Life is different after bariatric surgery. As you very well know, things change drastically during the recovery period. Aside from the minor discomfort brought on with any surgical procedure, post-gastric bypass recovery adds another dimension.
Your diet is now regimented. If you want to maintain your success after bariatric surgery you have to be accountable for the things that you eat. But this isn’t the only thing you’re going to have to watch.
Simple things, that you took for granted in the past, are now going to become pretty important. Taking a walk or standing while working at the computer will go a long way towards improving your stamina and keeping your metabolism humming.
Your body was made for movement. If it doesn’t move around regularly it starts to break down. But can developing the “new you” really be as simple as exercising a little and avoiding the dessert cart?
Well, not quite. But it’s not too complicated, either.
3 Steps to Success After Bariatric Surgery
Tip 1: Keep Moving
You can find simple ways throughout your day to keep moving. At work when you get up to go to the restroom, do some isometrics. When you’re in front of the T.V. you can sort laundry, or better yet, stand. While you read this at the computer you could be tightening your stomach and butt muscles with short intense bursts.
Tip 2: Eat Right
Protein: your body needs it after bariatric surgery. It is essential to recovery and maintaining weight loss success. Why? Because protein builds muscle and muscle burns fat.
A diet high in proteins and low in carbohydrates and fats is the best thing for you. You can find plenty of good things to eat in the bariatric recipes section of this blog.
Tip 3: Take Your Bariatric Vitamins
No matter how much nutrition you get from your food after bariatric surgery you will need supplements. The food grown today, even the organic stuff, is not as nutritionally dense as it was even a decade ago. Bariatric vitamins are key to making sure that you are getting all the nutrition possible. If you are getting all the nutrition without the bulk of unhealthy eating, you will get fit and stay that way forever.
