LifeStarts WLS
THE TRUTH ABOUT REGAIN *THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR!
THE TRUTH ABOUT REGAIN *THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR!
WLS is a tool, if you eat the wrong foods (carbs/sugar we NEVER EVER malabsorb, digestion/absorption of these substances happens starting in the MOUTH!), overfill pouch, graze all day, don’t exercise, drink calories, eat and drink together then we can/will regain wt. IT IS still about calories and you can regain wt. WLS is the tool to help us lose wt; PSYCHOLOGY is the tool to help us maintain that loss!
WLS is a tool that should lead us to a LIFESTYLE CHANGE… ?How we see & use food. FUEL or SELF SOOTHING ?How we keep our bodies active. EXERCISE or INACTIVITY ?How we use our brain. EATING TO LIVE VS. LIVING TO EAT WLS IS NOT MAGIC, IT IS NOT A GET OUT OF MORBID OBESITY JAIL FREE CARD…NO MATTER WHAT THE HONEYMOON HAD US FOOLED INTO BELIEVING! IT IS HARD WORK! PERIOD. THIS IS ABOUT PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY!!! JAMIE’S BACK ON TRACK TIPS Your surgery hasn't failed; you are just not using your tool to its potential that is all. It is there still; you need to get back to basics though. Remember it isn't the surgery alone that makes us lose weight it is the lifelong lifestyle & behavioral changes we make that enable us to lose weight and keep it off. Dumping isn't guaranteed (~ 50% will dump early on only!) after surgery and may decrease the farther we get post-op....with that said: You know the rules of the tool & what you aren't doing. So how to get back to basics? You have to just take one step at a time; it doesn't have to be all or nothing that is old thinking! What do you feel you can conquer first? Write down your goal for the week, then work on it, once you have one goal under your belt start on another, be patient and kind to yourself, no one said this was easy! It is hard and no one is perfect! But you can change. The negative habits didn't happen overnight so neither will positive ones! But they won’t happen if you don't start somewhere! Asking for help and admitting the problem is a great first step! Get to a local support group at least monthly if available, this keeps you focused on what you are doing and accountable to yourself...Life will always be busy but you need to reprioritize health as a higher priority and taking care of yourself has to be more important than anything else! DO NOT RETURN TO DIETS! THEY DIDN’T WORK PREOP AND WON’T POSTOP! MY 3 FAVORITE MANTRAS:
would suggest you do the following:
(a) Eat a diet rich in high carbohydrates with a high glycemic index--
such as donuts, cookies, cakes, ice cream
(b) Do not start an exercise program, instead spend more time watching
television and increase time in front of the computer
(c) Eat your food rapidly so that you don't get that full feeling. Remember, feeling full
-- or satiety -- takes a while to register, so if you eat rapidly you can stuff a lot more
in then if you eat a bit slower and feel full with less
(d) When you feel full, eat just a bit more-- this will help stretch that pouch out to a
normal sized stomach
(e) Graze throughout the day, especially those calorie dense foods -- eat a little bit all the time and you will find that no matter what operation, even a duodenal switch -- you can gain weight.
(f) Gulp down liquids before/during/after you eat, don't sip-- but gulp them down -- it will force the food out of a pouch (for RNY, lap band, VBG) and you can eat more. (g) Drink alcohol, soda or any caloried/carbonated beverage you will absorb all the calories, not feel full, hungry sooner and the bubbles may help stretch that stoma/pouch!
--- I am certain there are other ways to beat the system, but these are some of the
more popular ones. We have to change our negative self talk, we have to adopt a positive outlook, and accept that it takes A LOT of effort and time to maintain, even a wt loss less than 100%! This is unknown territory for us, no one knows what it takes to maintain, so enjoy the journey and arm yourself with all the knowledge you can! The bottom line is this: YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE THOUGHT BEFORE YOU CAN CREATE THE ACTION. When all is said and done, change begins with the thoughts you think. So, what do you think? It only takes 100 calories a day to gain 10# in a year, or visa versa 100# calories less a day and we could lose 10# in a year! CHANGE IS INEVITABLE STRUGGLE IS OPTIONAL
WLS is a tool that should lead us to a LIFESTYLE CHANGE… ?How we see & use food. FUEL or SELF SOOTHING ?How we keep our bodies active. EXERCISE or INACTIVITY ?How we use our brain. EATING TO LIVE VS. LIVING TO EAT WLS IS NOT MAGIC, IT IS NOT A GET OUT OF MORBID OBESITY JAIL FREE CARD…NO MATTER WHAT THE HONEYMOON HAD US FOOLED INTO BELIEVING! IT IS HARD WORK! PERIOD. THIS IS ABOUT PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY!!! JAMIE’S BACK ON TRACK TIPS Your surgery hasn't failed; you are just not using your tool to its potential that is all. It is there still; you need to get back to basics though. Remember it isn't the surgery alone that makes us lose weight it is the lifelong lifestyle & behavioral changes we make that enable us to lose weight and keep it off. Dumping isn't guaranteed (~ 50% will dump early on only!) after surgery and may decrease the farther we get post-op....with that said: You know the rules of the tool & what you aren't doing. So how to get back to basics? You have to just take one step at a time; it doesn't have to be all or nothing that is old thinking! What do you feel you can conquer first? Write down your goal for the week, then work on it, once you have one goal under your belt start on another, be patient and kind to yourself, no one said this was easy! It is hard and no one is perfect! But you can change. The negative habits didn't happen overnight so neither will positive ones! But they won’t happen if you don't start somewhere! Asking for help and admitting the problem is a great first step! Get to a local support group at least monthly if available, this keeps you focused on what you are doing and accountable to yourself...Life will always be busy but you need to reprioritize health as a higher priority and taking care of yourself has to be more important than anything else! DO NOT RETURN TO DIETS! THEY DIDN’T WORK PREOP AND WON’T POSTOP! MY 3 FAVORITE MANTRAS:
- IF YOUR LIFE IS TOO BUSY TO EXERCISE OR TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF THAN YOUR LIFE HASD TO CHANGE! THIS IS NOT SELFISHNESS!
- PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION!
- IT IS WHAT WE DO 90% OF THE TIME THAT MATTERS, THINK CONSISTENCY!
- Fluid: Resolve to drink AT LEAST 64 ounces (This will keep you full longer and tension on the pouch) of NON-carbonated-NON-calorie fluid a day. (Water, Crystal Lite, diet Kool-Aid) In other words don't drink your calories! DO NOT DRINK WITH MEALS and WAIT 1-2 HOURS AFTER MEALS TO START DRINKING....(OR YOU WILL JUST MAKE YOURSELF HUNGRY AGAIN...SOONER!).
- Vitamins: Resolve to take 1-2 multivitamin(s) a day, calcium as citrate form ~1,500mg a day (some may need more), & ~1,000mcg B12 liquid/tablets sublingually daily (some may need intramuscular shots). Other vitamins are based on labs/dexascans: some will need extra iron/vit C (pills/shots/infusions), vitamin A, D, E, K, Zinc, Magnesium, Thiamine (B1), Folate, B6, selenium….This is a reason we need to follow up for life with our healthcare providers, deficiencies can happen not just early postop but anytime postop!
- Protein: Resolve to get in ~65 grams a day (this will vary due to age/ht/wt/medical comorbidities) either in the food you eat or by supplementing with shakes *this is controversial. EAT PROTEIN FIRST!!! IT fills the pouch!(less room for carbs)
- MEALS: Resolve to eat no more than 3-5 small meals a day, NO GRAZING! Take 15-20 minutes for a meal no less/more, pay attention to the food, not a TV, radio, newspaper! Composition of meals: ~50% protein leaving 25% of meal for veggies/fruit and 25% carbs (whole/multigrain/low glycemic index/.load).
- Exercise: Resolve to exercise 30 min 3x a week, then increase to 60 min 3x a week or 30 min 6x a wee****il you are exercising 30 min MOST DAYS OF THE WEEK (or more)! It helps you cope with stress, so you don't turn to food; it will help the wt loss and also give you energy! You will feel better about yourself and be less apt to go for the carbs. NOTHING revs the metabolism better! START SOMEWHERE! VARIETY IS KEY!
- SUPPORT: Resolve to either get involved in a local support group monthly (weekly would be better but at least 1x a month), online support is also helpful and/or get into therapy to deal with your food issues and look at why you are sabotaging your happiness. We all have food issues/demons and we all need to face them eventually the surgery is a great help but the brain is a hard organ to change and unfortunately they didn't operate it when they shrunk our tummy! Be around those whom can support and not sabotage your success, this may mean making new friends and giving up old/unhealthy ones!
would suggest you do the following:
(a) Eat a diet rich in high carbohydrates with a high glycemic index--
such as donuts, cookies, cakes, ice cream
(b) Do not start an exercise program, instead spend more time watching
television and increase time in front of the computer
(c) Eat your food rapidly so that you don't get that full feeling. Remember, feeling full
-- or satiety -- takes a while to register, so if you eat rapidly you can stuff a lot more
in then if you eat a bit slower and feel full with less
(d) When you feel full, eat just a bit more-- this will help stretch that pouch out to a
normal sized stomach
(e) Graze throughout the day, especially those calorie dense foods -- eat a little bit all the time and you will find that no matter what operation, even a duodenal switch -- you can gain weight.
(f) Gulp down liquids before/during/after you eat, don't sip-- but gulp them down -- it will force the food out of a pouch (for RNY, lap band, VBG) and you can eat more. (g) Drink alcohol, soda or any caloried/carbonated beverage you will absorb all the calories, not feel full, hungry sooner and the bubbles may help stretch that stoma/pouch!
--- I am certain there are other ways to beat the system, but these are some of the
more popular ones. We have to change our negative self talk, we have to adopt a positive outlook, and accept that it takes A LOT of effort and time to maintain, even a wt loss less than 100%! This is unknown territory for us, no one knows what it takes to maintain, so enjoy the journey and arm yourself with all the knowledge you can! The bottom line is this: YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE THOUGHT BEFORE YOU CAN CREATE THE ACTION. When all is said and done, change begins with the thoughts you think. So, what do you think? It only takes 100 calories a day to gain 10# in a year, or visa versa 100# calories less a day and we could lose 10# in a year! CHANGE IS INEVITABLE STRUGGLE IS OPTIONAL
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