Frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeLarla 22]

Leatha, good point. When you lose that fast, you're not losing just fat. Losing muscle ain't the way to go. Plus, many bypass patients have to take supplements for life because their newly mutilated stomachs don't absorb nutrition from foods ingested.

[Guest Wiz]

Originally posted by leatha_g

They're losing muscle mass. :mad:

Exactly so. Unfortunately with such radical surgery the body does go into starvation mode and you start getting muscle wastage as well as fat burning. Also, there is come scope for increasing the 3 lb a week rule for people who are truly classified as morbidly obese - i.e with a BMI of way more than 45. For one they are carrying much more Water than other people and so lose it over a longer period, but they are also capable of burning many more calories than lower BMI people, so they can lose fat faster under starvation conditions.