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06-05-2008, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Smiths Station Alabama
Posts: 4,363
Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.0629552549 BMI Start:
23.7747138398 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
 |  10 Commandments of WLS..Taken from 2xmomma Blog
1. THOU SHALL NOT DRINK with thy meals.
This means never! This is cheating...cheating yourself. It washes the food out of your pouch and allows you to eat more. This will slow and eventually stop your weight loss. PLUS you will not be getting all the benefits of the wise choices you have filled your little pouchy-poo with.
2. THOU SHALL EAT SLOWLY, VERY SLOWLY.
This is not a rule for the first few months post op. This rule is for the rest of your life. If you eat too quickly, you will surely stretch your pouch. Eat too quickly and you will learn the hard way...the nausea is stifling. Oh and CHEW, CHEW, CHEW!! And when you think you are done, CHEW SOME MORE. Or your food will keep coming back to visit you.
3. THOU SHALL TAKE THY VITAMINS.
This surgery is a great tool for weight loss. But, as with all benefits, there are costs...and malnutrition is one of the potential prices of this surgery. Take a multivitamin supplement every day for the rest of your life and it is one you may never have to pay. You will also need to have your blood checked periodically for B-12 levels.
4. THOU SHALL EAT ADEQUATE PROTEIN.
What is adequate? I am not a physician, so I cannot say for sure. I have heard everything from 50-60 grams a day (which equals about 2 oz. of protein) to a much higher number. (To figure out the amount of grams of protein equals in ounces, multiply the # of grams by .0353. That will give you an ounce calculation. It may not sound like a lot, but when you get down to brass tacks, and really look at what you eat at a meal, are you getting in at least 2 oz of meat at a sitting? Then filling in with the rest? Meat is usually very heavy and it is hard to digest so it ends up being the last thing we work on at a meal. A lot (I did not say all) of post ops tend to take more of what rests comfortably in their pouch...all I am saying is to be aware and then adjust so you are meeting those requirements... above all be balanced in your diet (DON'T FREAK CAUSE I USED THE D WORD HERE....definition of diet-from Greek diaita, literally, manner of living, from diaitasthai to lead one's life- a: food and drink regularly provided or consumed b: habitual nourishment-PLEASE NOTE-DIET does NOT translate to STARVATION or DEPRIVING ONESELF on ANY level...it merely suggests a habitual eating style...)
5. THOU SHALL EXERCISE.
Just do SOMETHING. Even if it means starting off simply...take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator. Park at the furthest spot in the parking lot. Carry your shopping basket instead of pushing the cart (on small shopping days of course...LOL).
6. THOU SHALL DRINK at least 64 ounces of water, everyday.
It seems that some people have problems doing this. Use a water bottle and carry it with you everywhere. Sip all day long. Or refill a gallon jug and drain it every day. Do it in 2 pitchers. Do it with 2-32oz spor****er bottles. Please note however, that if you are drinking coffee or tea with caffeine, you will have to compensate for the diuretic effects of the caffeine. Caffeine robs your body of water, therefore, you will not only be unable to count the coffee or tea, but you will have to drink an extra cups of fluid for every cup of regular coffee or caffeinated tea that you drink to compensate for the diuretic effects of the caffeine.
7. THOU SHALL EAT WELL BALANCED MEALS.
I think my friends' doctor said it best: Protein first and foremost, then green/yellow vegetables, then fruit, then starches.
8. THOU SHALL NOT EAT SUGAR, in ANY form....no candy!!!
Treat yourself with some fresh fruit!! If I can give up blueberry blizzards from Dairy Queen, anybody can give up sweets!
9 THOU SHALL NOT modify these commandments to suit thy needs.
It will not work. You will only defeat yourself physically.
10. THOU SHALL LOVE THYSELF and be happy with the body God gave thee.
God did not intend for all of us to be supermodels, and this surgery will NOT make you one. Happiness comes from within. Be happy with who and what you are. Or you will defeat yourself mentally. Then the battle will be lost before it is ever even begun.
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06-05-2008, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 4,019
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
279 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.3333333333 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.0179063361 BMI Current:
28.2426538108 BMI Goal:
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OMG I needed to read this. Thanks for the reminders!!!
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06-05-2008, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,496
Weight Statistics 02/07/2008 Start Date:
02/07/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
146 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
164 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
52.9032258065 % % Lost:
Summer 09' Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.5475607039 BMI Start:
22.8643350412 BMI Current:
24.9002004901 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks for the post!! I needed this!!!
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06-05-2008, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Troy,ny
Posts: 2,799
Weight Statistics Since birth:) Start Date:
August 5, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
319 lb Start Weight:
189 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
130 lb Weight Loss:
39 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.7523510972 % % Lost:
sometime in 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4823232323 BMI Start:
30.5020661157 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Good post for future reference.
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06-05-2008, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 809
Weight Statistics August 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
138 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.0774907749 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index46.5119628906 BMI Start:
23.6850585938 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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This is great. Thank you.
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06-06-2008, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,848
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
191 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
62 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.5059288538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.0968047337 BMI Start:
31.780591716 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks Becka. I printed this out and am keeping it in a frame on my desk at work. Hopefully when I am tempted I will look at this and stop. After all, who wants to break the 10 commandments!
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06-06-2008, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Smiths Station Alabama
Posts: 4,363
Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.0629552549 BMI Start:
23.7747138398 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I borrowed it from a members blog because it hit me like a ton of bricks when I read it
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06-06-2008, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Natick, Mass
Posts: 22
Weight Statistics Feb 14, 2008 Start Date:
June 20, 2008 WooHoo!!! Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
341 lb Start Weight:
259 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
109 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.0469208211 % % Lost:
yesterday lol... Dec.31, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.8432093426 BMI Start:
39.3765138408 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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wow i copyed this and am going to frame it thanks so much for borrowing it hehe to spread around to all of us. Thank You to whom ever wrote it!
I Signed concent forms today woohoo surgery the 20th then the 10 commandments to live by!!!  Cheryl
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06-06-2008, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: N.Y.
Posts: 1,577
Weight Statistics June 25,2007 Start Date:
June 25,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
322 lb Start Weight:
239 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
74 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.7763975155 % % Lost:
07/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4268211183 BMI Start:
37.4286032524 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I want toprint this out.... I cant seem to get the whole thing onto my normal sized paper. I am so dumb........Help!
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06-06-2008, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Natick, Mass
Posts: 22
Weight Statistics Feb 14, 2008 Start Date:
June 20, 2008 WooHoo!!! Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
341 lb Start Weight:
259 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
109 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.0469208211 % % Lost:
yesterday lol... Dec.31, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.8432093426 BMI Start:
39.3765138408 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by thumper1  I want toprint this out.... I cant seem to get the whole thing onto my normal sized paper. I am so dumb........Help! |
YOU ARE NOT DUMB!
I had to make the print on size10 and use a legal size paper 8 1/2 by 14. also I made the margins 1 inch on sides, top is 3/4 inch down
Hope this helps
Cheryl 
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