Are you about to go through heart surgery? Doctor recommended you to lose weight fast before? Here I am going to give you some helpful tips that will help you to get prepared for your heart surgery in few steps!
First step is to decide how much weight you need to lose and how much time you have before the surgery! That's very important so you will know where we are standing. Don't forget you are not doing it for a beauty and your goal is not to have six pack abs, so don't try to lose more than you really have to.
The second step is to write down what you are eating, breakfast, launch, supper and the snacks... Make an organized table with all the foods you eat so you can see what you can give up on. It's important for your next step.
The third step is to calculate how much calories you are eating every day. You can find the nutritional value on the products packs, or to find on the net, it's not a problem today. After you know how much you are eating and how much you need to lose, it's easier. Let's say you are eating 3000 calories every day, you need to lose 14 pounds and you have a month to the surgery. Well, you can do it, you just will have to eat 1800 calories. No, don't be afraid! You want be starving just try to eat less food that contains a lot of carbohydrate, foods like bread, potatoes, pasta. And try to eat more meat and milk products to get more proteins. Fruits like apples, oranges will be excellent to give your body more vitamins! About the cholesterol - we know that cholesterol isn't healthy for your heart. There are many kinds of food without cholesterol at all. It will be perfect for you...
Start moving, but not to much:
I didn't mean to start training and running, you can't. But you can walk so I recommend you to start walking every day 1-2 mile not to fast, but not to slow. Walking is a replacement for running and it helps to burn fat in your body. Don't forget to drink water and to put special shoes not to harm your knees.
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