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Loved this post!!! Canadian self pay here had my mini in June, so happy with my decision! Thanks for the post!!!

Hi, I had surgery (Mini Gastric Bypass) in Jan 2023 and I am losing weight. Total weight loss is 50lb (in 23 weeks) . However most of this was lost in the early month and I have slowed to approximately 1lb per week, if that. The slower weight loss is fine, I can cope with this because its going in the right direction.
What has be very anxious is that i find that I feel like i have no restriction and can eat anything. To maintain the weight-loss I need to tell myself not to eat. I am fighting with the 1lb weight loss each week to make sure its a deficit, terrified that it will go up. I don't feel like i have a tool.
Are there any other MGB patients that can eat anything - bread, rice, chocolate, Cereal, potatoes. I do suffer nausea if I don't eat sufficient Protein but i am so worried that i have gone through surgery and i will spend the rest of my life 'dieting' with little help from my tool.
Anyone else in the same position?
Thanks
Cals

Thanks for this post!! Had my mini in June, very happy….no dumping or reflux it’s amazing, don’t even feel like I had surgery haha

Loved this post!!! Canadian self pay here had my mini in June, so happy with my decision! Thanks for the post!!!

Loved this post!!! Canadian self pay here had my mini in June, so happy with my decision! Thanks for the post!!!

Mine was June 17th too…..down 43 lbs ….my shirts are swimming on me but I can still fit into my size 20 pants ….sadly lol

How is everyone doing??
My surgery was on June 17. I am down 45 lbs.
Went from a size 2xl to Medium
Pant size 20 to 14-16
I'm so happy with my results so far !

I really like the Baritastic app, you can track your food, Water, Vitamins, weight, measurements, etc.

salad for lunch today... Love red radishes and walnuts. Very light ranch dressing - as a treat. Ate the entire portion here.

I’ve never admitted these things to anyone, let alone on a public forum. You are not alone though. I’ve struggled almost all my life with chronic illness (immunodeficiency) starting in childhood, developing many medical conditions and symptoms over the years, disability, metabolic disorders, always fighting my weight, my self image, being on the autism spectrum, adhd, ocd and so on. But through it all, through a rough childhood. My own health challenges, my mother having spine surgeries and needing my help and support. I never had a life. I just have, I guess ... survived. I fought to lose weight alone - I guess it’s going on twelve years ago now if I had to guess. But never could hang on to it. I found myself losing ground. It was either fight for Bariatric surgery as a tool to finally help me or totally give up.

But will it fix the rest of me? Those deep rooted insecurities? My separation from the rest of the world due to chronic illness? I honestly cannot say that weight loss will fix these things. Especially not my chronic illness or disability. It’s like my doctor expecting miraculous changes when I just wanted to ease the burden on my body and at least be a healthy weight to better navigate.
it’s easy enough for people to say get out of your comfort zone. Been there done that, it’s gotten me nowhere but disaster and my chronic illness deeper into a decline. Of course this is just from my perspective. I’m not in a situation where I meet people. I can’t put myself out there. It’s not that simple. Nor is it Even for healthy people to do so.
I’ve never discussed it and I won’t even flat out say my own situation in detail either since this is a public forum because people can be condescending in their response to something like this. I remember someone once telling me that she thought I liked being stuck. As if I haven’t spent my whole life fighting every step of the way.
sometimes you need to just step back from yourself and take an objective look at the why of it all, what your hopes and expectations are, and where to go from there. Decide that you are worth it and take the leap forward and maybe you will find where you want to be.

I considered wls for many, many years, but never seriously. When I was a new RN in 1997, it was fairly new and I saw people die from it, so I was always scared of it. I also never had insurance that concerned it, so I knew I'd have to pay out of pocket, and I was overall healthy, so I figured I could do it on my own. I had my son in 2010, and that's when I really started to gain a lot of weight. I had done WW before I got pregnant and had lost 45. I was down to 263. After he was born, the weight started piling on. I was sick all the time and got diagnosed with asthma. I was in pain all the time. My liver enzymes increased slowly year by year, until 2020 when my doctor decided I needed to see a liver specialist. That same January, I had my gallbladder removed and that surgeon offered to biopsy my liver and it showed Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis, with hepatic fibrosis. As a nurse I had seen people die of liver failure and it is awful. This scared me to death. That surgeon recommended wls, and he was one of the only doctors who had ever acted compassionate and non-judgmental about my weight. He told me I had very little chance of losing it and keeping it off on my own. I took his advice and made an appt. That day with a bariatric surgeon. I saw him in March and he recommend gastric bypass. I started getting the required testing and had just had my EGD when the hospital decided to let a bunch of staff go due to COVID. That surgeon was one of them. I decided to go to a different hospital and surgeon and this one recommended Loop DS. I had not heard of it, but he said I was a perfect candidate with a BMI of 69.9 and since I was paying for it myself, as it was a newer procedure that insurance didn't usually cover. I researched it and decided to go with it.
My high weight was 393 pounds. I am 5'3". I was 368.8 on the day of my surgery, July 23, 2020. As of today I am 226.4. I never thought I'd be even close to this weight again. I am hoping to lose at least 200 pounds total. I am getting close.
I was close to borderline diabetic, had just been diagnosed with hypertension, and had liver disease. I could barely get around or keep up with my active 10 year old son. My hypertension is gone, my blood glucose is normal, and my liver enzymes are now normal, so I have reversed my fatty liver disease. I turn 50 on August 2nd and this will be the best birthday ever! I am so happy I had this surgery!
I can't get my befores to post right now but I'll put them here once I do. Here is me today.  
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I had a glass of white wine ….also had half of a Cesar…..didn’t feel any effects ….drank it slowwwww

I can relate so hard to all of the above but the biggest NSV for me recently was that a few weeks ago we discovered that my 10 year old can actually put his arms all the way around me when I hug him now! Now he loves to "trap" me in a hug! Could not be sweeter!!!

Oh man, I had a hard time too!!! It was awful! Finally I asked Hubby to get me milk of magnesia......bliss arrived within hours and I have been regular ever since ....try not to push too much!!

Sure! It was very rough at first that’s for sure! Once I got past the Constipation I was great! LOL I am missing food also ......craving salt since the shakes are all so darn sweet ....my name is Charlene if you have any questions feel free to ask me

Thank you! And same to you!!! Keep in touch!

Glad you are doing well!! I am doing well too, has not been as difficult as I was anticipating....

I'm home, yay! & all went very well. I hope you're doing well, too. This is such an exciting time.

Nice meeting you, Charlene!

Once you're off the liquid & pureed diets, you'll be able to have something salty, won't you? I certainly understand the cravings, that's for sure. I'm missing salmon & salads right now but it's only temporary so we'll get there.

Thanks so much for reaching out & welcoming me here. ☺️

Sure! It was very rough at first that’s for sure! Once I got past the Constipation I was great! LOL I am missing food also ......craving salt since the shakes are all so darn sweet ....my name is Charlene if you have any questions feel free to ask me

Hi there, good luck tomorrow! You will be fine! Our stats are close......I am also Canadian 😁 all the best !!

Hello, baripals!

I'm a 56-year-old woman with a BMI of 50 & I'm having my RNY gastric bypass tomorrow, JUNE 30TH. Eek! I am so, SO excited.

I'm 5'4" & currently weigh 275.5lbs but my start weight before the pre-op liquid diet was 290lbs. While I have severe sleep apnea & a family history of ovarian cancer, I do not have high blood pressure nor diabetes. My only medication is for recurring major episodes of depression & dysthymia following a childhood & adolescence of psychological & sexual abuse.

I have always used food to stuff down negative emotions & stresses & have been learning, through therapy, to find other means to express myself & vent my feelings. I'm really looking forward to changing my lifestyle & getting fit & healthy for myself & my family (hubby & two sons, 21 & 19, & future daughter-in-law, 21).

If you'd like to connect with me (& I'd certainly like that), you can find all of my socials pinned in the banner of my YouTube channel & find my email on the channel's About page. I wish everyone success with their surgeries & new lives. Blessings to you all for great health & happiness!

Love the idea! My milestones were/are:
1. Being under 40 BMI -done
2. Losing 100 lbs- done
3. Being “overweight” (just reached this!)
4. Unsubscribing from Torrid and Lane Bryant emails- done
5. Fitting in my wedding rings- done
6. Finishing a couch to 5k app- just 1.5 weeks away!
7. Losing 150 lbs- I’m getting closer!
8. Hitting a normal weight - still a little way off from this but still working toward it

I never planned for some milestones that were huge for me like fitting in the conference room chairs at work, being able to cross my legs, buckling my seatbelt without struggle, etc.

Oh, but a huge milestone I forgot- onederland! And I’m 6.2 lbs from it, but who’s counting right?

let your clinic know. You could be developing a stricture. They happen to about 5% of bypass patients - and fortunately, they're an easy fix. If they're going to happen, they'll usually appear sometime during months 1-3 (they're very rare after month 3), so you're just about in the window for one. I had two - one at four weeks out and another at eight weeks out. If that's what it is, you'll feel better right away after they fix it (they'll do an upper endoscopy and stretch it - you won't feel a thing and you'll feel about 100% better afterward). Even if it turns out NOT to be a stricture, your clinic should know your symptoms because that's not normal.

I hit 100g off Protein today 😯 Still under 800 calories.. I am usually around 80-90g. Guess I don’t need to have Protein Drink later 😂
dinner I managed to eat 3oz cod fish …and 3 whole nickel size slices of carrot. I was full!
3 days in, I’m enjoying this soft food stage. It is still weird how you can become full on so little.