Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 > I have a question about the first meal. > > I wake up at 7:00AM and after I'm done with working out it's about > 10:00AM(including 40min. roundtrip to and from gym and showering and > waiting an hour before eating etc). I think the trick is to space out all your meals evenly throughout the day. I'd worry less about eating every three hours exactly and just divide up the hours you do have by six meals. On an unrelated note, I think I realized this morning one of the reasons why I quit last time: I hate working out. LOL. My attention span for it is about 20 minutes which is fine for HIIT, but half way through this morning's upper body wkout I started thinking " Aren't I done yet? " (Okay, whining is more like it). And my post-workout thoughts weren't any better! How long is it going to take for me to get used to this? However, I took my measurements this morning (as I am making this officially " Day 1 " ) and realized something else: I'm FAT. So, I do have that motivator going for me. :-D Regan C1W1D1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 I'm the same way when it is my upper body days. I have to keep telling myself, " You already got up this early and blew the sleep time, so you better put it to good use!! " Plus I look forward to the coffee that will be waiting for me when I return home Smelling the gentleman's at the front desk and not getting any sucks. I swear one day I'm going to ask him to fill up my water bottle! Pam > > I have a question about the first meal. > > > > I wake up at 7:00AM and after I'm done with working out it's about > > 10:00AM(including 40min. roundtrip to and from gym and showering and > > waiting an hour before eating etc). > > I think the trick is to space out all your meals evenly throughout the > day. I'd worry less about eating every three hours exactly and just > divide up the hours you do have by six meals. > > On an unrelated note, I think I realized this morning one of the > reasons why I quit last time: I hate working out. LOL. My attention > span for it is about 20 minutes which is fine for HIIT, but half way > through this morning's upper body wkout I started thinking " Aren't I > done yet? " (Okay, whining is more like it). And my post-workout > thoughts weren't any better! How long is it going to take for me to > get used to this? > > However, I took my measurements this morning (as I am making this > officially " Day 1 " ) and realized something else: I'm FAT. So, I do > have that motivator going for me. :-D > > Regan > C1W1D1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Our patients come in as a group on the Wednesday following surgery (most surgeries done on Tuesday so they are usually POD8) for what we call First Breakfast. Up to this point, they follow a CL diet. At this time, we have been having them advance to soft foods and have been serving scrambled eggs and cream of wheat. We have them dish up their own plate, reinforcing the the total volume of food recommended (1/4 cup total) and encouraging 75% PRO and 25% other. They use measuring tablespoons to dish up their food. One of the RD's talks to them during breakfast, reminding them to eat slowly and mindfully and to chew thoroughly. Then our exercise physiologist talks to them about post-op appropriate activity. Recently we have had a lot of complaints coming back through the surgeon's office about patients complaining about being sick after that meal. The surgeon is blaming the eggs, saying they are overcooked hospital eggs, etc. I was interested to see eggs near the top of the "untolerated foods" list. What else could we serve at our First Breakfast meeting? Any ideas? TIA, S Birch, RD LD Discover Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 -Sandy, Our second week is full liquids. They can stary with sfCIB, thin hot cereals, cream soups, etc. We start sc eggs on week three and even at that a lot of people complain that they do not tolerate eggs. Also, we encourage the patients to introduce foods one at a time to assess tolerance. Maybe just start out with a varitey of hot cereals of sf smooth yogurt. May I ask how you get your patients to come back that day? are they also seeing their surgeon? Good luck with class, Cheryl -- In , Sandi Birch <foodycoach@y...> wrote: > Our patients come in as a group on the Wednesday following surgery (most surgeries done on Tuesday so they are usually POD8) for what we call First Breakfast. Up to this point, they follow a CL diet. At this time, we have been having them advance to soft foods and have been serving scrambled eggs and cream of wheat. We have them dish up their own plate, reinforcing the the total volume of food recommended (1/4 cup total) and encouraging 75% PRO and 25% other. They use measuring tablespoons to dish up their food. One of the RD's talks to them during breakfast, reminding them to eat slowly and mindfully and to chew thoroughly. Then our exercise physiologist talks to them about post-op appropriate activity. Recently we have had a lot of complaints coming back through the surgeon's office about patients complaining about being sick after that meal. The surgeon is blaming the eggs, saying they are overcooked hospital eggs, etc. I was interested to see eggs near the top of the > " untolerated foods " list. What else could we serve at our First Breakfast meeting? Any ideas? > TIA, > S Birch, RD LD > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Discover > Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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