My pre-op game plan

May 03, 2009

May 3- May 9: Exercise!! Exercise!! Exercise!! Exercise 45 minutes 5 times a day. No exceptions! Exercise, outside of the pouch, is my greatest tool for long term weight loss and maintenance.  Types of Exercise I will do: Tae-bo, Walking and Yoga (or a 45 minute combination of them)                                                                                                                                           May 10-May 16: No snacking and continue to exercise. Snacking is not suggested after surgery as a way to limit the amount of calories I eat each day. I love to snack so this is going to be a hard one for me. I will need to come up with a list of things to do instead of eating to help me with this one. I will also re-evaluate my work out routine and see what worked, what didn’t and where I can improve.  (There is a patient seminar this week, maybe I’ll be able to go!!)                                      May 17- 23: No eating and drinking at the same time and no straws. This one is going to be very hard but from all of my research, I have found that it is very important. Drinking while eating not only makes me fill up faster, but it creates a “soup” in my pouch and moves the food out faster. The pouch needs to stay filled for as long as possible with lean protein and veggies (yuck!) and water doesn’t help. Straws let air into your pouch and for me personally, allow me to gulp water. So bye bye straws!

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RNY
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07/10/2009
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Feb 02, 2009
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