No gall bladder.....

misshales4286

Hey beautiful people on planet Earth 🌍.

After 6 months of fully recovering from a gall bladder removal I'm finally starting to regain consistency with going back to the gym and get active again. I know cardio is a biggy and also read and been told that losing weight will be harder.

Is there anyone who has the same issue but can also share their input on how they are doing with their weight loss journey? What's some of your go to exercises that you definitely don't skip? I've gotten the food side sorted.... Minus Easter 🙄😵‍💫.... Thanks Mr Bunny for my hot cross buns 😅.

Many thanks and 🙌🏼

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yirara

did you have open surgery?

yirara

On computer now. Losing weight without a gallbladder will not be harder. The gallbladder helps with digesting especially fatty foods. When you don't have a gallbladder anymore, the bile needed for breaking down fats will flow right into the small intestine. This does not cause weightgain. Rather, fat digestion might be a bit impaired, hence your body might absorb less calories from fats. unless you eat so much fats that your body can't deal with it, and then you absorb very little from it because you get diarrhea.

If you didn't have open surgery then 6 months sounds like a very long healing period. That's why I asked as it's generally a very easy surgery. I stood on my inline skates 3 days after surgery. But mainly because walking felt a bit bumpy and I could not get my leg yet over my bike. And then I started doing increasingly longer rounds 😂 But everyone is different of course.

but no, calories in and out still counts, and still works the same without gallbladder. If you find you get a lot of intestinal upset, and you have lose stools a lot then eat less fats and see how it goes. Log all your food, be honest with yourself.

Alatariel75

I just had mine out about 6 weeks ago, but I'm thinking you must have had to have full surgery and not laparoscopic? I was back to normal everything, including exercise, within 4 weeks of surgery.

I've not noticed any difference before or after my surgery and was never warned there would be any, either. Everything seems to work the same (though I have major extenuating circumstances which have meant my everything, diet, digestion and exercise routine) has changed with nothing to do with my innards being rearranged.

AnnPT77

My gallbladder was removed laparoscopically soon after I started losing weight (not related to the weight loss - it wasn't stones or sludge, but something less common called adenomyomatosis that's more related to inflammation and cholesterol, so perhaps more of a risk for people who are obese, which I was). For sure, recovery from full abdominal surgery would be more gradual.

I kept losing weight - should've taken a maintenance break while healing, but didn't - and reached a healthy weight months later. I was told to eat a low-fat diet initially post-surgery, but gradually and cautiously increase fat intake later since diarrhea is a risk. The eating style I'd adopted for weight loss met their criteria for fat intake, so I changed nothing about how I was eating. Months later, at goal weight, I did increase fat intake somewhat. There have been no negative consequences for me that I can see, and I've occasionally had some massively fat-dense food since - such as a whole basket of battered, deep-fried whatever - without digestive problems. Others will differ in that regard: I'm lucky.

I saw no difference in weight loss before vs. after the surgery. My tactics were the same, and I got the same results as before. I didn't greatly increase exercise to lose weight (I was already quite active while obese). I didn't significantly change the range of foods I ate (I was already eating fairly nutritiously): Mostly, I changed the portion sizes or frequencies of calorie-dense foods, and increased the portions/frequencies of lower calorie nutrition-dense ones. That worked fine, for me.

AFAIK, there aren't special exercises that are essential post gallbladder removal, or for weight loss generally. Same deal with food choices/timing, except for the need to pay attention to calorie balance. If you had full abdominal surgery, there might be physical therapy to address any muscular issues in that area, I don't know . . . but your doctor would, I think.

I'd say the same as the above - from personal experience - about losing weight when aging (I was 59-60), menopause (I'd been in menopause since age 45, chemo-induced), hypothyroid (I'm severely hypothyroid, properly medicated). Calorie balance is the direct issue. Exercise can let a person eat more calories while losing weight, which may make it easier; plus improve health and fitness, which are good things. Eating style matters for nutrition and health, and could somewhat indirectly affect calorie balance via fatigue or appetite, but the direct thing is still calories.

Best wishes - I think you can succeed, if you commit to the process. IME, the rewards in improved quality of life are more than worth the effort it takes to get there.