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I'm so sorry you're going through such a long stall. I do have some questions for you. I did my Traditional DS on Feb 24th. I did have a 2.5 week stall but I am back to losing again. Stalls are very normal. I started at 300lbs, 290 Day of Surgery and now I'm 268. ( -32lb So Far)
- Did you do the Traditional DS or the Modified DS like the SADI?
2. What type of carbs are you eating and are you eating more than 20 carbs daily?
3. How many calories are you doing daily? I don't do more than 800-1000 calories daily.
4. Are you doing at least 80g of Protein daily and drinking lots of water?
5. Did you request a Medical Report of your surgery, if not make sure you do so that way you know exactly what was done to you and make sure you talk to your Surgeon about this long stall. I've never heard of one this long at the very beginning. The most I've read is 3 weeks after Month 1 of Surgery.
Anyone on Prolia? Working to get my calcium high enough to get it. Looking for feedback. Thank you in advance
Julie
I have been taking it for over 5 years and have shown some increase in bone density snd other things thst pleased my endocrinologist.
whst exactly did you want to know?
I don't know what to do. I am so tired, so frustrated. I am eating right, I am exercising, I am taking my vitamins.
I haven't budged since week 1.
I don't what to they can do, what I can do. I am so sad. This felt like my last chance. It doesn't get much more extreme than a DS. It was such a hard decision to make.
if you are eating carbs you likely won't lose. We absorb carbs 100%. Are you eating 100+ gm of dense protein a day?
how many calories? Many of us have to be 600-700 cals to lose. Any more snd we only maintain.
what does a days menu look like for you?
Did you get a real DS or something else? What is your CC?
How many carbs per day are you eating? If I want to lose I have to stay around 20 per day.
My wife (DS 5/05) has been on it for several years now, after being on Fosamax before. She skipped a year for some dental work that contraindicated its use, but her last Dexa showed some regrowth in one area and insignificant loss in another, so it seems to be at least maintaining things.
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin
because the DS malabsorbs fat at about 80% this is dependent on your common channel anything that is in a fat medium will not absorb well.
AND anything that you put in your mouth besides something that is absorbed sublingual, has the potential to be malabsobed, so you will have to see...it sucks but just the way it is...
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
on 4/5/21 12:20 pm
I drink tons of water.
My surgery was Feb 25. I just put random info in my profile.
I started at about 309 on surgery day. Got done to 299 after a week. Bounced back up to 301. and am hovering there. going on 5 weeks.
I am following the high fat/high protein/with carbs that the nutrionist told me to follow.
I had a sleeve in December 2016. DS in Feb 2021
DS doesn't work like that. You probably lost 20+ quickly and were hoping for 80 to 100 by now. If you lost 20 in 3 months, that will become 80+ over a year. Just give it time.
If you had a DS and lost no weight, you'd be the first person and doctor owes a refund for incompetence.
The site says you had your DS on New Years Day. You say you're eating right and exercising and taking your vitamins but you haven't lost one ounce.
May I ask what are you eating? What kind of exercise are you doing? How much water are you drinking per day?
Were you a "virgin" DS or was your DS a revision from another type of WLS?
Would like to offer help but need more information.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
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