Wednesday fitness fun fact

75% of a healthy body is made of protein So it makes sense, mathmatically speaking, why "protein first" is the golden rule for WLSers. Your goal is to lose fat, not lean body muscle or tissue. Good, quality protein consumption is extremely important. Protein has important functions:

• It helps with healing.
• Prevents break down of lean body mass.
• Minimizes hair loss, and keeps skin, bones and nails healthy.
• Helps with satiety (feeling full). 

Your dietitian will always stress the importance of eating protein first. After surgery you will consume a smaller volume of food, because your pouch capacity is smaller. You will eat the protein portion of your meal first that way you know that before you are “full”, you have fed our body what it needs to survive. Your surgeon will have specific guidelines as to the amount of protein you should be eating daily. It can range from 55-100 grams. Your sex, BMI, and age are all factors that determine your daily needs for protein. Protein supplementation will be used as needed to reach your daily goal for protein. Approximately 75% of your weight is protein. Your body is made up of at least 10,000 different proteins. Protein substances make up muscles, tendons, glands, nails and hair. Growth, repair and maintenance of all cells depend on protein.  OH Diet & Nutrition forum