PCOS and slow weight loss

Does PCOS really slow down the weight loss process in RNYers?

Hi Bre!   I don't have much to add, but I wanted to say hi! I'm not sure about this as it seems that I've heard answers on both sides.  I'm one year post op and my losses have slowed, but that could be the PCOS or my current pregnancy. 

 Well I found out yesterday that I don't have PCOS anymore. So I have to find another explanation.

Well, at least that's a bit of good news.  Good luck on figuring things out!!

I had my Rny June 23 and I lost 20 lbs the first week.  However, I haven't lost any more.  I am two and a half weeks out.  I guess since I lost so much the first week I thought I would lose more this week.  Any help out there?  Did anyone else have a slow down in weight loss the second and third weeks?

Yes!  I hit my first stall in week 3, and experienced a stall once a month for the rest of my weight loss journey.  The stall was usually tied to my cycle (but hey...at least I had a cycle!  Take that PCOS!)  Hang in there.  Everyone has stalls (PCOS or not) and they all start up again...you will too!

Have PCOS, lost 15lbs in 1.5 weeks, then by 3 weeks it was 30. Now going on 4 wks and am stalled .. however I get on the scale every day which I shouldnt do. Hopefully next week I'll see a difference.  I gotta keep telling myself this is not a race .... but we all want our payoff sooner rather than later, right?

For most of us no.  I had a total of 114lb to loose and lost 100lb in 6 months.  Remember too that the further post op you are the harder it gets to loose weight because your body learns to adjust to your new plumbing.  I know that loosing weight at 1 year post op was easier than was when I was trying to loose the last of my last pregnancy weight at 3-3.5 years out.

BTW - PCOS is genetic...you'll always have it (I saw your post further down the screen).  It'll be in control due to weight, diet & exercise but you'll always have it.  I'm symptom free too now.  My labs are perfect & I'm cyst free...but I still have PCOS....

Good luck loosing the rest of your weight!

BTW - PCOS is genetic...you'll always have it  <----------- Thanks for that... My OB/GYN didn't mention that.

I think it can have an effect.  I'm 7.5 months out, and I'm down almost 89 pounds.  I know some people lose much, much faster then I do.  But I keep telling myself I'm like the turtle.  Slow and steady.  And I've been very, very healthy post-op, no problems.  So, I'll take it I guess.  I saw my surgeon a couple weeks ago, and he says I'm fine.  I assume he should know..lol