What works for me #1

Mar 15, 2011

I post this not necessarily as advice to other but rather as a record of what I’ve found to work well for me in my 4 months post-WLS. My thinking is that if I hit a plateau down the line then I can revisit my list and make sure that I’m following the good habits that I’ve adopted along the way. If others find it helpful too that’s great.   What works for me #1: Measure your food; don’t just “eyeball it”.   Your eyes can and will deceive you, especially if you’re hungry. Also, measuring helps me to prevent abusing and stretching my stomach pouch and I want to keep it to its post-surgery size of 1 oz for as long as I can!!   I measure to a 1 oz volume on just about everything I eat using the little clear plastic medicine cups that you’d find in a hospital. After returning home from surgery and running out of the medicine cups that my mom “borrowed” from the hospital I had a terrible time trying to find a store that sells medicine cups locally. I finally found some at Amazon and they are invaluable. In fact these should be included in the post-ops check list along with bandages, alcohols swabs, etc. etc..   Anyhoo…measure, measure, measure…it works for me.

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