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On 4/27/2023 at 5:51 AM, mkj14 said:

Any tips or recommendations?

Yes.

Diagnosis before treatment.

Why exactly have you gained so much weight back? Increase in appetite? Did you start eating different foods and why? Lack of movement and if so, again why? Does some of the medication cause weight gain on top of that?

When weight loss stopped I didn't change anything to "enter maintenance". It just happened and I continue to do what I do. *shrug*

After having read through that thread I'm wondering if people have different understandings of what is "attention" or "male attention", e. g. for me male attention would be referring to something sexual. An innocent flirtatious conversation with the guy two floors up the office building doesn't really count as "male attention" for me.

That being said I wonder if I myself might have been the woman one or the other time some men who've lost a lot of weight are complaining about ("all of a sudden I'm getting female attention"). Err. 🤔

1 hour ago, mathiasinthe314 said:

I had a revision to a gastric bypass to fix the GERD and hernia. Those things have been 100% resolved (thank goodness), but the weight hasn’t been flying off like it did with my sleeve.

Revision patients usually lose slower.

11 hours ago, Khappy77 said:

Maybe this is something that others would love to have

It's simply something I don't have.

Men didn't give me attention when I was fat and they usually don't do now, especially not some random stranger-man. I was never asked for my number by a total stranger and can't imagine that someone ever would. May I ask in what kind of place this happens? A club for example or a bar?

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Now that I've lost the weight I'm also just wanting to go back into that shell and become invisible again,

I feel more or less invisible now and not like I have some kind of target on my back. If I want to blend into a crowd, I simply can blend in.

Why do you think you've begun to regain weight? What exactly has changed?

On 3/18/2023 at 11:20 PM, ToInfinityAndBeyond said:

is there anything that will prevent me from hitting the goal range my Dr. and I set for myself?

Adopting a lifestyle within the first gung-ho months that's not sustainable for you in the long run. Too many people are posting about "having fallen off the wagon" after their so called "honeymoon phase" is over because they burnt themselves out.

3 hours ago, hills&valleys said:

Has anyone else heard about "The Three Month Marker"?

First time I hear about it. Seems to be yet another little tool for inducing even more anxiety in patients when it comes to "reaching their goals".

Patients putting themselves under pressure is already really, really common - this will put even more pressure on them when it comes to weight loss within the first three months ("I have about 200 lbs to lose to reach a normal BMI but I've only lost 80 lbs in the first 3 months and studies say...").

Err.

On 3/16/2023 at 10:37 PM, amylittlelbs said:

Very vague to me as some meals I can clean the plate but others I get full quickly.

Completely normal. food varies in density and Water content. A cup of berries is going to sit differently in the stomach than a cup of cut up steak.

11 hours ago, helenah said:

Do you honestly think its achievable to lose the weight naturally within a year (I need to lose it within a year) or do you think I should just prepare myself for the surgery??

Maybe a WLS board is way too biased to really answer this question neutrally.

I personally think that even if it's possible to lose the weight and maintain it that it will most likely be much more of a struggle in comparison to having WLS. However, WLS has its downsides as well, e. g. possible complications both directly and indirectly linked to the procedure.

What you can do is go to the appointment and follow through with the program/plan they have to offer. You can back off anytime if you want.

That bear is so cute, indeed.

3 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

I probably shouldn't say this because I often preach that people need to stick to their plan

Ah yes, I was on the fence as well but some things simply shouldn't be left uncommented.

4 hours ago, steveks said:

I know my dietician is far more knowledgeable than I am but, sorry, 2 little extra grams of sugar is just not a big deal to me.

Let's just say that there are dietitians and dietitians just as there are surgeons and surgeons.

There is your bari buddy.

Protein coffee was a staple in my diet as well for a while. Got sick of the someday though.

What we call "Kroketten" or "Kartoffelkroketten" here:

On 2/14/2023 at 5:27 AM, Tink22-sleeve said:

My choices? A sleeve revision, bypass, or be content with where I am.

What is the consulted surgeon's opinion on this?

49 minutes ago, Recidivist said:

Meanwhile, he is running tests for possible explanations for my anemia, other than malabsorption due to gastric bypass.

That makes sense.

I have some hospital meals to post as well. They couldn't really do vegan (well, if you like starving it would have been possible I guess) but vegetarian minus the lactose was possible and I felt well fed.

Soooooo expensive but I couldn't resist...

Iron deposits need a while to drain. Some people are not able to resorb oral iron supplements after bypass. However, a fast drop over the course of some weeks isn't really explained that way.

What about the other parameters? Ferritin, transferrin, hb?

3 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

There are a lot of surgeons who don't like having patients under anesthesia for more than six hours, and you can't really do both a lower body lift and something else in that amount of time (I figured a Tummy Tuck wouldn't take as long as a lower body lift, since with the latter they do front and back, but i think my LBL was also about four hours).

This. My surgeon doesn't do combos (though the body lift is already a combination procedure in itself) - except when it comes to "smaller stuff". Lower body lift was about 6 h of surgery time . Legs about 4 h.

Plastics are no piece of cake when it comes to TUA. The surgeon I chose won't even do breast and arms in one sitting because breast will require a lot of TUA because I don't want implants so he's going to grab as much thoracic wall tissue as possible. The mobilization of that tissue alone will require app. 1.5 hours.

Also ask yourself how much of the surgeon's concentration is left after a procedure that lasts about 4 h or longer. I want to have good results with minimal complications as much as I'd like to have breasts and arms in one sitting. Tbh I'm not sure about arms yet. They don't look good but from a strictly medical POV...

Interesting video but he should've used more visual clues.