Pouch Rules To Live By *DISALAIMER* ALWAYS ask your Surgeon/PCP. I CANNOT give legal advice! PERIOD! NOT LEGAL!!!

1 - You WILL NOT drink with your meals! PERIOD!! This is a MAJOR no-no!! It washes the food out of your pouch and will allow you to eat more --- stretching your pouchie!!! - This will slow your weight loss & will eventually stop your weight loss - Always load up on fluids BEFORE you eat and DO NOT drink for 1-1.5 hours after you eat!!!! 2 - You WILL eat slowly - chew, chew, chew! Follow these rules for the rest of your life! If you eat too quickly, you will stretch your pouchie. Eat too quickly and you will learn the hard way - Nausea/Vomiting *YUKO* 3 - You will take your vitamins/calcium/minerals per your Surgeon/PCP orders. This surgery is a great TOOL for weight loss. However, as with all benefits, there are pros/cons - Malnutrition is one of the elements of WLS. You will need to have your blood checked periodically per your Physicians orders -- 4 - You will injest adequate protein. OK, What is adequate?!? I am not a M.D. THEREFORE I cannot diagnosis you. However, with all of the differences of opinion, it seems the going rate is between 60-90 gm's/day of Isolated Whey protein for Women, please ask your Surgeon/PCP 5 - You will exercise! MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!!! JUST DO IT FOR PITTY SAKE!!! *hehehehehe* 6 - You will drink at least 64 ounces of water each day! Up to 150 oz's is great!! No less than 64 oz's as the Renal and Hepatic Systems are in over drive ridding the body of waste products and it is very important to get those fluids IN!!!! Take a bottle of H20 with you EVERYWHERE you GO!!!! Sip, sip, sip, drink, drink, DRINK!!! 7 - You will eat good meals! Protein always 1st, fresh veggies always 2nd and fresh fruits always 3rd!!!! ALWAYS in that order!!!! Carbs ALWAYS come last, but WHO has room after the 1st two?!?!? Not me!!! 8 - You will not eat more than 10 gm's of sugar at any one time! PERIOD!!!! 8 gm's is a good rule of thumb -- Ask your Surgeon/Pcp --- 9 - You will NOT change these RULES to suit your needs, UNLESS it is your Surgeons/PCP ORDERS!! Now that wouldn't be fair to YOU would it? Did you have WLS, ALTER you body in a drastic way to FAIL you?!?!?!? I think NOT!!!! 10 - You will LOVE yourself 100% & treat your new body with kit gloves and NEVER compare yourself with anyone else!! NEVER-EVER!!!!!!! Remember, WLS is only a TOOL and nothing more!!! Love yourself and be kind to the new YOU!!!! Remember, no-one but no-one walks in your shoes but YOU!!! :DISCLAIMER NOTICE: I am NOT a Physician and cannot diagnose ANYONE. PLease follow your Physicians rules as a postie ---