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I had bypass ten years ago, and I've never dumped. Lots of others I know have never dumped, either. I used to know the percentages (I don't live and breathe this stuff like I did the first few years post-surgery), but I seem to recall it was something like 30% dump. You can control that by not eating a bunch of sugar or fat at one sitting, since that's what sets it off. DSers have a sleeved stomach, so I would think dumping would be pretty rare with them.

I had my endoscopy today. Dr said I have a J stomach and some gastritis. That we will “stick to our plan for now”. Bypass scheduled for June 24th. Anyone else have this? Will this stop the surgery from happening?

If your surgeon isn't worried, I don't see any reason you should be worried about it. If it will make you feel better, the best course of action would be for you to call his or her nursing staff and ask them what the results mean. They should be able to tell you if it's concerning at all, if you need to do anything different between now and your surgery date, and if this could in any way lead to delays or issues.

I never had any on surgeons orders. I drank full skim milk and if I wanted a flavour added PB2 powder, banana, berries or a few spoons of protein yogurt. Super easy on the pocket too.

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First, let's differentiate between a stall (what you're going through right now), and a plateau. A stall is just a temporary fluctuation in overall weight and is not indicative of an issue. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. After all, your bodyweight is made up of lots of other stuff besides fat, so fluctuations are to be expected. More than likely, you actually have continued to lose fat the entire time, it's just being masked by a concomitant rise in some other component of your overall body weight. The most likely candidates would be fluid retention, or stool weight. Most of the time for a stall, I wouldn't recommend any adjustments since it's unlikely that there is really any issue with fat loss. A plateau is like a stall, but longer. I typically wouldn't consider it a plateau until you've hit more like 6 to 8 weeks without any loss. In that instance, it would be hard to argue the fat loss was being masked by something else. There are things we can do to work through a plateau, but IMO it's too soon for you to worry about that yet.

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I’m 165!

What’s amazing to me is this two-piece used to be super tight on me and now it’s fitting a little better. I hope everybody’s enjoying their weekend.