Hitting goal weight with weight loss surgery

Glampinupdoll
Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am a fan of my 600lb life. Weight loss, rapid or slow is always something I've been very interested in and i enjoy watching the show. Additionally, I know multiple people who have had the surgery. My question is: if you never go back to eating a "regular football stomach sized portion" and you are only eating let's say "a cup of whatever" at each meal, then becoming full; how do these people get adequate nutrition for the rest of their lives after losing the desired amount of weight? Is the surgery reversible? I just don't see how once someone hits a healthy weight and continues to eat "a cup of whatever" at each meal how they get proper nutrition? Just a discussion question....

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  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Just because they can only eat a cup at a time doesn't mean that they can't continually eat throughout the day. :frowning: On hte plus side, this means that while it may take them longer they still have the ability to get the nutrients and calories they need.
    Depending on the surgery usually it is reversible (also a good thing in case something goes wrong).
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited May 2016
    The stomach can stretch againhttp://www.obesitycoverage.com/weight-loss-surgeries/gastric-bypass/5-ways-to-prevent-stretching-your-stomach-after-gastric-bypass they also have to take a multivitamin
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    eating more doesn't guarantee you'll get all your nutrients. i know lots of people who overeat and still are surprised when they get their annual checkup to discover that they're not getting enough of some vitamins and minerals - sometimes they're so low they're put on supplements by the doctor.

    i eat tiny amounts throughout the day (200 to 300 calories per meal), and i get plenty of nutrients - lots of protein, enough fats and the amount of carbs that is appropriate since i have diabetes type 2. for that matter, when i was eating 1150 to 1200 calories per day, i was still getting all my nutrients. i take a low potency multi to cover me (and it's hard to find a low potency multi), and voila!
  • abaker768
    abaker768 Posts: 79 Member
    I just had weight loss surgery on 1/11/16. I take a multitude of vitamins daily. It isn't the "easy way out" as people say. I have come off of 5 diabetes meds, all 3 of GERD meds, and dropped 115 pounds. If you overeate, you throw up. Have too many carbs, once again, throw up. It is a weight loss tool that gets things started. It helps with weight loss by malabsorption. That's why we take many vitamins daily. I wasn't the everyday 100% everything went okay surgery. I threw a blood clot and almost died. My kidneys also shut down. I was in the hospital for 12 days, with 9 of them being in ICU and a couple of days on a ventilator.
  • tugsandpulls760
    tugsandpulls760 Posts: 206 Member
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    The stomach can stretch againhttp://www.obesitycoverage.com/weight-loss-surgeries/gastric-bypass/5-ways-to-prevent-stretching-your-stomach-after-gastric-bypass they also have to take a multivitamin
    JanetYellen wrote: »
    The stomach can stretch againhttp://www.obesitycoverage.com/weight-loss-surgeries/gastric-bypass/5-ways-to-prevent-stretching-your-stomach-after-gastric-bypass they also have to take a multivitamin

    there is a lot of conflict on stomach stretching i has vsg and no way can the new size stretch out to the original size
  • tugsandpulls760
    tugsandpulls760 Posts: 206 Member
    Glampinupdoll wrote: »
    I am a fan of my 600lb life. Weight loss, rapid or slow is always something I've been very interested in and i enjoy watching the show. Additionally, I know multiple people who have had the surgery. My question is: if you never go back to eating a "regular football stomach sized portion" and you are only eating let's say "a cup of whatever" at each meal, then becoming full; how do these people get adequate nutrition for the rest of their lives after losing the desired amount of weight? Is the surgery reversible? I just don't see how once someone hits a healthy weight and continues to eat "a cup of whatever" at each meal how they get proper nutrition? Just a discussion question....
    Glampinupdoll wrote: »
    I am a fan of my 600lb life. Weight loss, rapid or slow is always something I've been very interested in and i enjoy watching the show. Additionally, I know multiple people who have had the surgery. My question is: if you never go back to eating a "regular football stomach sized portion" and you are only eating let's say "a cup of whatever" at each meal, then becoming full; how do these people get adequate nutrition for the rest of their lives after losing the desired amount of weight? Is the surgery reversible? I just don't see how once someone hits a healthy weight and continues to eat "a cup of whatever" at each meal how they get proper nutrition? Just a discussion question....

    if you notice the long time success rate of those people is only 5%
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    AndrewMartin3 wrote: »
    Glampinupdoll wrote: »
    I am a fan of my 600lb life. Weight loss, rapid or slow is always something I've been very interested in and i enjoy watching the show. Additionally, I know multiple people who have had the surgery. My question is: if you never go back to eating a "regular football stomach sized portion" and you are only eating let's say "a cup of whatever" at each meal, then becoming full; how do these people get adequate nutrition for the rest of their lives after losing the desired amount of weight? Is the surgery reversible? I just don't see how once someone hits a healthy weight and continues to eat "a cup of whatever" at each meal how they get proper nutrition? Just a discussion question....
    Glampinupdoll wrote: »
    I am a fan of my 600lb life. Weight loss, rapid or slow is always something I've been very interested in and i enjoy watching the show. Additionally, I know multiple people who have had the surgery. My question is: if you never go back to eating a "regular football stomach sized portion" and you are only eating let's say "a cup of whatever" at each meal, then becoming full; how do these people get adequate nutrition for the rest of their lives after losing the desired amount of weight? Is the surgery reversible? I just don't see how once someone hits a healthy weight and continues to eat "a cup of whatever" at each meal how they get proper nutrition? Just a discussion question....

    if you notice the long time success rate of those people is only 5%

    Exactly how is one to "notice" this?

    I think data is required to back up this kind of point. What is the source of your 5% number?

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