Gastric Bypass - Taboo?

joyanna2016

I have no experience with weight loss surgery but one thing you said in your original post was that you thought you were "food aware" but after a short time on MFP you realized you are not. For you this is a very interesting and hopeful observation I think. I know personally I have learned A TON from MFP and the many knowledgeable people who frequent it. MFP (and my digital kitchen scale) are game changers for me! And, maybe they will be for you too? Why don't you first try to see what you can learn here before you take that surgery leap? Just an idea.

Kevvboy

I looked into the surgery. I decided to do the pre-op diet on my own, just to see if it would work for me. It worked. I just kept going with that, and joined MFP, and got a bicycle, and started riding every day, and that's how it all happened. I used the surgery as a negative motivator - I wanted to prove I could do this without the surgery.

paperpudding

Work colleague had it done earlier this year - she has lost lots of weight.

Has to have b12 injections 3 monthly for life and food choices are very limited.

But she has lost lots of weight and seems to be happy with it.

I think if you go in with right mind set and are sure it is for you - it can be the right thing for you. (general you)

some of the comments upthread seems very judgemental to me ( not addressing them individually as over a decade old)

PS I realise this is an ongoing issue for other people - but most of the thread is over a decade old, specific advice for OP is probably redundant now -

back in 2010 she either decided to have the surgery or she didnt - I doubt she is still deciding what to do.

goldenxbeauty

My cousin had it done 8 years ago. Lost over 200lbs but health issues out the butt now. Hair has thinned tremendously and she recently had to have her teeth removed for dentures because the lack of nutrients her body is unable to absorb via the supplements they send you home with. For years she was receiving IV nutrients for several days in the hospital every 8 weeks or so and it's still not sufficient. Shes done the work and maintained the eating habits and while she doesnt regret it because she loves the weightloss, she does admit that she's suffering now.

wilson10102018

I try not to stick my nose in this debate, but must tell you my lifelong friend and R. E. agent got the bypass and had an internal failure within a year and died a gruesome death. She was way overweight, but managing.

ChaoticMoira

darla499 wrote: »

I don't want to do something I'm going to have side-effects from for the rest of my life.

I think this statement is poignant. You will never ever eat normal again. By normal I don't mean you can't eat unhealthy anymore, which is what I think some people think. I mean normal! If you are okay with that, then you are, and that is fine. It is your decision. But if you are not, then you need to be realistic about what you are doing. There are side effects, and they are forever. I have a friend who cannot eat anything fatty or she is running to the bathroom and throwing up. I don't mean piles of fried junk either. She tried to eat a small bowl of french onion soup when we were out for lunch and spent 20 minutes in the bathroom after eating it. She also always has acid reflux. She literally never feels good after eating. She did lose weight, but the side effects are a real thing, and it can't be taken back.

ByteLily

I just wanted to add, you might check how much sodium you are getting a day with those soups.

I've only known two people who had the surgery. Both had issues with the weight coming off so fast that there were excess skin. Another surgery. One had real trouble eating real food after and had to take special vitamins and frequently vomited. The other seemed to rely heavily on meal replacement drinks. Neither seemed to be making healthy choices. I feel they were no better off for the surgery as they were unable to eat the quantity of food required to gain all the nutrients needed for basic function and had to rely for life on these pills and drinks. They traded one issue for another.