Ovarian cyst and weight loss

[noonie79 11]

Does anyone have experience with an ovarian cyst slowing weight loss after bypass? I had gastric bypass on January 18 and have only lost 27 lbs in the last 12 weeks while staying true to the nutritional guidelines. Daily I have between 800-1000 calories, 70-90 grams of Protein and under 100 grams of carbs. Have also been monitoring an ovarian cyst for about that long that is not resolving but is a simple cyst. My obygyni said that we can remove it surgically because it has been causing pain but due to my size he thought it was a risky procedure. So I opted not to do it yet and to wait 6 more weeks. However, I am wondering if that could be the reason for the difficulty losing. Anyone experience anything like this? I have a call out to both my gastric surgeon and obygyni to see if they think the cyst might be to blame for the issues I am having with weight loss but wanted to see if any of you had any thoughts in the meantime. Thanks so much!

[pammieanne 269]

I haven't had surgery yet, but I would imagine 100g of carbs is high... but that's just my observation from what you have up there...

I couldn't imagine a connection to the cyst and your slow weight loss, but I'm not a doctor

Also, mostly just curious, but in this post you say gastric bypass, but in your sidebar it says you had a lap-band. I believe that'll make a huge difference on weight loss possibilities as well. Which one did you have?

Hang in there though, no matter what, and don't give up or cheat... not worth it. At least you are losing something

[noonie79 11]

Thanks for your replay PammieAnne! I had lap band a few years ago and bypass in January. As far as carbs, I was at about half that and fewer calories and brought the weight loss issue up to the nutritionist who actually recommended increasing calories to 1000 and carbs to 100 to try and get the scale moving. It worked for a week and then I stalled again. Heard back from the gynocologist who said it's not from the cyst. So frustrating.