Creekimp13

No, but if your A1c hasn't come down a bit....your doctor will wonder if you've been following your diet, or if your liver is shrinking. Best plan: Follow your diet strictly...and your A1c will look better than last time...and your doctor will be happy.

Call your surgeon's office. Ask if you can take a little xanax on the way to the hospital. (obviously not if you're the one driving. LOL) My doc let patients take a little xanax. I'm usually a nervous nelly about medical procedures, but I surprised myself and didn't need "courage in pill form" . You might surprise yourself, too. Truthfully? Having that xanax in my purse and knowing that I *could* take it....was almost as good as taking it. Placebo is good medicine sometimes. Plus...you know...I have a xanax for the next time I fly. LOL. Win, win.

Woot! Great work!

To be considered a success, patients have lost 50% of their excess weight in 24 months. Having "weight loss failure" is defined by losing less than 25% of your excess weight in 24 months. We're not talking reaching goal weight. We're not talking percentage of starting weight. We're talking....percent of EXCESS weight. Say you're a 250 pound person who has 100 pounds to lose. If you reach 200 pounds, you're in the success category. Say you're a 400 pound person who has 220 pounds to lose. If you reach 290 pounds, you're in the success category.

Sadly, it's actually about 11%. 24 months after RNY, about one in ten people have failed to lose weight. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25591162 This is why taking behavior modification very seriously is so important.

Congrats!

Another vote for Smooth Move tea. Works great. But you don't want to overuse it.

Your concerns are universal. And yes, many if not most of us really struggle to lose weight.

Many many many people who are successful were obese kids. Most of us probably have an endocrine element to why we're fat. Most of us have genetic fat cards in play, too. But All of us...undeniably....have terrible eating habits. (or have had them) Ultimately, the surgery is just a tool that helps when we finally decide to step up and take responsibility for our behavior. Unless you are committed to changing your eating habits and lifestyle habits....no, surgery will not help you. yes, a lot of us have genetic handicaps in this game....for some people it's just flat out easier than others. Younger people are going to have it easier than people going through menopause. People with health and mobility issues are going to have it tougher than healthier fat people. But the only factor that will guarantee failure....is not taking responsibility for your eating behavior. Everything else...you can overcome.

I had good luck with melatonin.

The boobs are the first to leave. LOL:)

Just make sure you're staying hydrated. So much flu going around! Please take care of yourself and feel better soon!

On the advice of my team, I've eaten 1000 calories a day since 3 weeks out. These days I eat between 1000 and 1200, but typically closer to 1200. I feel God awful eating under 1000 calories a day, and refuse to do that to myself. Also...there's research that suggests that after weight loss surgery, people on very restricted calorie diets will lose weight faster, but people eating 1000-1200 will lose just as much weight by 18 months...AND....at three years post-op will have less regain than their super-restrictive diet peers. The idea is that super restrictive diets after surgery create a lower metabolic set point, and that you need more calories to create the hot burning metabolism you want to carry you for a lifetime (or at least a metabolic set point conducive to coping with a normal caloric intake). I'm part of a research study with a major research hospital that is investigating this issue further. I walk 5-6 mils a day, and get a variety of 3 pretty stiff cardio work out each week. I feel better than I have since I was 20. I can run up flights of steps again. My energy is crazy good. PS...I also eat a ton of unrefined carbs:) Beans, Whole grains, Fruits.. Mayo Clinic Diet. Lotta ways up this mountain:)

It's all based on weight. No way to tell ya without your stats.

Matty, maybe you should check to make sure you're not running a fever. Are fluids staying down ok?

I've tried a dozen different kinds...I like PP the best. Dont know what to tell ya. LOL. They're all kinda awful. At least PP caramel in coffee tastes great:)

Nice!

Elliptical is one of my favorites, too:) Hubby got me one for my birthday last year and I use it regularly:)

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Meant to say it's a lot "harder" these days to get that heart rate up. Which is really cool cause it means I'm achieving a little more heart fitness....but tough because I have to work so much harder than I used to get get my cardio minutes, more bursts, more push, faster, longer...more sweating and panting. LOL. My resting heart rate used to be in the high 70's, low 80's. These days, I'm in the high to mid 50's most days:) Has been really cool to watch that number come down.

Good Luck!

Congrats and best wishes for a fast recovery:)

Wish I had some good advice...I don't. Just wanted to say I hope you get to the bottom of it and feel better soon. Best wishes. Keep us posted!

Will cross my fingers for you!

Great work, Seahawks:) Exercise is my secret weapon:) It's the most suprising part of this process that I've really liked. I feel amazingly better and my physical endurance is better than it's been since my 20's. It's also a LOT hard for me to get my heartrate up that high....which is a blessing and a curse. LOL. I'm walking 12,000 steps a day, and doing tougher cardio at least three days a week. Am loving rebounding workouts, dancing workouts, and swimming at the Y. Gotta mix it up, I'm told. Trying to get variety:) Not much for the gym, but I do like the pool, walking and running in the forest, and sweatin to the oldies with Richard Simmons....when I'm not bouncing on trampolines. LOL. How terrific the activity makes me feel...is a big surprise. I've got all sorts of projects planned for the summer....barn and basement clean out, brush clearing, lot of physical things that used to sound like pure hell sound so much easier and more enjoyable now. Keep doing what you're doing!