Lorie269

Isn't medical science amazing?
When we have a blocked artery, we can have the artery opened up with a stent or balloon with heart surgery.
When a woman laboring is having problems delivering, putting her and her baby's life in danger, she can have a c-cection.
When we get cancer, we can have helpful but toxic drugs pumped through our bodies to fight it and hopefully put it in remission.
When we've tried every diet under the sun and completely screwed our metabolisms up, or we have physical issues that make it almost impossible to lose or keep weight off, we can have bariatric surgery.
No, medical intervention isn't always the way it's "meant" to be, but sometimes it's necessary.

@greeneyedgrrl26,
First of all, congratulations on your surgery and your 27 pounds lost!
I know it’s easy to get discouraged when there are weeks that you don’t lose weight, but try to put it in perspective. For example, you have been losing weight at an average of more than 4 lbs per week!
It might also help to compare your current rate of weight loss to your expectations before surgery. An awesome amount of weight to lose in the first year might be 80 to 100 lbs. You’re on pace for over 200 lbs in a year! Keeping that in mind, ask yourself again if you should really be discouraged because you are not losing weight at a steady rate every day or week, but rather in fits and starts.
If you are truly eating as your surgeon or nutritionist recommended, the weight will continue to come off. And yes, I say “continue” because the plateaus can just be a sign of your body catching up after those periods of major weight loss.
You asked, “How many times will this happen?” Infinite. As long as you’re losing weight, there will be stalls. They’re not fun, but you can’t prevent them. You just have to work through them, whether it means being patient while sticking to the eating and exercise program that you know is right, or whether it means changing things up a bit to get through the stall.
Good luck if you do get the endoscopy, and keep up the good work!

If the people that were in my pre-op class are the kind of people that will be at the support groups, not interested.
Never been to a support group.
This chick sounds like a twit, ignore her and stop talking to her. Some people are not worth knowing.

I went to 3 in person support groups and decided that the only support group I wanted to leverage is this one.
I have found there is just too much whining and negativity in the support group meetings that was connected to my clinic.
I have turned out ok so far. 2 years post op this month and at goal and maintaining well.
Some people just struggle in those environments.

I never went to support meetings. I was sleeved and I am successful. What am I missing?
Why are you worried about what she's doing? My surgery was about ME.

I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

143.8
Thanks!
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I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

"The whole thing with WLS isn't how fast you lose it, it's how long you keep it lost!"
^^^This. @CowgirlJane is a pretty smart lady!

I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

144 this morning. That's 1 lb from last week.
Sad, because I actually saw 142 on Saturday.

@@Jane1979 Most of it is because of insurance bureaucracy - they want to delay as much as possible hoping you're give up and they won't have to shell out money for surgery! (I know that sounds cynical but I truly believe that's their intent). With that said - some preparation is necessary and helpful to prepare you for surgery. I think the nutrition counseling and psych eval (if done properly) and any recommended therapy is a good thing - this is a huge change and you need to be sure you understand that (so you won't be one of the people 2 days post op regretting it because you can't have a steak for dinner). Your insurance may not require 6 months of supervised weight loss - so it may go quicker for you. Many people have a faster track. If you are flexible with scheduling appointments and lab work ,etc. - it will go faster. Hang in there!!!

Fabulous. You made 23 pages of internet hot mess worth it.

"The whole thing with WLS isn't how fast you lose it, it's how long you keep it lost!"
^^^This. @CowgirlJane is a pretty smart lady!

Happy to hear your story. Thanks for the inspiration and congrats on the continued success!

I was 52 in 2012 when I had the sleeve. I was 275 pounds. I lost 90....and have since gained back 5. Yep. After 4 years, I am still 190. My initial goal was 200. Four years later, I am still 190. I have hovered right at 185-190.
The Sleeve changed my life. I get up at 4am daily and walk 5 miles before work. I still Protein load and carb avoid. I drink a LOT of Water daily.
For me, the Sleeve has worked.....and continues to work. I was pre-diabetic before. Now, my doc says I have the health of a 30-year-old.

I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

This is why I'm not telling anyone.
I was super heartbroken when my best friend who I told (and swore to secrecy) told me that I was giving up on myself. I think it's just one of those things you can't understand until you've struggled with it. It's like telling someone with depression to just, "cheer up!", or someone with anxiety to "calm down!!" (I've literally had that yelled at me during a panic attack).
food is so weird because it's the one addiction that is supposedly all your fault. If a heroin addict had managed to quit by himself for a few weeks or months or even years but kept going back to it no one would be saying, "no.. you can do this on your own! don't give up on yourself!!" We would be rightfully applauding them for realizing that they had an issue that was effecting their health and acknowledging that they needed more tools to get healthy. Fat people are one of the last groups of people in this country that no one will bother you for shaming or making fun of. Everyone else gets a pat on the back for getting some sort of professional help. Instead it's, "GOD, just put down the fork and start exercising! It's not THAT hard!"
I'd just once like to hear someone say, "GOD just put down the needle and stop shooting up, it's not THAT hard!"
If people haven't experienced something they just don't get it, the decent ones among us REALIZE that they don't understand and try to have sympathy and not judge. After I explained more about the surgery to my friend she got on board with my decision, but I can't have that conversation over and over again so it's just her and my husband who know.
If you're looking for an answer to people saying that, the best you can do is explain what kind of sacrifices really go into this surgery. If you don't want to keep explaining that just nod and smile.

I would run, not walk, far away from that surgeon. In my experience (3 yrs post-op) he is absolutely incorrect in his assessment that ALL bariatric surgeries fail within 2 years. However, he may be speaking the truth regarding his patients. If that's the case, why would you want him doing your surgery. I would not want someone with a 100% failure rate (I wonder what his idea of failure is) touching me with a 10-foot pole.Do some research and find a bariatric surgeon with a high success rate and follow the pre-op and post-op rules. You are the captain of your ship--no one else. If you go into this thinking you will inevitably fail, you will.
I had surgery July 26, 2013. I started at 269 and met my goal of 135 on May 19, 2014. I have been maintaining between 135-140 for 2 years. My sleeve still works if I put the work into it. It is not a magic wand, just a tool.
Good luck to you,
Lorie

I'm going to back out of this discussion right now.

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Good Morning!
I have been in maintenance mode for 2 years and am battling some regain.
CW: 145
GW: 138
Thanks!

I'm in for this challenge. I have been in maintenance over two years but recently added a little regain. I will post my starting weight and goal weight next week. Thanks!

I feel like this chart is being fake nice to me.