Any gastric bypass patients on here

My mother had it, and I was her support buddy for all the stuff at the beginning. I know enough about it.

The first words out of my surgeons mouth were" Weight Loss Surgery does not cure food addiction. It only gives you a window of opportunity for you to cure it. Anyone can out eat WLS". Over and over in the 6 month process when i met with past surgery patients they reiterated that if you thought you could hold on to your Kryptonite foods and be successful long term-you would be WRONG. The reality is that no human gets to indulge in rich carby food with no heavy duty exercise-and lets face it if we were Michael Phelps we could all eat 1000's of calories a day. The simple reality is that most of us only burn about 1500-1800 calories a day. I have resigned myself that like all of my athletic family members i will have to watch the food I eat. Sure they enjoy beer and pizza once in a while-but not a whole pizza 3 days a week. Their regular diet is quite ordinary and unprocessed. I look outside of food for pleasure now. i go to more movies and activities, i shop for clothes more-tho i buy little (my new rule is if it doesn't look fabulous and is a great bargain i put it back) i am constantly trying a new meat based recipe since i don't eat foods made with ground grain anymore. These were my Kryptonite foods. i know that if i kept them i would just be eating them more and more as the years past. My family has been very kind and supportive-none of them were big carb eaters anyway. which of course is likely why they are all slim! Good luck to everybody

Hello guys I'm having mine on feb 4th 2014 I've never been cut or put under im scared out my mind.. Any advise

Hi I am new to Fitness Pal and I also just recently had the Gastric Bypass RNY Surgery on 01/16/2014. I would appreciate any feedback, suggestions on how everyone's journey has been with the surgery. Please add me as friend. Thanks

Gloria

Well glad I'm not the only one!

I had my bypass done five days after my eighteenth birthday- as doon as If was legal enough to sign the papers. Best thing I ever did for myself. I weighed 557 lbs the day I had it. In almost two years, I got down to 185- and found the life I had akways dreamed about. This was almost 9 years ago. I had two children ten months apart in 2007/2008, plus went through a pretty terrible marriage. I got up to 275, then through diet (low carb/high protein- pretty much the same way I ate post op) I dropped down to 215. Of course, I'm 39 weeks pregnant with number three, and have gestational diabetes. I'm up to 290. Docs aren't that concerned because they know I'll lose it again, but boy is it a constant struggle. Anyone have funny post op memories? Mine was washing my mouth out with soda- I wanted it sooo bad! I actually went back to drinking soda, and I think that did me in. Anywho, I use MFP to meticulously track carb intake (less than 50 a day, 30 g of fiber) and to motivate me after I have baby number three. Gastric bypass isn't a magic bullet- but it saved my life, and made it possible for me to control my weight even to this day.

I am having my surgery in the next month and am looking for some friends who have had it. Would love tips, recipes and support and motivation as needed.

Hello I am looking to add people that had gastric bypass or is waiting (like me) to have it done. I don't have anyone to talk to about it so it would be nice to have someone share any questions I may have. I was denied a couple of days ago because I didn't have all my supervised nutritional diets together. I moved from Texas to Missouri with no notice because my husband was getting a job transfer. So it took me awhile to find a doctor I could trust my life with. Which also made a gap in my 6th month diet. Which is why I was denied. So back on my 6 months of diets (yay not). I had one Friday. So 5 more to go. Even made all my appointments for the next 5 just to make sure noting happens. (Praying nothing does) So I am a little discouraged. Hoping nothing else comes up the next time around.

Yes it take every last bit of strength that I have to tell myself that 30-45 minute work out is worth it. But you know once I go to the gym I work out hard. But yes I gain 15 so I'm trying really hard to drop that 15 and more.

I'm a potential candidate for gastric bypass or lap band, and working through the six months prior. I have a question about if it is worth it. It definitely is a huge life commitment and major surgery. If I had 110 lbs to use, wouldn't losing 1-2lbs a week get me there in a year, the same as the surgery? Isn't just that the surgery helps get the weight off quicker in the beginning.
Also, as I evaluate any people feel strongly about one (bypass) or the (band) and any regrets? Anyone else planning to have it soon?

I had bypass on 1/8/14 I have lost 46 lbs and am doing well, some problems with meat but cant complain. I am interested in finding friends to share my journey to a new healthy life style. feel free to add me as a friend.

Yes. I gained about 6 pounds since I had surgery in 2007. But, I had a bad A1c at my last doctor appointment and she has given me 3 months to try to get back to a good result or she wants me to go back on pills. I only lost 45 pounds after my surgery, but kept it off until 2013. I believe it was the two vacation trips to Mexico last year. I wasn't thinking about how much sugar is in those wonderful fruity drinks they serve you every time you turn around. I didnt gain any weight until Thanksgiving though, so I am not sure what threw the balance off, but it just went out of control. I am trying very hard to get back on track. Some days are much better than others though. I had the exact same lunch two days in a row. Two hours after the meal on the first day, my blood sugar was 153. After the meal on the second day (same exact meal) it was 217?? I am a little frustrated because it seems to be so much more than just what I eat. One night I took a reading before dinner when I got home for work..........it was 95. I don't think it has ever been that low and I had a usual day........nothing like I didnt eat all day or anything. And it has never been that low again. It is usally in the 130ish range or 140 at the best.

That is so true about people thinking you do it just because you are too lazy to lose the weight yourself. I resisted the surgery for a long time until my cousin had it and found that she could do without her pills for her Diabetes. Then, I discussed it with my doctor. I was not looking to be a beauty queen, just be healthier. So, I decided to try the surgery even though I was told it wasn't always a "cure" for diabetes. But, it did work that way for me. Now, everyday, I use my will power to control my eating and exercise because I never want to go back to that lifestyle. It was so depressing and then the meds would stop working and trying all new ways to control your blood sugar. Very frustrating. Easier to feel healthy and so much better since the surgery. I never want to go back.

I had gastric by pass in 2007 I started out at 310lbs and lost down to 130lbs. On my 5'8" frame I started getting told that I looked un-healthy and need to gain some weight from family and friends. But no matter what I ate I couldn't. I was going through a lot of emotional issue at this time and I think that was primarily why I couldn't. After getting my life back together and became a saner person (lol) I started gaining weight that was 2 years ago and now I can't stop, so here I am back on the diet yo yo. I really don't want to get that skinny again just a healthy 150. So I could use all the support I can get. So if you have any advice I'm open to all suggestions and feel free to add me as a friend, maybe together we can fight this cycle of up and down weight. Cause I'm ready to get off this Mary-Go-Round. ????

Greetings MFPers! I just joined this site today because I need a kick in the pants!! I had RNY in 2007, lost over 100lbs and was doing great. But over the past 2 years, I've been gradually gaining again and I'm so pissed at myself. :-( My lowest weight, and where I was totally happy, was 155. I mean, I actually weighed what my drivers license said I did. WOOT! But now, 30lbs heavier, and I'm so discouraged. Yeah, I chose what I ate and all that, and it's all my own doing. But being this way has put me in the "screw it, I'm just destined to be fat" mentality and that's no bueno. I LOVE food! And I sometimes eat when I'm not hungry. Yes, BAD MICHELE! C'mon, we have a popcorn machine at work and it flows in abundance! How do you resist FREE popcorn, fer cryin' out loud?!?!

So I recently discovered Personal Trainer Food and I do like it. I just need to STICK TO IT! It's there, it's easy, and it's good food. But I also have one of those boyfriend things that can eat whatever, whenever. He's a manager of a bar that also serves food, and the food is pretty dang good. I don't eat there often at all but it's so tempting. OH! Let me get this in...I'm Italian so I LOVE to cook too! It's hard to stick to the PTF when I want to cook for my guy. He totally understands, and is fine with me eating dinner without him, or before I see him. But *I'M* the one that wants to cook and make all the delicious stuff for him.

I also know I need to get butt moving but I've just become so lazy and unmotivated lately. I did my best impression of a slug this weekend and totally NAILED it! Probably goes with the "screw it..." stuff from above. And I have a gym membership. Do I go? Nooooooo!!! That would make sense.

Anyways, maybe being accountable to others, not just myself, is what I need. Anyone in the Sacramento, CA area?

Good job, olgav70! You can do it!!! :bigsmile: