Question:
two months post-op,had revision from vbg to RNY 100cm

I HAD STAPLE LINE DISRUPTION.I GAINED ALL MY WEIGHT BACKFROM MY VBG I AM TWO MONTHS POST OP AND I HAVENT HAD THE FEELING OF FULLNESS .I HAVE LOST 32LBS AND WATCH WHAT I EAT.I ALSO EXERCISE.I DONT OVER EAT BUT I NEED THAT TOOL.MY DR.SAID EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD BUT I FEEL I CAN EAT WAY TOO MUCH.BREAKFAST-PB SANDWICH AND BANANNA LUNCH-SMALL FISH TV DINNER DINNER-BAKED CHICKEN,POTOTOES,AND SPINACH....MAYBE A PICKLE FOR SNACK OR A FEW COOKIES.....DO I JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT TO SEE IF I GAIN WEIGHT OR WHAT?I WAS TOLD I WOULD LOSS WEIGHT SLOWER AS A REDO.THANK YOU TAMMY    — Tguajardo (posted on June 1, 2004)

June 1, 2004
I am going to be completly honest here with you. First congrats on your wls and weight loss. You might want to stay away from the breads and cookies though. Bad carbs will hinder your weightloss. Stick to things that are totally protein as much as you can. Find out the size your surgeon made your pouch and measure your food according to that not weight wize but portion wise. Your pouch will stretch a little bit on it's own as time goes by though. If you measure your foods you will make sure you are not over eating. It also depends on what your eating on how much you feel you can hold. Softer foods like yogurt you will feel you can hold more because with every extra bite you take it pushes the foods out of your pouch. This is overeating. Don't rely on getting the "full" feeling many of us don't get it post op. I know i didn't. Try measuring your foods. When you feel your hungry and you have already eaten wait the 30 minutes after eating and then drink some fluids. If your drinking while your eating it will cause you to be able to eat more than you need to also. It pushes the foods out of the pouch. i hope it helps some. kristi ky @ goal 5-5-02 302 to 120 http://hometown.aol.com/kbatten278/Kristi-KYindex.html
   — tinalivesay

June 2, 2004
At the stage you are I would be doing 95% protein and staying away from carbs as much as possible. This will force your body into max ketosis and should get the weight loss moving quicker. Since you never had any malabsorption before with the VBG you should have the same experience as a first time RNY. It sounds like the doc left you with quite a large pouch as I can eat quite a bit these days at 16 months PO but not as much as you indicate. I had a 1/2 ounce pouch initially but I'm sure it is quite a bit larger now. I also am a 150cm bypass, which helps also. It appears you will need to really buckle down on the quantity and choices in order to get the weight off. It would be a shame if he left you with a rather large pouch and only a 100cm bypass, especially having it be a revision. Also start exercising if you are not. Remember no drinking for like 30 minutes before, during and after meals. Read the pouch rules and memorize them. I know at 2 months PO on a good day I could eat 3 oz of solid protein. Good Luck!
   — zoedogcbr

June 3, 2004
I am also a VBG to RNY revision. The thing to remember is that we already had a pouch from the VBG, so we will not notice a drastic reduction in the amount of food we can eat like someone going from a normal size stomach to a pouch for the first time. I was concerned about this as well, and that was what my surgeon told me. I did lose the weight I gained back, but it was much slower than with my original VBG. I lost 90 pounds in a year. Good Luck.
   — Ali M

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