Tuesday fitness fun fact

10 steps to a healthier you following WLS

Step 1 Discuss all exercises, from the first day of stretching onward, with your doctor. You will want to exercise as soon as possible, but don't rush into against your doctor's advice.

Step 2  Acknowledge that lack of exercise may have contributed to your weight problem.

Step 33 Commit to making a daily exercise program part of your lifestyle after gastric bypass surgery.

Step 44 Start slowly. With your doctor's consent, try a few light stretches in bed the morning after your surgery.

Step 55 Begin to exercise as soon as possible. Barring complications, you should be up and taking a few steps the day after your surgery.

Step 66 Walk, walk, walk during the initial recovery period. Walk several times a day, even if you can only last for two or three minutes. Until your doctor gives the OK, walk on flat even surfaces, not grades.

Step 77 Avoid abdominal exercises until they have been approved by your doctor--usually at least four to six weeks after surgery.

Step 88 Burn fat, not muscle. Your body will be getting fewer calories after your surgery. To replace the lost energy, a sedentary body may burn muscle rather than fat. Exercise will burn fat.

Step 99 Create a multi-front plan that keeps you interested and provides comprehensive exercise, including cardiovascular, aerobic, flexibility and endurance portions.

Step 1010 Lift weights after your doctor has informed you that your wounds are sufficiently healed. Gastric bypass patients are at greater risk for osteoporosis. Weight bearing exercise is a great way to battle bone loss.

From EHow 

Thanks for a great post Boner.  Most of these are things we already know but it is always nice to be reminded of them.  And I for one had let a couple of them slip.  So I am going to print this out and paste it on my refrigerator door.   

Thanks Cap'n. Sometimes I think I post too much stuff which relate to the old timers, like me, so it's good to post a WLS 101 every now and then. As you said, even us old timers find ourselves slipping on certain WLS basics. For example, I find myself now woofing down food (like in the bad old days) rather than chew, chew, chew. Boner

step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3 step 2 and 3

 You are so right, Russ! I liked how they said to acknowledge that the, "lack of exercise MAY have contributed to my weight problem." Ain't no MAY about it, is there? Boner