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Eagles guard has lap band surgery to control his weight
Eagles guard Max Jean Guilles has lap band surgery to aid him in losing weight for the season. He was tired of coaches saying he had starting potential but had to control his weight issue. The thing that made me think was when the article described how he lost 15 lbs shortly after the surgery. The interesting thing was he was only drinking soup during that time as there is monitoring time associated with the surgery. A lot of people would lose weight if they just drink soup as they would be in a caloric deficit.
It bothers me that surgery is an option to treat obesity. I do not think it is necessary to put someone under the knife to achieve weight loss. This option just further magnifies the athletes eating problems and deeper reasons for eating themselves into obesity. This will only be a temporary fix as the root of the obesity is still lying dormant. A better option would be to talk to the athlete about how he feels when he overeats, teach them some healthier options for food, and detail a safe exercise plan to assist in their weight loss.
Here is a direct quote from www.nfl.com.
Even more exciting to him is the prospect of not hearing about his excess weight.
"Every year the Eagles say they want me to compete for the starting job, but my weight would be an issue and I'm tired of them talking about it" said Jean-Gilles, who has started 16 games in four seasons. "I would work out three times a day and I was starving myself and doing extra cardio to lose weight and it just didn't happen. My wife and I talked about it and when I realized I wouldn't lose any time (playing) football and that it was safe now and in the long term, I moved forward. I have a family to think about."
Here is what I think would be a safer route for losing the weight below.
Five Star O-Line Meal Plan
Protein – Lean Beef, Turkey, Whey Protein, Fish, Eggs
Carbohydrates – Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Sweet Potatoes, Ezekiel Bread
Veggies – Broccoli, Asparagus, Green Beans, Spinach
Fats – Olive Oil, Natural Peanut Butter, Almonds, Cashews, Almond Butter
Beverages- Water, Green Tea, Crystal Light, Powdered Gatorade
Cheat Meal – Burger, Pizza, Wings, Stromboli, Fried Rice
The eating strategy I like is very simple as I find compliance to be an issue when it is very complicated. I create categories of a very limited selection of foods according to what offerings the client likes. We eat 1.5 times protein according to the lean body mass the client is carrying. Every other category is 1 time the lean body mass except the cheat meal. The cheat meal is only one meal where you can eat what you want for the last meal of the day. I borrowed a lot of these ideas from Shelby Starnes e book very low carb approach. Although, I believe an athlete will need to adjust their carbs much higher on days that they exert more energy. This would include during two a days or very demanding energy system training.
Leave me a comment if you liked this article and I will add what the training sessions would like.
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Comment by Jimmy Lamour on May 9, 2010 at 8:06am -
What does a current day of eating look like for you? Whatis your current training and body fat%?
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Comment by Tristan Hill on May 8, 2010 at 4:42am -
I'll agree with Jimmy about the lack of work ethic of young players. I coach a junior rugby union team at my old high school here in Brisbane and that is definately the case here. Today they had a pretty crushing defeat by their rivals in a trial match. After the game I asked them about what they thought of their performance and they all agreed that the biggest difference between the two teams was fitness and effort in key situations. I've warned them a tough fitness session awaits on Tuesday but they are starting to understand the importance of it and are keen to make changes. Losing to a rival that badly will do that it seems...
As far as the weight loss plan goes, I would love some more advice, Im not the biggest guy around (last time I checked I was around 225 pounds), but I wanna drop my body fat % and up my muscle mass as the ratio is pretty bad right now.
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Comment by Matthew Graham on May 7, 2010 at 8:48pm -
What a wonderful example for young aspiring athletes, if its too hard, find the easy way out.
Unfortunetley for all professional athletes, part of the job description is being a role model for young children.
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Comment by Jimmy Lamour on May 7, 2010 at 8:55am
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It seems society as a whole is looking for an easy way out. The fat loss industry is a perfect example- everything is a 6 week program, a pill, a gadget, etc...What happened to hard work and discipline? It seems like players are different now a days. I was suprised when I coached high school at the lack of work ethic by our players.
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Comment by Danny Steele on May 6, 2010 at 8:24pm -
With all the resources available to a professional athlete (trainers, nutritionist, etc...), surgery would seem to be the easy way out. Plus the muscle he's going to lose following the surgery is going to be huge. I'd be willing to bet he won't come out of this a better player.
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Comment by Cliff Louis on May 6, 2010 at 1:10pm -
That is a cop out. It's amazing how people don't want to take the time out to really combat the real issue and just mask it for a while. This man clearly has insecurities, depression, and other emotional inbalances that contribute to his eating habits. And not to discredit his families love for him, I don't believe that my woman, wife, fiance', mother, brothers would approve of me to getting a surgery like this in order for me to play football.
Ultimately, the surgery is a temp. fix his eating habits are going to remain the same and possibly worse because he knows that the band will only let him eat only but so much.
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Comment by LeCharles Bentley on May 6, 2010 at 12:26pm -
What a cop out! I could go on a tangent regarding the stupidity and risk involved with this procedure. We are talking about a pro athlete at the peak of health and strength not some morbidly obese, bed bound individual. Working hard and THINKING you're training hard are two different scenarios. Talk about taking the easy way out!!! What happens whe football is over??? Quality of life??? Responsibility??? Accountability???
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