NNicholas
RNY Rules I Live By
May 19, 2010
Here are my rules for the RNY pouch1. Sip, Sip, Sip and that does not mean slurp, gulp, or even drink It means tiny, tiny, tiny sips all day. You need 64 ounces of fluid a day.
2. Chew, chew, chew, means do not swallow until every bit has the consistency of paste. Your doctor or nutritionist will tell you how much protein you need a day, but do not worry if you can not eat it all the first few weeks.
3. Do not drink for an 1/2 hour before eating. You need to have an empty pouch before you start eating to have room for the food.
4. Do not drink until an hour after meals. You do not want to stress your pouch and push the food out.
5. Eat until you feel full, but not over full. Over fill and you will hurt, big time. If you sneeze, have a runny nose, or get the hiccups, stop eating, you are full.
6. Stay away from excess fats, and processed carbohydrates. If you really want to feel bad, eat them and see what happens.
7. Keep to foods with less that 6 grams of sugar and 11 grams of sugar alcohol. Unless you are fine with possibly learning dumping syndrome 101.
8. Most importantly, take your vitamins, supplements, and medications as recommended by your doctor.
9. Do not take NSAID medications, prescription or over the counter.
10. If anything puts you in doubt, anything, call your doctor!!!
Much of the time, here on OH, I spend replying to questions from those having problems. I have had my share, but nothing insurmountable. I found over the last two years that if I stuck to certain rules I had few if any problems. When I ignored them I either get ill, (diarrhea or the foamies come to mind), have pains, or I put on weight. Yes, even I have put on weight, from time to time, after surgery.
When I go back to the rules, I feel normal, and, surprise, surprise, I lose weight again! I have also learned, through my journey, to do something I could never do before surgery; that is, I have learned to regulate my weight. If I go up a few pounds, I return to the basics and lose it. Today, for example, I am five pounds less than last month. I usually only weigh myself once a month. Last month I discovered that I put on six pounds. I knew I wasn't eating right. So I got back to basics and well I am eight tenths of a pound from being back to where I was.
One thing I do not do, though, is deprive myself of anything. While I avoid processed sugars and processed carbohydrates, I eat normal foods. The goal of WLS is to have a normal healthy life, and that includes eating normal, but healthy meals. I do have pizza, pasta, and even ice cream (no sugar added ice cream) every now and then. I try to stick to whole grains, usually multi-grains for the pizza, wheat for my pasta. A bread maker is a blessing for making whole grain breads, doughs and even pasta. I just watch that I don't make them my meals every day. I have even had a couple of fast food meals this last couple of years, though very, very few. (I never passed a Wendy's, McDonald's or Burger King without stopping through a drive through, before my surgery.)
Today my life is much happier and healthier that it was before, by far. The purpose of having WLS, in my view, is to regain a happy, healthy, life through a healthy, sustainable, life style. Losing excess weight just is a by product to me.
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About Me
Oxford, MI
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35.4
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Surgery
03/25/2008
Surgery Date
Nov 22, 2008
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