anyone have problems gaining weight

[Guest guest]

I am one of the lucky few that easily reached my goal weight following

surgery. I have had to work VERY hard to maintain my weight though...I have

maintained about a 5 pound range, 147 - 152 for the 9 months or so before I

became pregnant. However, I have to eat at every possible moment, and my

outlook on food is so different from what it used to be. I think the

gastric-bypass dumping syndrome has caused me to hate sweets and fatty

foods....I used to love chocolate, but now it makes me cringe. I get

'tired' of the same foods, and I constantly have to make new things, just so

I'll be tempted to want to eat more. I force myself to eat. I try to

alternate between high protein and high carb meals.....high protein so that

I get that since it's hard to absorb, and then high carb, because I absorb

more of those calories. Everything I had read said that I would be able to

gain in pregnancy. I just don't like the feeling that food gives me....too

full feeling so easily. But I don't think my pouch is too small, because

every once in a while I'll be able to eat a ton with no discomfort. I am

addicted to turkey subs from Subway, and I can eat a footlong (6 " , followed

by the other 6 " about an hour later.) So I think that the pouch has

stretched to an ample size.. So I guess it's more psychological for me than

anything else.

Well, I have not been sick at all. I try to eat as much as possible, but I

appear to have lost 3 or more pounds over the first 12 weeks of my

pregnancy. I know it's common to lose in the first trimester for those who

have been sick...but I have not. (This doesn't concern me, because I never

had morning sickness with my pregnancies with my 2 daughters pre-WLS.) I

have been eating so much...and it is so frustrating, because I'm losing

instead of gaining. Not that I want to gain a lot, but I definitely don't

need to be losing. I'm 5'11 " , and I weigh around 150...and I don't want to

be any thinner. (I couldn't imagine ever saying this before WLS.) I am

about 2 years post-surgery, btw.

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else has had a problem gaining weight. I

don't know if it's a problem yet or not, but I've never seen any other posts

about not being able to gain when pregnant post surgery.

Thanks,

le

[Guest guest]

Hi le

I am having the same problem. I am 12 weeks not morning sickness, but

losing weight (5 or 6 punds). My OB says she is not worried at this point

because the baby doesn’t need as much right now but she would like to see me

gain at least 15 pounds. She says we’ll monitor the baby’s growth through

ultrasound and such.

Good luck!

Ponselle