The core Arora retreats are broken into three phases where you will be served only the food, often in liquid form, that you would be able to eat having undergone bariatric surgery. This will allow you not only to dramatically lose weight but to gain a clear and realistic understanding of what life would look like if you were to commit to a weight lose operation.
Read more about ‘The Three Phases’ in the following section.
It is the ultimate ‘try before you buy’ option for those considering bariatric surgery.
This is coupled with time spent with our founder who underwent bariatric surgery and will be able to give realistic unbiased advice and real world experiences on things that went well and worked in terms of weight loss and things that were disastrous in terms of health complications.
Your time spent on the Bariatric Surgery Alternative programme may be enough to give you the boost that is needed to begin a life changing journey without the drastic measure of having your perfect digestive system so drastically altered.
Our retreats run for varying lengths of time throughout the year with the shortest being a three day stay taking place over weekends.
Programmes can be tailored to the individual guest from the following:
Phase 1: For one month following bariatric surgery you will only be allowed a liquid diet. We emulate this for Phase 1 so you can see what it will entail.
Weight loss will be dramatic. However, you will come away with an understanding of the limited way you must consume your sustenance in this period to avoid serious health complications.
Phase 2: Soft food phase. By now your stomach will be able to handle small amounts of pureed food. Your second Phase at Arora will allow you to experience this.
Think of a diet consisting of baby food. Pureed or finely mashed with the quality of very soft mashed potatoes. We try our best to make these small cupful of meals appealing and yes you will lose significant weight during this phase.
But it’s key to remember that this is all you will be able to eat for your second month post-surgery, and just as key to experience it now to see what life will be like.
Phase 3: You’ll be relieved to be back on solid foods, but only able to handle approximately an eighth of a plateful. Understanding the challenge of eating a tiny amount while others around you enjoy a full meal is key to experiencing the full aspect of bariatric surgery.
Despite being on solid food this is perhaps the most challenging phase of all.
Food is an intrinsic part of life. It is there for our nourishment, sustenance, health, vitality, comfort, social life and entertainment.
Phase 3 gives you a taste of what life will be like not just for a month after surgery, but for the foreseeable future. To experience it is to understand the discontent, social isolation, and sense of exclusion you will feel only being able to manage a few bites while others around you indulge. But it is a complete necessity if you truly wish to know what life will entail for the long term.
You won’t experience the hell of ‘dumping syndrome’ or the acid reflex, regurgitation, vomiting or diarrhoea that also comes to most of us during this phase. But the founder, accompanying you on your retreat, will explain all that will be instore.
The Bariatric Diet is our own restrictive diet plan that achieves similar results to life after bariatric surgery. It’s not easy! You can stay with us to follow this plan. However, we also provide parting guests with their own individual tailored version to follow at home.
Enjoy healthy food as you never have before!
Food is not punishment, nor a prize, nor a sin. It is the foundation of life, vitality, it is medicine and our source of good health. There to be loved, shared, and enjoyed.
‘Your Life Beyond’ forms the final phase of any Arora programme to show you how to develop an acceptance for, and love of, healthy food to journey to your goal.
You have the option to spend your entire visit with us on this programme where you will not only enjoy the delicious low calorie high nutrient food that will help you lose weight, and then sustain that weight loss by incorporating it into your life, but learn how to prepare and cook it as well.
Arora is a service which aims to be affordable to all. We stay at various air bnbs throughout the country which means our modest rates vary and dates are booked according to guests’ interest and commitment. Please get in touch with Casey to find out more about our dates, prices and programmes. However, for a guide:
4 night retreats we aim to keep to a rate of between £300 to £400 per person.
7 – 9 night retreats can range from between £600 to £1,000 per person depending on location .
Longer retreats by arrangement.
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