Any gastric bypass patients on here

I had the RNY on Feb 11 of this year. i have lost 50 lbs so far.

I had rny 4 wks ago. I am on mfp and have a ton of supportive friends on there.. But they don't understand my struggles. Please feel free to add me!! I am exercising but it seems as I am burning almost all the calories I take in a day. I am so lost!!

I am having WLS this summer. Hearing your stories has been very helpful. I'd love to visit with anyone. I need help encouragement and insights into my upcoming surgery. MissElaineous.

Yes...Me (years ago)! It's why I'm on this site. I've since regained control of my eating and I am down 38 lbs. Feel free to add me!

my wife adam93560 is on here and had the surgery; but has not gained the weight back. You can join our group The A-Team (TAT).

I have already had it.........did you know that after 2 years you lose the benefit of mal-absorbtion?

They call malabsorption a benefit? Must be a term the surgeons use...shivers.

OK I'm obese and I've looked into bypass and lap band multiple times each time the conclusions comes back to for only being simply a tool, drastic surgery does not seem to be an option for me...let me state that again for me! The only effective means to lose weight is portion control (which is done by reducing the stomach) and more movement from what I have learned.

I'm going to put a high jack question to the thread, forgive me OP.

If we as food addicts had started to work on the route cause of our destructive behaviors would you have still taken the route to have surgery? If you knew that you would have a better relationship with food and could manage the addiction would altering your GI tract the benefits would have outweighed the risks. As we all know bypass is not a 100% answer and if someone is still not facing the demons the weight can and possibly will come back.

Question sorry if I offended. I am a struggling addict and every day I think to myself maybe a bypass would help make this addiction easier.

I'm so glad I found others who've had WLS here. I had a lap gastric bypass 3/13/13. Would love to stay in touch with you all.

I had gastric bypass three years ago and lost 105 pounds. I've just recently started to struggle so I will share with you any success and help I find.

Hello all.
I replied to a different post on here regarding Gastric Bypass Surgery.
At that time there were so many muppets voicing their belief that this form of weight loss is the EASY option.
I'm glad to see a thread with some sensible people who are all going through the same thing.

My sister is a qualified doctor and it has also now been written in the BMJ that it's not just over-eating that can lead to weight gain, but hormones too.

Anyway.. Im currently in the Liver shrinking diet, with my gastric bypass planned for July 1st.
I'm excited as well as quite apprehensive, as I can't quite fathom the changes in my body and look once it all starts happening!

It's good to see others here who are well on the way to recovery.

I can't wait to get my life back again and laugh in the face of my body that I have been battling against since I hit puberty.

It has been a struggle, but the bypass has given me the tool I need to do the job.

Well said.
I'm glad to have found a thread where there are like-minded people with words of encouragement.

I'd like to know what the first week is like.
I'm going in for the Gastric Bypass at the beginning of Jan and all other gastric weight loss forums speak about the first week being 'hell week'.

Hi had gastric bypass 2 years coming up in July. Six months post op I got pregnant. Had a beautiful baby girl and have lost the 33lbs baby weight gain but I'm feeling down because I'm 50lbs away from my goal weight and am struggling to lose a pound. I've lost 78lbs in total. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I am one I had my surgery done March 9th, 2013 and I am loving the new lifestyle it has given me. i am down 82lbs and rode my first mountain bike race on Father's day.

Add in more exercise @ my 3 months I haven't lost a lbs in over a month and I rdi 4 times a week for a total calorie burn of 3,000 cal.

But more important to me is not the numbers on the scale it is how you are feeling and how your clothes feel on you, I have kept my old belt I had for 7 years and I just punched hole #7 in it yet on the scale nothing has changed.

Good for you plateaus are a hard part of weight-loss, protein is key on this diet though.

I had rny on 9/27/12 and have lost all of my excess weight in only 9 months. I am striving for 10 more pounds and will be back to my teen weight--back when I was very thin. I don't see much loose skin, unless you count my upper arms. I have had NO problems, no dumping, no throwing up ever. I started my weight loss plan before surgery and already knew nutrition, as I was studying to be a dietitian back in college years ago. Once I found my "focus" I relearned everything and brought myself up to date with what had changed over the years. I really believe it's all about changing your lifestyle and sticking with it. I am a type I diabetic, so I never should have let myself get heavy anyway. My top weight was 246 and I am 145 now, shooting for 135. Oh, there are several groups here on MFP for people who have had wls and they are very helpful. Anyone who needs support, or needs a friend, feel free to add me. I'm on here every day and my diary is always open.

I had RNY , October 2005 lost over 120 pounds and within the last 3 years have put back on about 30 pounds I would love to lose. I had my gallbladder out 6 mo after RNY. I had a car accident in 2010 and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2012, in March of this year I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and vitamin deficient in Vitamin D and Magnesium. I currently take about 20 multi vitamins, vitamin B shots and eat around 1000 cal. I am trying to up those calories and get back some energy so that I feel good enough to do anything other than go to work. If you are a bypass patient please add me I could really use the support. Thank you
Sabrina