Can't remember the basics? Please refresh me.

[terrora]

Hi
I am 4 1/2 years out and cannot even remember the basics of WLS, Can someone please help?
I don't know if I ever did the basics as I have had a difficult time eating meat since surgery.
Thanks.

[New-Me]

Terrora,

A lot of people have recommended the information at 5daypouchtest dot com. Sorry about the "dot com". It wouldn't let me post the link. Some good reading and might help getting you back to basics.

[Aydensmomma]

Terrie....I'm Teri lol
And I was sleeved 3 months after you.
The basics....always drink 64oz of water, always eat your protein 1st and take vitamins. Those are 3 that stick in my head. Are you feeling like you need to be loosing still or have you gained, or stopped loosing but want to loose more?
I have a problem with beef. I haven't measured by weight so I'm gonna say bites, I can eat 6 bites of chicken breast but I can only have 2 or 3 of steak. I still have restriction. You give me a burger and fries and I'll eat less then half the burger and 2 fries.
That reminds me, don't drink with meals. It's not only a matter of filling up on your drink, it's a matter of stretching that sleeve by drinking 8oz of whatever plus the food.
You can stretch a sleeve, it's still a stomach that is like elastic. It would take a lot of extra bites on top of being full over a long time to stretch but like a normal stomach you can stretch it and you can shrink it. (That all came from my doctors mouth)
If you need a "kickstart" I suggest doing what you had to do after surgery, what I had to do was something like this-
Liquid diet for 2 weeks followed by soft foods slowly to solids. I'd skip the soft to solid part but do the liquid diet for 2 weeks when you get to food stay around and under 1200 cal avoid carbs and slider foods (you know, the good stuff)
Exercise.
Track your calories, calories are the number 1 way to loose, cut them down, burn them off.

[Dutchie]

The basics are:
Proteins first, then veggies, and then if room, healthy complex carbs.
Drink your water, take your vitamins.
Exercise.

Good luck, you can do it!

[sraebaer]

Here it all is in writing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing