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Back on Track after Halloween
posted by Admin User at 2015-11-05 05:33:00
Q: What should the gastric bypass and gastric sleeve patient do with leftover Halloween candy?
A: Get rid of it!
Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is coming, then the winter holidays of your particular persuasion...so many treats, so many sweets, so many opportunities to go off track. What's a weight loss surgery patient to do? Right now- throw the candy away! Plenty of research shows that you are more likely to eat things that are around you, especially if they are things that are proven to reward the brain...give you a high, so to speak. These things are typically sugar and fat laden- so candy and chocolates collected around Halloween time are ripe for this kind of rewarding! Your best bet to help keep you on track is to keep these tempting foods "out of house, out of mouth".
As for the coming holidays- always remember that these celebrations should last for only one day at a time, not for weeks on end. It's easy to end up overeating over the entire holiday season, but if you keep with the thinking that "Thanksgiving only lasts one day" it can make managing your weight more manageable.
A: Get rid of it!
Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is coming, then the winter holidays of your particular persuasion...so many treats, so many sweets, so many opportunities to go off track. What's a weight loss surgery patient to do? Right now- throw the candy away! Plenty of research shows that you are more likely to eat things that are around you, especially if they are things that are proven to reward the brain...give you a high, so to speak. These things are typically sugar and fat laden- so candy and chocolates collected around Halloween time are ripe for this kind of rewarding! Your best bet to help keep you on track is to keep these tempting foods "out of house, out of mouth".
As for the coming holidays- always remember that these celebrations should last for only one day at a time, not for weeks on end. It's easy to end up overeating over the entire holiday season, but if you keep with the thinking that "Thanksgiving only lasts one day" it can make managing your weight more manageable.
posted at: 2015-11-05 05:33:00, last updated: 2015-11-05 05:41:08