Pre-op question
Yes. I would start living like you are post-op.
Start in the routine of the vitamins. Biotin can help hair regrowth.
Start drinking 60-80oz of liquids a day.
Start eating healthier. Track your food just to make sure you are getting adequate amounts of protein, fats and carbs. This will be good to drop a few pounds pre-op which your surgeon may want you to do anyway.
Start learning to chew your food thoroughly at least 20 times every bite - this can be weird at first but it's necessary post-op.
Stop smoking or drinking pop, carbonation and caffeine if you do any of those things. I love green tea, decaf coffee and water flavored with crystal light now. I don't miss pop, soda, coke at all. I've had a grand total of 2 pops in the last 2 years and it really wasn't all that great.
Start exercising regularly if you don't. If you don't, start small with like walking 3 days a week...work up to 5...try jogging, join a gym, buy some boot camp DVD's, invest in some weight training equipment, anything. Exercise is a huge key, find something you enjoy doing so you will continue to do it.
Get use to just taking Tylenol for aches and pains. I never realized how much I took other things like Advil or Motrin until I couldn't anymore.
Do not buy any new clothes if you can help it...you won't be in them for long. I loved the second hand stores the first year post op because you go through sizes so quickly. Wait until you are about a year out or so before you go on a huge shopping spree. :-)
Remember that this is a lifestyle change, YOUR lifestyle change. You will have to do these things the rest of your life just like showering or brushing your teeth. Embrace the change. You will feel a million times better.
Know that you will screw up...everyone does and it's ok. Just don't ever feel like you failed. You only fail if you quit trying.
Good luck!!
~Emily~
Start in the routine of the vitamins. Biotin can help hair regrowth.
Start drinking 60-80oz of liquids a day.
Start eating healthier. Track your food just to make sure you are getting adequate amounts of protein, fats and carbs. This will be good to drop a few pounds pre-op which your surgeon may want you to do anyway.
Start learning to chew your food thoroughly at least 20 times every bite - this can be weird at first but it's necessary post-op.
Stop smoking or drinking pop, carbonation and caffeine if you do any of those things. I love green tea, decaf coffee and water flavored with crystal light now. I don't miss pop, soda, coke at all. I've had a grand total of 2 pops in the last 2 years and it really wasn't all that great.
Start exercising regularly if you don't. If you don't, start small with like walking 3 days a week...work up to 5...try jogging, join a gym, buy some boot camp DVD's, invest in some weight training equipment, anything. Exercise is a huge key, find something you enjoy doing so you will continue to do it.
Get use to just taking Tylenol for aches and pains. I never realized how much I took other things like Advil or Motrin until I couldn't anymore.
Do not buy any new clothes if you can help it...you won't be in them for long. I loved the second hand stores the first year post op because you go through sizes so quickly. Wait until you are about a year out or so before you go on a huge shopping spree. :-)
Remember that this is a lifestyle change, YOUR lifestyle change. You will have to do these things the rest of your life just like showering or brushing your teeth. Embrace the change. You will feel a million times better.
Know that you will screw up...everyone does and it's ok. Just don't ever feel like you failed. You only fail if you quit trying.
Good luck!!
~Emily~
"Tis better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not"
hey girl!
emily gave really great suggestions for you!
i couldnt stress enough starting to work out NOW instead of after surgery! get your muscles moving and in a routine, so its easy as pie once you can work out again post op! im so glad i did this before and it made after so so so much easier for me!
even if its just walking after dinner for a half hour a night to start off, im so excited warmer weather is coming so you dont have to be stuck in a gym necessarly all the time to get your work outs in!!
good luck girl!!
<3
am
emily gave really great suggestions for you!
i couldnt stress enough starting to work out NOW instead of after surgery! get your muscles moving and in a routine, so its easy as pie once you can work out again post op! im so glad i did this before and it made after so so so much easier for me!
even if its just walking after dinner for a half hour a night to start off, im so excited warmer weather is coming so you dont have to be stuck in a gym necessarly all the time to get your work outs in!!
good luck girl!!
<3
am
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