Bariatric Foodie Play with your food
To help you stay on top of the challenge, so you can learn all about vitamins and have a chance at the big grand prize (a year of free vitamins!), here are some helpful links.
Daily Lessons + Homework
Here are the lessons for each day of the challenge. These will be updated each day of the challenge as new lessons become available:
- Day 1: What is the ASMBS? (lesson and homework)
- Day 2: Multi-vitamins
- Day 3: Iron
- Day 4: Calcium
- Day 5: Vitamin B12
- Day 6: Vitamin D
- Day 7: Tips & Tricks to help take your vitamins
- BONUS (not required homework): Nutrition tips & info from Celebrate Vitamins dietitian Heather Mackie
Remember, if you do all the homework you will be entered to win the challenge grand prize – a FREE year of vitamins! It’s ok if you get them done a little late as long as you get them done by July 30!
Cheat Sheets
Celebrate has generously provided us with cheat sheets with the ASMBS recommendations by surgery type. They are posted in the Facebook group, but here’s a direct link to each:
- RNY Gastric Bypass
- Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Biliopancreatic Diversion/Duodenal Switch
- Adjustable Gastric Band
- ASMBS Recommended Labs (pg. 1)
- ASMBS Recommended Labs (pg. 2)
- ASMBS Recommended Labs (pg. 3)
These are pictures, so once you click through, tap and hold the photo to save it to your photo gallery (on mobile) or right-click and choose “Save As” (desktop/laptop). Celebrate is working on making these into printable PDFs.