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Cody, First, Congratulations on losing almost 30 lbs!! There are so many that have thrown...

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Oh please tell me that I read this incorrectly. Are you actually saying that you had a...

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Oh please tell me that I read this incorrectly. Are you actually saying that you had a major surgery without knowing anything about it, that your doctor pushed you through this process, giving you an OK with no questions asked??? Was this also performed in an ALLEY??
I'm sorry, but you should have never been given the okay on this surgery if they didn't even ask you what you have tried in the past to lose weight.
If you are okay with the weight you are at right now, then that is great, but you still have to learn some steps to maintain it. You are going to have to work at this even if you don't want to lose it. If you do, that is great to, but you cannot throw your hands up in the air after a week when you don't lose it all and give up. It didn't go on over night and with or without surgery it surely is not coming off over night. You have a weakness for carbs/ possibly sugars that may not effect you... so you have identified this. That is a huge huge reason you can eat more. The carbs can pass through you quickly making you feel like you are still hungry... if you are eating chicken or beef it sticks around, you eat less and feel fuller longer. I had a ta dah moment with that when I talked to my doctor because I was having the same issue of feeling though I was eating too much. I have spent the last several months busting my butt, exercising every day, EVERY DAY.. I have been logging what I eat in a website that adds everything up for me, and I write everything down so it smacks me back in the face if I go over for the day. I can see it, and it doesn't lie to me. This past week, even after adding 150 squats to my workout each day, I gained 7 lbs.... in a week!! I could have gotten depressed, which doesn't do me any good, eat, which will make me feel even more depressed, and bloated, and gross... so I still got up, dusted myself off and did my workout anyways. Even after all of that I feel I should be down further than I am, but only I can change that and I want to be feeling good again.
If you have not talked to your doctor about this, then you should. If he/she does not listen, find another one. You may have to basically go back to do what you should have done in the first place 7 years ago... see a nutritionalist that can help with people that have had this surgery, and go from there, I did do extensive research on my own before considering this, I did go through all the steps, support groups, and now am in contact with a nutritionalist with my doctor and you can make it a priority in your life to be healthy and happy or be depressed and give up.View Thread

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I think that a year long trial run is really something that doctors should be looking at....

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I think that a year long trial run is really something that doctors should be looking at. Not only would it "weed out" people that are not taking this seriously, been through other programs guided by health providers, and truely have come to this as a last resort of weightloss. The trial run would give the doctor an honest look at what the person is eating and what their habits are. I also think that all the doctors that do this surgery should be on the same page making it as consistent as possible and check with medications the patient is on, and other health problems and go over this with them making it clear that because of these other issues, you may not lose all the weight you want or keep off all the weight.
I know that there are people out there that should not have had this done and were dishonest with their doctors just to get the okay to do this thinking it was skinny in a bottle.
I am really hoping that things have changed with how they are doing the informational meetings and general consult. I had mine 12 years ago and I thank god that I did do a lot of research on my own before hand... be even with doing this, there was still information not given to me like the weight gain was normal after. If I had been prepared for this from the beginning, I would have watched much closer than I did and not let it slip. I have lost about 20 lbs or so in the last 2 mos roughly with exercising more as suggested by the surgeon and I am trying my best at not making protein part of an ingredient in dishes.
But reading these stories and issues is really different than living them. I am not going to jump and say, well, you don't know anything about this, because you are here for a reason, curious, information seeking, or know someone that is thinking of it. It seems like everyone has had a different experience with their surgery because they had different doctors and live in a different part of the country.
To those that have begun to get back on track, you have done that by coming here, noticed a change needs to be made. Don't throw your hands up in the air and give up. Sure it is not going to be hard, I have been working my butt off, but it is better than becoming immobile, being in pain, tired and nothing fitting again. I am doing it, I walked 3 miles today and I will get up tomorrow and do the same thing. Work with your doctors, get back into your support groups and do it for you.View Thread

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I can only speak for myself, and what I know. If people posting are lying to themselves,...

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I can only speak for myself, and what I know. If people posting are lying to themselves, have set up camp on the couch with a bag of chips but complain they only eat a half a cup at a time, then that is something they need to address.
Would I recommend this to a child. Yes and No. First, I have no idea how old this child is, what the past of changing eating habits are, activity levels, and basic overall health and activity level. Fact is, you DO need to make changes in your lifestyle, eating habits, exercise habits. It tends to come off so quickly and easily at first that you think that just because you only eat small amounts, you can eat anything you want and still lose. NOT TRUE. Also, you cannot have the high expectation of a perfect weight (pound wise, size wise) that you will keep. I was never told this, but it is normal to gain back some of this weight after you hit your "bottom". Except of the support group that you may or may not join, I never saw any kind of support or guidence as to "what is next". I thought I was doing the right things, I did get sick and was not exercising for a while, and had some other issues that I am starting to overcome. Has it helped me? Yes drastically it did. I would have been immobile, disabled and was at the point of no other alternative. I am overall glad I had this done, and after seeing my doctor recently, he was happy with the fact that I had kept off so much, although I was there to see what I was doing wrong. To shorten it up, the yes and no... Yes, if there are no other alternatives, and understand this is a tool. You WILL need to change eating habits, and once you can, exercise and have it become a part of your lifestyle. Keep in check with the surgeon on a regular basis, have blood checked (for low levels of iron, potassium, calcium, B12) You WILL need to take daily vitamins. This is not an option. From day 1, this became another routine for me. Research, research research! Go to some of the support groups and informational groups at the hospital, talk to others that have had it done, what their struggels are..and see if there are some within the specific age range you are thinking of, because they will have their own struggles. My answer NO is because I don't know what programs they have attempted in the past. This surgery is meant as a last resort, and you life will change after. Make every attempt possible and document everything tried, any gains or losses, what worked what didn't. Hope this helps some, but I would be happy to answer any questions, good or bad you may have. The more information you have can only help you make a decision or perhaps understand it better.View Thread

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Okay, I saw the post by RafeRaven and had to get up and walk away from the computer a few...

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Okay, I saw the post by RafeRaven and had to get up and walk away from the computer a few days. I know you meant well, but it did not come across as being someone that has had this done. This is not like a bunch of people got up and wandered into a clinic and decided oh gee.. think I will have surgery today and all my problems will go away. I had mine in 2000. I did research in this, took info classes and did my research even before going into the doctor to see if I would even qualify for it. Although the information that was given at the time was accurate at the time, in my case, there was NOT a mention of regaining this much weight if you were watching what you were eating, such as sweets, high fat foods, etc. It was NOT told to me that I would be eating the amount I am, although I have changed what I eat from day one. And not once did they say it was normal or expected that you will regain back 20%. This is just among other things I am now discovering. I did join support groups and met with several people from them.
I know this is a tool to be used along with changing eating habits, but do not clump everyone in the same pool by saying that you are reverting back to your old ways, not exercising, eating crap. Some people may be eating high calorie foods, or snacking. The ones I have noticed on here that are asking for help are people that have other questions or issues, medical issues that are hard to deal with after WLS and find it difficult to mesh both together and find a doctor that knows something about WLS (I have been to 3 drs, 2 nutritionists, besides my WLS dr in the past year alone!) and there are some cases where a revision is needed. I had only started researching this as a possibility to bring up when I saw my doctor. He did not feel that it was necessary to jump right into that, and to try a few things we discussed first, and if in 6 mos, or a year, I may have them check my stomach measurments. They try everything possible to not do this...and being stuck with one doctor telling me to not eat salads, to a doctor that tells me I need to eat salads has all involved scratching their heads.
Sorry, but we all have some kind of issues, which is why we posted in the first place. It just burns me that I am once again being called a slacker when I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong because of other issues that are occuring now and I am older. Others are scratching their heads wondering the same thing and need support, not a pumch in the stomach and a pointed finger in their faces. I personally have had enough of that let alone someone that has had this surgery.View Thread

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Okay, I JUST got back from an appt with my surgeon to discuss this in detail. To give you...

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I had RNY in 2000 and lost 120 lbs. I have slowly gained back almost half of this weight....

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