Back to the Basics!

Aug 26, 2009

Good Morning!  It really is a great morning! I'm one day healthier than I was yesterday.

I have been struggling here lately with needing a fill & being hungry!  I have not been making the best food choices and I have been eating way too much!!! I have to go back to the basics!  Period!  No questions asked!  There are goals I'm trying to reach and I can't reach those with the behavior I'm showing! Plain & Simple! I have to get those band rules back out, dust them off, read them, re-read them and re-read them again.  I must fight the hunger with what ever means I can find that follow in line with the rules.  Why is this so hard. When the surgeon told me I had to do something prior to being banded ....I just did it!  Why am I resisting now! I know what I'm going to have to do to reach these goals.

We all must do the same thing....get back to the basics! They worked for us when we started .... they will work for us again!  I personally would like to invite everyone to get back to the basics with me.  We can all use this...beginners...in the journey.....close to goal....and at Goal!  We all need to follow the rules and live a happy life while taking care of our precious tool!

Blessings,
Tonya

1. Eat three small meals per day plus a small protien snack only if needed.
2. Drink a minimun of 64 oz of water or no/low calorie beverages.
3. 60 to 80 grams of dense protien.  Even if it means a protien shake a day to reach this level.
4. Exercise for at least 20 minutes per day, 5 to 6 days per week. Striving to reach 30 to 45 minutes per day, 5 to 6 days per week.
5. Do NOT drink 15 to 30 minutes before eatings and 30 minutes to an hour after eating. (follow surgeons orders)
6. NO, NO Carbonation  (Unless surgeon allows, do assume .. ask)
7. Protien first.
8. Take your Calcium & Multi-Vitamin Everyday
9. Watch the size of any pills you swallow.
10. Get at least 6 to 8 hours of sleep each night.
11. Go to your support meeting (if available in your area) & use you OH friends here on board.
12. Keep you scheduled appointments with surgeon's office, NUT, Nurse Pract. and annual flourscopy.
13. Notify Surgeon if you notice anything unsual with incisions, port, heartburn, acid reflux, pain etc.
14. Encourage others...It will also encourage yourself.
15. Weigh yourself at least weekly.
16. Track your food, nutritional values in some manner...computer, journal!
17. Love Yourself
18. Never make excuses (Even you won't believe them!)
19. Give yourself non-food treats from time to time.
20. And NEVER, NEVER give up! Fight like HELL to never go back to where you were! 

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