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Welcome. Good stories exceed the not-so-good stories but you requested otherwise so here are mine: I didn't expect the first few months to be so emotionally-charged; adjusting to rapid weight loss was hard to process and adjust to. Following the rules of high protein may have led to a constipation problem which may have led to a hernia which definitely led to a bowel obstruction. Through it all, there are still no surgery regrets.
It's such a slow crawl now. Don't get discouraged, it will come off.
Welcome! There is a lot to learn here. Do a lot of reading to be prepared. The magnifying glass at the top is the search feature and you can find almost any topic that you can think of. And we are always glad to give support. I didn't have RNY so I can't really share specifics but I am sure others will chime in.
38 y.o. 5'7" HW 347 SW 332 M1 -22 M2 -18 M3 -19 M4 -9 M5 -18 M6 -11 M7 -13 M8-9 M9 -7 M10 -8 M11 -5 M12 -1 M13 -9 M14 -0
I knew that the loss would slow down but this is getting frustrating. But I guess any loss is a good loss. The good news is that my BMI is officially 29.9. I am only overweight as of today. WooHoo!
High Weight 347
Last week 192
This week 191
Next goal 175
38 y.o. 5'7" HW 347 SW 332 M1 -22 M2 -18 M3 -19 M4 -9 M5 -18 M6 -11 M7 -13 M8-9 M9 -7 M10 -8 M11 -5 M12 -1 M13 -9 M14 -0
Hi! My name is Kristin and I am in the pre-op testing phase. I go back in two weeks to hopefully get a surgery date for this summer. I am planning on a gastric by-pass. I was wondering if anyone has any not-so-good stories to share, so I know the down-side of what I am looking forward to. Thanks everyone for sharing!
I don't weigh until Thursday but, I thought I'd get the party started.
I ended my statement with this is my opinion. Thank you for your novel response. Also, my information was given to me from my Dr at University of Chicago which so happens to be one of the BEST hospitals for WLS. Seeing that the initial post was asking for opinions, I provided mine. I also do not pretend to have my MD and believe I understand the entirety of WLS community by reading a few medical journals. I wish you well on your weight loss journey.
But I was good and on plan one and a half weeks left in the cast. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I'm ditiching it next weekend to go snowboarding. let's hope deja vu isn't a real thing!
RNY 2011/07/26 HW 338; SW 301; LW 199; Starting over weight 255; CW 212; GOAL #1 lose regain back to 199 lbs!
HAHAHAH I totally missed this week. I'll catch the next round. Lol hugs to all!
Kiri
RNY 2011/07/26 HW 338; SW 301; LW 199; Starting over weight 255; CW 212; GOAL #1 lose regain back to 199 lbs!
I've been staying away for the last week or so, February is a crappy month for me mentally. I'm always depressed and this month hasn't been much different.
Food wise I've been sticking to y general food goals, no cheating at all but I'm at 11 months out now and I'm getting hungrier - I had been eating 4 ounce portions so I've increased to 4.5-5 ounce, depending on what the food is. I was still averaging around 700 calories a day so now I'm more around 800 calories a day which makes me nervous. I still have 50-ish pounds to lose. I don't want to stop. We'll see how my weight is on Monday.
High weigh: 377
Last week: 227
This week: 224 (met my mini goal of 225 finally!)
Next goal: 199!
Melinda
HW: 377 SW: 362 CW:131
TOTAL LOSS: 249 pounds
