Re: weeight loss before surgery??? or???

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weeight loss before surgery??? or???

> What really makes the difference here? You all talk about how you do need

> to watch the sugar or refined carb intake, that after about 6 months you

> need to watch more what you are eating. If you could have developed the

> habits you have now after surgery would you have been able to not do the

> surgery?

I've had the same thoughts -- I've read how the post-ops eat in terms of

eating more protein, less refined sugars, etc...and if that's the key, how

come I can't just do that and lose weight w/o rearranging my small

intestines?? The fact of the matter is that I HAVE tried to eat that way,

and it makes no difference in my weight gain. I have one of those bodies

that absorbs every last calorie, and I can't sustain a 1000 cal/day diet.

Lord knows I've tried. There's something about rearranging the small

intestines that makes it so that people like me can live a normal life

without gaining every year like I've been doign my entire life.

Or so I'm hoping...I'm still a pre-op, so I have to base everything on what

I read from doctors and post-ops.

alyssa

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Do I even

make sense>>>>

perfect sense, .....better than I would explain it!

Judie

weeight loss before surgery??? or???

> >

> >

> > > What really makes the difference here? You all talk about how you do

> need

> > > to watch the sugar or refined carb intake, that after about 6 months

you

> > > need to watch more what you are eating. If you could have developed

the

> > > habits you have now after surgery would you have been able to not do

the

> > > surgery?

> >

> > I've had the same thoughts -- I've read how the post-ops eat in terms of

> > eating more protein, less refined sugars, etc...and if that's the key,

how

> > come I can't just do that and lose weight w/o rearranging my small

> > intestines?? The fact of the matter is that I HAVE tried to eat that

way,

> > and it makes no difference in my weight gain. I have one of those

bodies

> > that absorbs every last calorie, and I can't sustain a 1000 cal/day

diet.

> > Lord knows I've tried. There's something about rearranging the small

> > intestines that makes it so that people like me can live a normal life

> > without gaining every year like I've been doign my entire life.

> >

> > Or so I'm hoping...I'm still a pre-op, so I have to base everything on

> what

> > I read from doctors and post-ops.

> >

> > alyssa

> >

> >

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> >

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In a message dated 9/4/01 10:03:32 PM, duodenalswitch writes:

<< What really makes the difference here? You all talk about how you do need

to watch the sugar or refined carb intake, that after about 6 months you

need to watch more what you are eating. If you could have developed the

habits you have now after surgery would you have been able to not do the

surgery?

>>

i: These are good questions and ones I'm sure each one of us post-ops

have had. We all have been through 'what if....' scenarios thousands of

times. I even lost 7 lbs in the two months between my consult and surgery by

focusing on proteins! But, 7 lbs is NOT over 100 lbs and there was also

the nagging issue of keeping it off long term. So, I know that focusing on

proteins and eating less carbs will help one lose weight. The problem is:

How much and for how long? Also, the high protein we eat is not all absorbed

now so it won't impact our health negatively -- I've read many recent studies

that say that too much protein can adversely affect the heart, etc. in the

long term.

I've gained and lost so many times in my adult life (I only was chubby for

about one year in my childhood in third grade) I KNOW that I would have been

unable to maintain the weight I lost. I wanted the malapsorption the DS

provides to 'jump start' my system (I think it does affect metabolism in a

positive way). I wanted to feel full on much less food and not have the

constant weakness and dizziness I always experienced on any kind of

restrictive diet. I wanted to avoid all the serious health complications I

see my mother suffering from related to her morbid obesity.

If you think that modifying your lifestyle in this way will help you lose the

weight you need to and keep it off -- DO IT! :) Nothing wrong with that.

If I could have found that 'magic formula' of eating right and getting enough

exercise (where I didn't feel like I was training for the Olympics and was

enjoyable for me -- like walking is) that I could lose the 130 lbs I needed

to and remain stable at that weight, I would have done it. I evaluated my

eating and found that I ate too much and focused more on carbs. Other than

that, I think my diet was pretty balanced except for some sweets on the sides

(not every day even). I walked regularly (at least three times a week).

But, I still got to a bmi of 45!

All the best to you on your journey!

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr.Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

seven months post-op and still feelin' fabu!

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45 (5' 9 1/2 " )

now: 223 (hey - I lost 2 lbs! LOL)

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<My dr. strongly feels that someday they will develop a pill that will give

the same results as the surgery. Make you not hungry, crave for certain

foods or obsess about food. >

They had a pill like that, it was called Phen-Fen. It worked great for me. I

lost about 125 lbs in 8 months. Felt great, I even started going to a gym. I

was even planning to get a tummy tuck when I could lose 25 more lbs.

Then the removed it from the market. Everything came back plus. I was a lucky

one, no heart damage from it.

Rita Black

Open DS, Dr. Macura

4/23/01 400lbs, BMI 63

5/1/01 391lbs, BMI 61

5/22/01 368lbs, BMI 58

6/21/01 350lbs, BMI 55

7/31/01 328lbs, BMI 51

5/22/01 368lbs, BMI 58

6/21/01 360lbs, BMI 55

7/31/01 328lbs, BMI 51

8/23/01 320lbs, BMI 50