Before and After Photo! I've lost 122 Pounds!!! I'm 50 Years Old and Feel Fantastic!
Post your most recent test results. How do they compare with your pre-op levels?
Don't have them? Huh. Let me guess, you are another that doesn't feel it is necessary to track your numbers and likes to trivialize their necessity.
Your argument is negated when you do not have the evidence to prove your position.
Good luck to you.
~Jen
RNY, 8/1/2011
HW: 348 SW: 306 CW:-fighting regain GW: 140
He who endures, conquers. ~Persius
What in the actual heck is wrong with you ? Did your stats drop and you were depleted of oxygen as you were put under anesthesia !?! I'll see you on the flip side when your reposting your regain story with your photo looking similar to your BEFORE because you made no changes and allowed the surgery to do all the work except you'll be 4 inches shorter and toothless, hairless and possibly a few broken bones BY THEN . Wake the heck up and take this seriously or it will begin to catch up with you
Banded 6/9/09 HW 242 LW 142 Revision 198 m 1 loss 16 lbs 182. M 2 loss 4 lbs 178. M3 loss 6 lbs 174.m4 loss 4 lbs 168. M5 gain 2 lbs 170. M6 loss 7 lbs 163 M7 loss 5 lbs 159 M8 loss 1 lb 158 M9 loss 0 M10 155 loss 3 M11 154 loss 1 M12 loss 2 152 M13 loss 3 149 M16, 17 0 loss M 18 loss 4 lbs 145 (18 months 53 lbs)
Amen!! I do not think the OP will listen, but I hope others reading this post will listen to you!!
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
- Never Exercised Never did Shakes Never took a Single Vitamin and my blood work is always perfect I eat whatever I want but get full super quick I don't do sweets or pop or fast food that will make me sick. the surgery does it all don't let anyone fool you its the easiest thing in the world it just takes time, the surgery was super simple for me and I felt fine afterwards not a single issue just like my surgeon said. I get irritated at the people that say otherwise . Its like they just want attention. But maybe it is the hardest thing they've done if that's true then they've lived a very sheltered life. I wish I had done this many years sooner. It sure works!
Wow such misinformation in your post. You are just over two years out from surgery and yea some people don't have to many problems the first year losing weight and some even into year two, but after that things start to get real very fast. Things you used to eat start to cause weight gain because the malabsorption is gone. You end up having to cut calories to lose the gain.
When you get your labs done are they drawing 13+ viles or just a few? If it is just a few then you are not getting complete labs done and you could very well be deficient and not even know it.
What is your ferritin level? What is your Iron? How about calcium and Vit D? Vit B12?
You can get as irritated at you want at people, but posting bad information can be very dangerous to newly post ops. I have seen people end up getting very ill because they didn't take vitamins and even die.
Losing 122lbs is great, but don't get upset if as you get further out things start to change.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
Congratulations on the success so far! Good luck going forward, as well.
As for vitamins, I would encourage everyone to continue taking them, and making sure protein is adequate as well.
I've seen people with beri beri, protein deficiency to the point they might need amputations, night blindness, permanent neuropathy...the list goes on.
The body stores a great deal of vitamins. And it's possible to get enough vitamins if you are eating a lot of food, in theory. That doesn't mean it's smart to rely on food. And, that doesn't mean you are not becoming deficient. It can take years to reach that point. By then it's often too late. Make sure to get PTH and ferritin tested, too.
I mean, with a sleeve I had super low vitamin D and B1. I did not have malabsorption yet. I will always take my vitamins.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
Easy? Easy? I beg to differ. Yes, your pics look great. Lucky you for eating anything you want. Lucky you for not having to take any vitamins.
That is notmthe case for most of us. I am only 18 months out from my RnY and sure, I could probably eat whatever I want right now. But I choose to listen tomthe people who are four, five, ten years out and have maintained most or all of their loss. It may be easy for you now, but when the malabsorption stops and your body figures out how to process "anything you want to eat" I will be interested to see what happens.
As far as not taking vitamins goes, are you crazy? Every surgeon will tell you, you will be required to supplement for the rest of your life. Why would you argue with that?
Me? I aim to be successful at the long game, and am working on changing my skewed way of looking at food.
You must be kidding right? Have you read anything here? Please educate yourself right away. If you are truly serious about this I'm very concerned for your future.
Lap band: 2006. Revision to RNY 9/23/2016
8/2/17: Goal Reached: 135lbs. & 115lbs lost (5'3")
Pre-op: 250, SW 242, CW 125, GW 135
Pre-op: 9lb M1: 20lb M2: 11.5lb M3: 11.9 M4: 13.4 M5: 10.8 M6: 10.2 M7: 8.1 M8: 8.4 M9: 6.5 M10: 5.7 M11: 3.5 M12: 4.3
on 3/26/18 12:21 pm, edited 3/26/18 5:22 am
Congratulations on your loss but you don't sound like you have changed your lifestyle. You are on a very slippery slope and need to not take this gift of WLS for granted.
what everyone says here....start following the rules or you will be very sorry. Soon you will eat your words that it was easy and be sick on top. The first 2 years should be used to rebuild a new life style if you expect to keep the weight off and stay healthy. Take your vitamins, not that hard to do. So important for those of us who have had RNY.
(edited to fix a couple words)
