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3 days post op and gained weight?
Dimples58 replied to raynay05's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I was told that this is common to gain weight after surgery. my wt before surgery on 7/26/17 was 247.9 and after was 251.8. Hang in there, we'll loss it all and than some. -
When you're planning your diet, how do you make sure you're sticking to the plan?
Arlene G replied to Alex Brecher's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
Congrats on maintaining your weight loss for the past eleven years. -
I am almost 6m out PO and I was wondering is there a way to speed up the fat loss progress? I am losing only 5-8 pounds a month for the past 3 months and I was wondering if there is a way I can kick start it back into overdrive? I had a goal to reach my goal weight by mid July but at this rate, I will be nowhere near it by then.
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Getting Ready for Surgery - anyone know Dr. Blackstone?
trish4 replied to trish4's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Boy, I am one confused woman. I THOUGHT I was ready for the sleeve - had even seriously considered changing to Dr. Aceves in Mexicali for it (because he seems to have the most experience) - so I get on his website and here's what is recommendation is if you have GERD: "the recommended surgery for obese patients with GERD or severe acid reflux is the Gastric Bypass. The bypass is the anti reflux surgery for weight loss. The sleeve can actually cause more reflux that may or may not be controlled with medication..." He goes on to say that if you have the sleeve and your reflux/GERD is not controlled with meds you will need to consider converting the sleeve into a bypass." And YES I do have GERD and Reflux and so does that mean it's the bypass for me? -
Hair loss
Almitra Formisano Massey replied to agooch's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I had surgery on April 15, 2013. I always get at least 80 grams of protein and I take all my vitamins including 5000 Biotin for hair. I drink all my liquids and follow the diet I was given pretty well. About three weeks ago my hair started falling out. My surgeon said it shouldn't fall out for sleeves but here we are. I knew going into this it was a possibility and I thought thin and healthy and bald was better than fat with good hair, but I'm having a hard time accepting this. When you go through trauma, hair can fall out. Last week my scalp got sunburned on vacation! My friends who've had sleeve and RNY all say it will grow back. I'm praying for it to be soon! -
I feel the same way, I have a tool and I am not using it. Need to get my head back in weight loss mode. I lost about 50 lbs five years ago post surgery and have regained 30! I need to focus and get back on track. I'll be check on you Maggie, Good luck Maureen
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The biggest reason why I'm glad I got a band rather than RNY
gentlespirit replied to vluckey's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
The safety issues and reversibility if necessary were the biggest issues. Malabsorbtion just doesn't seem healthy to me if weight loss can be done some other way. And I also didn't like the idea of reworking my insides! I'm so thankful to have had the option of the band. Even if it does have to come out someday (hopefully f aw into the future), I'll always be glad I did this. Emily -
Bad breath-20 months & 145 pounds later
Humming Bird replied to LSP's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
After 145 pound loss and 20 months It could be ketosis, but I doubt it. That is why I encourage you to see the dentist/hygienist to check out other causes. Breath Rx and Listerine are good choices for mouthwash, but do not cure some of the things that could be causing the problem. -
I didn't see the psych post op. I am 7 weeks out and I still like to snack and pick...I don't know if it will ever go away, but I concentrate on drinking sugar free drinks and SF popcycles at night to help with the need to have "something". I eat pumplkin seeds (break them out of the shell), I can't eat too many of them so it doesn't impact my weight loss, but the activity of shelling them helps with hand to mouth fixation... I am suprised more people don't have something to say about the mental eating...I am sure so many of us must be dealing with it in some way.
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Are you more hungry around time of cycle?
heavendly06 replied to LovelyOne's topic in The Gals' Room
Same here Aunt Flo always comes and helps me to pack on the calories! It always ends with a loss though! -
I have to agree with the others regarding the sudden drop in weight that comes along with it. I always dread weighing in right after I have indulged my hormonal cravings and am stunned each time it resulted in a 3-4 pound loss. Weird right? But I still wouldn't recommend cheating all month long expecting to drop weight like that all the time.
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I`m almost 6 months out, I eat heaps between 6pm and 11pm. I eat alot better foods such as fruit and "some" not so good. I exercise or weight train every day, my weight loss has slowed to a crawl. I am very, very happy with my sleeve. As long as I don`t put on weight then I feel I have already succeeded, I thought I wanted to be slim but it turns out I just wanted to not be fat.
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Weight gain at 4 weeks?
billreed70 replied to chelD's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 4 weeks out now and have noticed that I'm slowing down in weight loss a bit. I have dropped 42 in a month but I think for both of us excel use will jump start the process again... Good luck -
Hey sleevers! I was sleeved on June 11 so I'm one month out. Yay! In my first 2 weeks I lost really well, then it slowed and then I gained? What?!?!?!? I know stalls are normal and expected but wanted to see if anyone else out there had any issues with gaining?? I am now getting 65-80 oz of Water and 65-80 gr Protein. Here are my stats: SW: 320 Wk 1: 307 (loss of 13 lbs) WK 2: 301 (loss of 6 lbs) WK 3: 299 (loss of 2 lbs) WK 4: 301.5 (gain of 1.5 lbs) I know stalls are pretty normal at this time but this gain has stuck for 5 days. I do need to start exercising. Anyone else seeing gains? Or sleevers who are farther along, any insight or encouragement? Thanks and be blessed!!
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From the album: Before and 'During' Body Transformation
The photo on the left was just before surgery on July 3rd. The one on the right was taken 1/8/2013. 73lb weight loss -
Sept. seems to far off
illuminationlady replied to KAS1971's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Spend this time you've been given to educate yourself. I know people who had to wait longer than you have to and they have done excellent because they were well prepared. I myself had to wait 4 months for the whole process and I looked at it as a gift. Read these forums, read WLS books and prepare yourself mentally for the "loss" of food. Be positive and keep your chin up!!! Best wishes! -
Have you heard anything yet... My last supervise weight loss is April 12 so not to far behind.
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Thank you! I am so appreciative of all the information that I'm getting from my Nutritionist and the weight loss surgery team in general. I do think that the education component is very important - I would say it's as important as the surgery itself. The surgery is a tool. The education is a tool. When both tools are used at the same time, success comes easier, I'm sure.
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Hi Betty, You look great in your pictures. and you can really see your weight loss in those baggy pants. Keep up the good work. Fran
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My hair is already thin. Not looking forward to this. May have to try out weaves! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using the BariatricPal App
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I am the maid of honor please beleive me yall!
Rhasibabie commented on Jessica27's gallery image in Member Photo Gallery
You are gorgeous... His loss girly! -
like everyone else said, it's just normal fluctuation. as for 30 lbs in 7.5 weeks, you're ahead of where I was at that point, and I started out WAY heavier than you (people with higher BMI's tend to lose more quickly at first). Your loss is completely within the normal range.
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Documented bmi for the last 2 years....Aetna insurance
AbbieRoad posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have Aetna HMO insurance and they do cover lap band surgery. The selection criteria says "For adults age 18 years or older, presence of severe obesity that has persisted for at least the last 2 years (24 months), documented in contemporaneous clinical records, defined as any of the following: Body mass index (BMI) (see appendix) exceeding 40; or And here lies the problem for me. Though I have been overweight pretty much all my adult life...I very rarely go to doctors. I had been to the obgyn in January of 2009 weighing in at 325, and then not back in a doctors office until February 2011 weighing in at 375, and then again last week at 363. Do you think they will count the OBGYN's weight documentation even though it's older than 2 years? I could go back farther than that and get my old obgyn's docs from 2006 when I was pregnant with my son, and also overweight (though closer to 275 then). I've finally made the decision to get the lap band, I'm attending a seminar on June 7th and I'm really looking forward to this. I meet (and beat) he BMI requirement (at nearly 50bmi) but I'm worried because I've not really been an active doctor frequenter. I would really hate to have to wait 2 years since February to 2013 to get my weight records! Too bad pictures of my fat ass from those time periods couldn't suffice : / Anybody have any idea? This is also my first posting here, been lurking for a few months. I'm 6' tall, 363lbs, size 26/28, 29 years old momma of 1. Only other comobidities that I have is high blood pressure, high cholesterol...but the doc has recommended weight loss and that's it. No sleep apnea, that I know of! Abbie -
Oh god yes, this too. The way people who knew you prior to the weight loss vs after is indeed going to change. I've, also unfortunately, ran across a lot of people (i.e. women) who wouldn't give me the time of day when I was at my heaviest weight, now all of a sudden they wanna be in a "relationship with me". You have to watch out for those types of folks as well, because they are usually the type that will assume that you have low self-esteem and will just accept any sort of treatment. Not everyone that smiles in your face and compliments you on your weight loss journey is meant to be in your inner circle of people. So don't get blinded by the looks of the "hottie at the bar" who didn't give you the time of day a year ago, but now wanna jump your bones cause you can see your pelvic bones now.
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How Did You Come To Your Decision?
Wheetsin replied to ShouldBlittler's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
For about 5 years I told myself, "If I cannot lose X lbs this year, I will think about having weightloss surgery." That started around 2002, before it was very common at all. At the time the only procedure really known to me was RNY and I saw that as an absolute desperation move. Then around 2004 I heard about the lapband and started looking into it. Had lapband surgery early 2006. I knew going into it that chances were it would not be with me forever, so shortly after having it put in I started researching Plan B. Lost a ton of weight with my lapband and thought that maybe if it ever had to come out, I could do it on my own. Well, it had to come out, and I couldn't come close to maintaining my loss. I've never been able to maintain for the life of me. So about 4 hours after finding out about my lapband slip, and my surgeon telling me he did not consider me a candidate for re-banding, I was on this site looking into sleeve, which had been looming as my most likely Plan B (DS being the other, I still don't care for RNY or plication or any of the more fringe procedures out there). It took me about 4 days to come to the realization that I didn't want another lapband. At first I did, but realistically, I just kept seeing myself in the same place on a 5 year cycle, so I opted for more permanency.
