8 VSG rules for Dummies
(Revised)
For those of you who are contemplating VSG as a surgical option, the following 8 Post-op rules will keep your weight loss program on a downward track.
The rules are simple really:
1) Eating: Take in 80 gms of protein per day. Do not drink 45 mins before or afterwards. At meals eat the protein first, then the other stuff. Pick low fat proteins like fish, chicken, and low fat cuts of beef and pork. About 4-6 oz is all you should take in in any given meal. (I use a small plate.)
2) Drinking: 64-80 oz of unsweetened clear liquid per day. (Water preferred) Lots of times when you think you are hungy, you are actually dehydrated. Your urine should run clear. If yellow you are dehydrated.
3) Prohibitions: No carbonated beverages at all. They stretch your sleeve out and make you feel hungry. No alcohol till goal.
4) Frequency: Eat 5-6 small meals - B, L & D + two or three small low sugar high fiber snacks. (solid food stage only)
5) Carbs: Avoid high glycemic veggies - potatoes and rice, etc. Sugars of all kinds. Sucrose, fructose. Limit fruits at first too.
6) Good veggies: Pick green veggies - broccoli, cabbage, spinach, green salad. You know which ones. Low glycemic index veggies. (solid food stage only)(double check w your nutritionist-some say wait for a year before hard/raw veggies)
7) Snacks and fiber: For snacks pick high fiber stuff. If you take Metamucil or some other water soluable fiber bars, be sure and wash it out of your stomach with water immediately after eating. Fiber sitting in your sleeve, will stretch it. (solid food stage only)
8) Vitamin supplements: (Daily) Multivitamin, Vitamin C, and B-complex. I also take CoQ-10 (antioxidant), 3 caplets of fish oil (omega-3 fatty acids), and a baby aspirin. (solid food stage only)
So there you have it. VSG weight loss in 8 easy steps.
First and foremost follow your doctors orders. The above 8 rules are what has worked for me.
Good luck.
Last edited by ardita; 09-28-2009 at 12:21 PM..
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