Metabolic Syndrome?

[bitter42 23]

Hi all. I had my sleeve surgery on 8/13. I've had no real complications (minus constipation). I did hit a major stall (17 days) about 10 days post op. Since then I've lost about another 4lbs, making for a total of 23lbs lost in 5 1/2 weeks. I'm stalled again.

I did have a surgeon's appointment and before I even brought up the stalls he said he wanted to mention something to me.

He asked if I had been diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome. I said no and he said that when he saw inside of my body my fat distribution was consistent with those with Metabolic Syndrome and said he has no doubt that I would have been diagnosed soon without surgery.

I asked him what that even meant. He said I would probably lose weight more slowly because it was resilient fat that did NOT want to come off, but once it came off the other fat would start "melting off".

When I got home I looked up Metabolic Syndrome. I do sometimes have high blood pressure if I eat high sodium foods, but have never had high blood sugar or triglycerides or any other risk factor.

Wondering if anyone else has been diagnosed with this and how slow is slow on weight loss? I don't want to make an excuse for slow weight loss or all these stalls and get complacent. Is it possible this surgery will fail because of this? I'm so nervous now and have a million questions I never thought to ask.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

Metabolic syndrome is the reason I had bariatric surgery. It is a constellation of symptoms that make it so difficult to lose weight in spite of our most valient efforts. Pre-op, I could not lose weight on 1,000 calories. Now, minus 80% of my stomach, it is dfficult to lose weight on 800 calories and exercise. The first 65 pounds are gone, but these last forty will apparently go kicking and screaming. My best consolation is that with slower weight loss, we can expect a better recovery of the elasticity of our skin. I wish!