Re: I want to whine.....

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A revision? At 15 months post op you have done quite well and you

aren't done yet! Some of us just lose slower. I hadn't lost 100

pounds at 1 year post op and I am now 4.5 years post op with a BMI of

22/23 and I've been at this size/weight for about a year and a half.

Statistically speaking, you have lost more than half your excess

weight so you are considered a success. The average WLS patient

loses and maintains a loss of 70% of the excess weight. The

difference between a distal and proximal RNY is something like 4%

more weight loss in a distal patient. Major surgery is not worth

another 5 or 6 pounds. If there is something mechanically wrong,

then it should be fixed. If there is nothing wrong, you just need to

be persistent and patient. Only eat when you are physically hungry

(do not wait to the point of starving or you will release hormones

that slow your metabolism down) and your body will take care of the

excess weight. I know this is true because I didn't exercise,

purposely restrict carbohydrates and/or calories, and I didn't have

to go on protein fasts or anything else to contimnue losing weight

for 3 years post op. Don't give up or throw in the towel, you can do

this.

) Vick in CA

> Okay, I am now at 15 months post-op. I have lost a total of 108.75

lbs. Gra=

> nted

> I did lose 15 pre-op (which brings the total to 123.75), but that

is it. My=

> first 12

> months I didn't even reach 100 total.

>

> I have hemmed and hawed about this and accepted for the longest

time that I=

>

> was just a slow loser. The most I ever lost after week 6 weeks out

was 10 l=

> bs

> in one month. In that month I didn't use protein drinks, so the

theory of u=

> sing

> protein to lose more doesn't apply to me, apparently.

>

> The last couple of months I have been bouncing up and down and

losing the

> same 5 lbs.

>

> • No, I do not eat carbs, if I do, I eat very little.

> • I am transected.

> • No milk, no sugar, no fruit.

> • I take 2-4 shakes per day (averaging mostly 3 per day,) with

water, virgi=

> n,

> nothing added.

> • I have 1/2 Detour or 1/2 Trioplex bar some days, not everyday.

When I do =

> I

> don't eat at the same time.

> • I exercise occasionally, more now than months ago when I was

still losing=

> .

> • I have been on plateaus almost every month.

>

> I started this journey 2 1/2 months pre-op at 313 and now am at

189.25, at =

> 5'

> 2 " that is still fat! I am still 61 lbs from my goal and at least

25 from =

> my

> surgeon's goal. Before you ask, no, I do not use the same surgeon

who did m=

> y

> surgery for very personal reasons.

>

> I was hoping to lose at least 120 lbs + pre-op loss for a total of

135 lbs =

> by this

> point. I am now left with a personal decision -- do I stick it out

to 24 mo=

> nths out

> and see how far I get and pray I don't start gaining despite being

largely =

>

> compliant? --or-- do I start looking into getting a revision? I

have though=

> t for

> months that I may have needed one due to the fact that my surgeon

possibly =

>

> didn't bypass enough.

>

> That's my story, and I guess I'm done whining. Advice, please? If

you didn'=

> t

> notice I am a little bummed.

> M