Re: Effortless? I don't think so...

[Guest guest]

I have the DS and I

have

> regained 14 lbs despite diligent exercise and careful eating

habits...simply

> because I can eat more and more. Almost everyone I know who has had my

> version WLS has regained around 10% of their weight at 2-3 years post-op,

and

> we have all had severe distals (10 feet) with BPD. Your best defense is

to

> remain diligent about your eating habits and regular exercise. You truly

are

> still in the honeymoon phase until after you hit the 2 year mark...not so

> much that you are still losing weight but that you still have limitied

food

> intake. After that it will require a lot of work on your part to avoid

> weight regain.>>>>>

WEll, I think that it is considered pretty 'normal' to be within a 10 lbs (on

average) of one's 'ideal weight'... and it isn't totally uncommon to regain

some weight (I would estimate about 10 lbs at most). What we DON'T know is

--- was this person at a lower weight than ideal to begin with and then

gained back as a kind of 'stabilization' and the body 'needed' to have that

extra weight in actuality?

Sometimes people can lose a lot and actually go 'below' their body's natural

ideal... If she keeps gaining, then I would think it definately is something

to be looked into. However, to gain anywhere up to 10 lbs after getting to

the lowest point isn't so surprising, I think....

Also, she is directly contradicting herself by saying that one has to be very

'diligent about eating habits and exercise' so as not to put weight back on,

but claims that she gained a whopping 14 lbs despite her doing such diligent

things????? I think that, if this is true, it could very well be that she

was below her ideal weight and the 14 lbs that she 'gained back' was only her

body's natural way of getting back into a 'healthy holding pattern'. If she

wasn't eating healthily and exercising,t hen perhaps I think the gain could

be attributed to this.

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

almost 9 months post-op and still feelin' fabu

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

now: 213 (?)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/11/2001 2:06:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

ruisha@... writes:

> . If she

> wasn't eating healthily and exercising,t hen perhaps I think the gain could

> be attributed to this.

>

>

i read somewhere that ideally you should be 10% above the ideal body

weight...wish I could remember where I read it...maybe on Dr. Baltasar's

website???

~*~ AJ ~*~

Age 37 5'8'' Post op 7/24/01 Open DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs!

09/24/01 BMI 55.8 367.1 -48.0 lbs! -37.75 inches

10/08/01 BMI 54.3 357.1 -58.0 lbs! -50.0

My profile:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=E982002956

My website:

www.wls4aj.homestead.com

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/11/2001 4:39:52 PM Central Daylight Time,

ruisha@... writes:

> WEll, I think that it is considered pretty 'normal' to be within a 10 lbs

> (on

> average) of one's 'ideal weight'... and it isn't totally uncommon to regain

> some weight (I would estimate about 10 lbs at most). What we DON'T know is

> --- was this person at a lower weight than ideal to begin with and then

> gained back as a kind of 'stabilization' and the body 'needed' to have that

> extra weight in actuality?

>

I was thinking about this post and think the same thing. If I gain back 10%

of what I lost that would be 10 pounds. Now I don't really want to gain

this, but if I did I wouldn't be totally surprised. The ds is noted to have

little (average 8 pounds) to no late weight regain. Of course average

means that there are some that have more and some that have less.

Dawn--South Suburban Chicago area

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

4/27/00

www.duodenalswitch.com

267 to 165 5' 4 "

size 22 to size 10

have made size goal

no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting

[Guest guest]

>

> ruisha@a... wrote: I have the DS and I

>Almost everyone I know who has had my

> > version WLS has regained around 10% of their weight at 2-3 years

>post-op, and we have all had severe distals (10 feet) with BPD.

I wonder if she had a different version? 10' is not standard; 100cm

is 3'3 " . Sounds more like a short-limb DS. Is there such a thing?

Chris