals, making it effortless to stay on track
• Happy Scale (iPhone)—this app uses advanced calculations for instant insights on weight loss progress and goal achievement, providing a positive and accurate representation of weight loss progress
• Monitor Your Weight—alternative for Happy Scale for Android
• Aqualert—a water tracker and reminder app for hydration
• MyFitnessPal—a fitness and nutrition tracking app offering calorie counting, meal planning, exercise logging, and goal setting for personalized health management

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound (S.M.A.R.T) Tools

• Protein Plan—aim for 30 grams of high-quality protein, three times daily
• Meal Plan—chart to create a basic meal plan that can be updated weekly to simplify grocery shopping and improve daily nutrition

Support Groups and Communities

• Unjury Cares Support Groups
• Unjury Cares Private Facebook Group
• Bariatric Fusion Facebook Live
• Bariatric Fusion Recipes
• Unjury Recipes

Reference

1. Ingels JS et al. J Diabetes Res. 2017;2017:6951495.