The NEW Program Aftercare for Surgical Weight Loss Patients Designed for your Life Long Success

After your surgical weight loss procedure, The NEW Program weight loss specialists (team) are committed to life-long follow-up of your surgery. This is in the form of support groups, post-operative follow-up, newsletters, tips-of-the-week, and availability of your surgeon, our bariatric internist and our psychologist.

Dr. Quebbemann, founder of The N.E.W. Program, Inc., often makes the following statement when speaking to patients. "If we found 100 people with your same age, height and gender, who also had about the same muscle and bone structure that you have, but who were at a very healthy weight, we would find that they all have different eating and exercise patterns. If we asked them if they enjoy the way they eat, and if they enjoy their active lifestyle, they would probably say "yes." Even though they all have very different lifestyle patterns they have one thing in common, they are each living a lifestyle that results in a healthy weight. Our goal in the Lifestyle Management Program is to help our clients find eating and exercise patterns that they enjoy that will result in you living a great quality of life at a healthier weight." We want to help you join that list of 100 successful people and become successful person 101.

Whether you are a client in our surgical or our non-surgical program, our lifestyle management program is included in order to maximize your long-term success. The N.E.W. Lifestyle Management Program is led by experts in the field of nutrition, psychology, medical weight loss and exercise. This one-of-a-kind program is designed to help each individual patient achieve their own unique lifestyle goals.

At The NEW. Program, we believe that bariatric surgery itself is not a complete solution to obesity; it is a starting point. Without ongoing support, education, and motivation, even the most state-of-the-art surgery may not result in permanent weight loss. Fortunately, we offer a comprehensive after-care program unlike any other in Southern California. No matter which surgery you choose, your after-care program will empower you to make the choices that will give you the best results possible.

Our LifeStyle Management Program is the core of our after-care programs. Here you will attend workshops, exercise groups, support groups and webinars, delivered by our surgeons, bariatric internists, psychologists, Registered Dietitian, and exercise trainers. These dynamic sessions make you an active participant in your care and are one of the keys to your success

Platinum Surgical Program
This 6-month program is the most complete after-care program available. You will have the tools you need to not only follow our post-surgical recommendations during the program, but incorporate them into your lifestyle permanently.

The NEW. Program’s 6-month Platinum Surgical Program is the most complete after-care program available. From food to exercise to one-on-one counseling, we give you the tools you need to not only follow our post-surgical recommendations during the program, but incorporate them into your lifestyle permanently. By choosing this program before your surgery, you will also receive all of the foods and supplements for our mandatory two-week pre-surgical diet at a reduced price. The program includes:

• 6 monthly nutrition coaching sessions with our Registered Dietitian
• Initial exercise evaluation two weeks after surgery, followed by 22 weekly personal training sessions with one of our exercise trainers
• One-hour behavioral counseling session three months after surgery
• LifeStyle Management Program of workshops, exercise groups, support groups, and webinars
• Two-week pre-surgical diet of protein shakes and bars at a reduced price
• Four-week all-inclusive post-surgical nutrition plan of delicious high-protein liquid and soft foods at a reduced price
• Additional high-protein meals and snacks throughout the program
• Necessary pre- and post-surgical vitamins and minerals at a reduced price
• Additional high-quality vitamins and minerals throughout the program

Tune-Up Program
This 8-week program will get you back on track if bariatric surgery did not result in lasting weight loss for you. This is an intense program that addresses any medical or behavioral issues that may have caused you to regain weight, and teaches you to incorporate a realistic way of eating and exercising that you can sustain. If you are having a revision surgery or procedure to modify your original bariatric surgery, the Tune-Up Program is a necessary component of your after-care.

As a successful NEW. Program client, you identify a new lifestyle that results in a healthier, stable weight and a better quality of life. And, as everyone that maintains a stable healthy weight knows, maintaining this lifestyle takes some effort.

Sometimes a person will be doing well, and then for some reason they lose their consistency and begin to regain weight, or they stop progressing toward their goal. If this has happened to you, it’s important to recognize it and to get back on track as soon as possible, The Tune-up Program is designed specifically to help you get back on track quickly, and to resume the lifestyle you enjoy.

This program is short and focused. It is not for people that need to establish a completely new lifestyle from scratch, but instead, it helps our clients who already know what lifestyle they want to get back there quickly. This program, led by the same team of focused experts, still focuses on maximizing weight loss and improving that patient’s quality of life.

Through the Tune-up Program, we will help you reset your goals and re-establish your lifestyle patterns that will maintain a patient’s long-term success, your ability to continually improve, and your greatest qualify of life.

Tune-Up Program includes:

A Comprehensive Primary Client Assessment

Comprehensive Nutritional Assessment
Executive Medical Evaluation
Behavioral Evaluation
Baseline Activity Level Assessment

An Eight-Week Structured Lifestyle Management and Coaching Program

One-Week Dietary Cleansing
Structured Nutritional Pattern Progression Over Three (3) Weeks
Regularly Scheduled Nutrition Re-Assessment and Coaching
Weekly Lifestyle Management Program
Lifestyle Management Workshops
Exercise Group Meetings
Support Group Meetings

Medical Re-Assessment at Completion

All of the protein products, vitamin and nutritional supplements needed to complete the entire program are included.

A La Carte Surgical Program
The NEW. Program’s A la Carte Surgical Program gives you a way to customize your after-care with as many or as few of our services as you need. You may enroll in this program at any point after your surgery; it is not limited to the immediate post-surgical period.

The NEW. Program’s A la Carte Surgical Program gives you a way to customize your after-care with as many or as few of our services as you need. You may enroll in this program at any point after your surgery; it is not limited to the immediate post-surgical period. This is an excellent choice if you do not live near our offices and need some flexibility with your program. As with all of our programs, the LifeStyle Management Program is included, in addition to appointments with our Registered Dietitian at least once each month. Please contact us to set up a program that will meet your needs best.

Post-Operative Care
After the gastric bypass, we will have a planned follow-up: 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months and then annually after your operation.

After gastric banding ( LAP-BAND or REALIZE BAND), plan on having your first visit one week after your surgery. The first adjustment to the band occurs on the 6 week post-operative visit. This allows time for the band to scar in place and to minimize the chance of the band slipping out of position. Subsequent visits depend on your weight loss. At a minimum, we want you to follow-up with our program every three months during the first year of surgery. However, some patients may require visits every two weeks until the band is appropriately adjusted. The average patient undergoes four adjustments until the ideal tightness is established. The band generally requires adjustments when patients are feeling hungry, not losing weight and not having satiety early after eating. Sometimes the band is too tight and fluid needs to be removed from the band. Patients whose band is too tight are unable to eat any solid foods.

Psychological Support
Change is stressful - even if that change is good. Losing significant weight can cause jealousy in your relationships with friends and family and depression may occur in patients that have difficulty adapting to the major change in their appearance and health. Our dedicated bariatric psychologist is available for consultations in helping our patients deal with stressors that are common.

Support Groups - Held in Long Beach and Newport Beach, CA
We have regularly scheduled support groups that meet monthly at Community Hospital of Long Beach. Call our Surgical Weight Loss Coordnator at 800.964.0688 to reserve your seat. Click here for more information.

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