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I dump easily but some reason the couple tastes I took didn't bother me. Cake and Cookies don't like me. If it's not dumping it's gas. After having that I didn't eat anything at the birthday party afterwards because I didn't want it take the chance.
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
Sounds Great!
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.
Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.
I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!
How's everyone doing? Even if you don't post your Menu let us know what's going on in your life. I've been struggling with 2 pounds. Up one day and down the next.
Maintenance: 8+ years out
Breakfast:
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Snack: Nuts, Cheese, berries Snack pak
Lunch: Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Cheese
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Snack: Apple Slices
Snack: Nature Valley Almond Crunch Bar
Dinner: I'm sooo tired of thinking about what to make
Snack: Plain Popcorn
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
Hi there!
I too was 49 when I had my RNY. I also am 5'3 and my high weight was 218 and my surgery weight was 208... we have very similar stats.
My goal was 125. I hit that at my 9 month mark. I am now over 8 years out and have had my ups and downs but am now within 2-3 lbs of my original goal weight.
My weight loss was pretty consistent - but don't expect to have the huge loss numbers other folks who need to lose more do - when you do start your journey, look at the percentage of weight loss versus the scale number (I know, easier said than done!) to help keep your sanity. I lost 93 lbs total. I did get a little lower about 2 years after but didn't like me at that weight.
I had a particular bad experience when I told a stranger I was having the surgery - and swore I wouldn't tell another soul. In fact, I didn't tell my mother until the night before. Of course my husband and kids knew - and I think I told my sister. It is a very personal choice and experience - and there are a lot of naysayers out there - everyone knows someone who has a horror story... I found over the years that the majority of the "horror stories" were people who didn't follow the rules (you'll hear everyone they knew gained all the weight back) with either their food or their vitamins/protein.
Now I'm pretty open about it - because the way I see it, you can argue with success ;) But - since I am so far out I have friends who never knew me heavy, so it really isn't a huge factor in my life anymore.
Congratulations on your upcoming surgery - you will not regret it a bit!!
HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"
Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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My heaviest weight was around 185, not sure since I would get too depressed to step on a scale once I hit 170+. My BMI on surgery day was 34.7, (4'11"-172 lbs) and I was 48 when I had RNY.
I think my weight history is very similar to yours. I remember feeling fat when I weighed 130 lbs. A good healthy weight for me is around 110 lbs, so that made me easily 20 lbs over weight. Not a big deal to someone 6' tall, but it made me pudgy around the middle. I stayed at that weight until I was about 37/38 years old. That's when early onset menopause hit. At least that's what my doc told me. Well I wasn't happy to hear that I would just have to accept that I was going to be obese just because my ovaries were failing. I tried every diet known to man, and they all worked, but only until I stopped. I always gained all of the weight back, plus a pound or five. :/
I think my weight loss went incredibly well, I hit every goal I was hoping for and I did it much faster than I had hoped. I'm down to my last (personal) goal of 110 lbs by my surgery anniversary. That's May 16, and I'm at 119.0 as of this morning. So, 9 pounds to reach my personal goal with 3.5 months to get there. I'm feeling pretty good about my chances.
My biggest challenge so far has been hormones. I had been going through some pretty nasty perimenopause for over 10 years and just prior to surgery I was hopeful that it was nearly over. I had gone 7 months without a cycle- SO CLOSE!! Hot flashes were gone, mood swings much easier, anger and anxiety easing up. Then when I started shedding weight post-op, they came back. I have to deal with monthly cycles again, including raging PMS and acne a teenager would be crying over. Sheeesh!
I only told a few family members, and I still haven't told any friends. I'm a very private person. I feel like this is a personal experience, and I don't share any other medical info about myself, so this is really no different. It's not that I'm ashamed, but I feel like it would be too easy for people to judge my decision and choices if I put this out there. Most people couldn't understand why I was always on a diet, imagine me telling them I had gastric bypass?? Man, the judgement. LOL, no.
Anyway, this was the best thing I ever did for myself, and congrats on getting approved!! Good luck on your journey!
49/F 4' 11" Highest Wt. 183.8--Surgery Wt. 173.0--Current Wt. 115.2--Goal Wt. 115.0
Hello,
I'm from Ohio, and just passed thru the preliminary work, was approved by my insurance and now waiting for the surgical date. I'm planning on having the RNY, hopefully in March.
I'm 49, 5'3" and my CW is about 208, my GW is 120. I wear a US Women's size 16-18 and work in a "business professional" office.
I'm anxious because I'm older, and I'm no newb to the WL world. I was a pretty healthy kid who started getting a pudge in high school and felt FAT in the mid 80s when I was 15 lbs overweight. Until I was almost 40, I managed to stay on the chubby side of healthy but then in a few years my weight grew quickly (I joke I had sympathy weight gain for my sisters and friends pregnancies). My heaviest was 235, in 2005 (38 yrs old) and I've been as light as 180s in 2009 but generally I'm hovering within ten pounds of 200. I eat a healthy diet, and take in between 1200 to 1700 calories averaging about 1650 (I've tracked my food intake since 2009.) My body does not like to close in on the 190 mark, it fights it with every weapon from insane cravings to extreme fatigue.
For those of you who did the RNY at a BMI of 35 ish, what was your weight loss like post surgery? What were your biggest issues? AND did you tell your friends and family that you had the surgery?
Thanks!
Melinda
5'4" 49yrs at surgery date
SW - 206 CW - 128
M1 - 20lb M2 - 9 lb M3 - 7 lb M4 - 7 lb M5 - 7 lb M6 - 6 lb M7 - 4 lb M8 - 1 lb M9 - 2 lb M10 - 4 lb M11 - 0lb M12 - 3lb M13 - 0 lb M14 - 2 lb M15 - 0 lb M16 - 3 lb
Hi guys,
MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - 2 protein coffees (60g), bullet proof with coconut oil
B - Greek yogurt w/blueberries and almonds
S - peanuts
L - beef and rice soup
S -
D - shrimp w/butter and garlic sauce
S - CarbSmart ice cream
VITES:
morning batch: done
calcium batches:
iron: stopped
evening batch:
heme iron: pending
MILES:
stairs
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
I think anything more than 2 spoonfuls would make me dump. For some reason liquids like that tend to make me dump so much easier than solid foods. Cookies don't seem to bother me, and I wish they did. Dang it.
49/F 4' 11" Highest Wt. 183.8--Surgery Wt. 173.0--Current Wt. 115.2--Goal Wt. 115.0
Maybe it's time for me to clean up my diet, permanently.
Menu: all meats for a few days, because the weekend... ugh.
Coffee: Regular coffee with creamer (60, 0)
Breakfast: Ham and cheese omelet (190, 15)
Snack: Everroast Chicken (90, 18)
Lunch 3oz filet mignon (110, 18)
Snack: 3oz filet mignon (110, 18)
Dinner: 3oz meatloaf (238, 28)
Protein Shakes: None-- Everroast chicken (60, 12)
Calories: 798 Protein: 103 Carbs: 11
49/F 4' 11" Highest Wt. 183.8--Surgery Wt. 173.0--Current Wt. 115.2--Goal Wt. 115.0
WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.
Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.
I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!
Morning LW's!!! I never got to my bathroom redecorating. To many grandkid things going on. I did have an experience with the best milk shake I've EVER had in my life! We went to a restaurant called the Burgatory where you can have get a burger made out of beef, elk, etc. and Specialty Milkshakes. My DD's got a Whip cream Carmel Pretzel Milkshake that they insisted DH and I try. I am NOT a milkshake fan but I thought "if I don't try this they aren't going to leave me alone". Well I had a "few" tastes of it and I even woke up the next morning thinking about it. In fact DH and were still talking about it last night.....LOL. It was the most amazing thing I've had in a long time....definitely worth a little dumping.
Maintenance: 8+ years out
Breakfast:
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Snack: Nuts, Cheese, berries Snack pak
Lunch: Going to see my Mom
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Snack: ?
Snack: Nature Valley Almond Crunch Bar
Dinner: Roast and 1/2 cup Noodles
Snack: Plain Popcorn
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
