I had the sleeve 3 years ago and lost all of my weight. My brother, best friend, and uncle also had it and lost most of their weight.

But my poor mom had it over a year and a half ago and has only lost 20 pounds. (She has about 80 to go.)

She eats small portions, doesn't make terrible choices, etc. I don't understand.

Her doctor doesn't seem to care. He just said to get some blood work done (it was all normal). I get the feeling that it's just a mystery to him and he's more interested in getting more patients sleeved than in figuring out what's wrong with my mom.

She got her thyroid tested and it's on the low/normal side - but nothing that would explain this.

I haven't found anyone else with this issue on any of the forums.

If anyone has an idea about what to do, what to research, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know.

It's heartbreaking.

If anyone has a doctor to recommend that would be able to figure this out, she's located in Austin, Texas. Her doctor was in Dallas. I honestly wish she had gone to my doctor (Aceves in Mexico) because I know he would never rest until he knew what was wrong with her.

If u dont mind me asking, what doctor did her surgery? I had mine in texas also and im just curious.

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my band was Dr Jayseleen at Forest Park Hospital in Dallas, TX but my sleeve was in Mexico Dr Almanza

have your Mom tried to stop eating after a certain time period

for examaple go 1 week and dont eat past 6 pm

Yes' date=' I agree with all of the numbers - but I'm telling you - I know it SEEMS impossible - but that's not the issue with her. She's active and is consuming very few calories. I was just with her for a solid week and saw everything she ate. She's not sneaking in shakes or high-calorie foods or crazy amounts of carbs or anything. She eats Protein, drinks Water - everything.

She has kept track of her intake and it just doesn't make any sense. In the beginning I assumed that she was probably taking in too many calories or that her sleeve wasn't actually restricting her food intake or that she was grazing all the time.

She's NOT. Something else is amiss here. Does anyone else have any experience with this - beyond the basics of calories in, calories out?[/quote']

Another reason she isn't losing could possibly be that she's taking in too FEW calories. If she's active and watching what she's eating, too few calories would result in the body going into whats known as " starvation mode" meaning that her body isn't getting what it needs so it stores whatever calories it can as fat for fuel. It's a normal response the body has to low calorie intake. It stores as much as it can for fuel to keep all the body's systems from shutting down. Perhaps a 300-500 calorie increase per day will jump start her weight loss. I'd give it a shot since she isn't losing anyway. Google "Starvation Mode" for more info. Good luck!

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I didn't read all the responds so someone might have recommended this .. I'm not sleeve yet but have she thought about getting another weightloss surgery .. The sleeve is the first step to doing the bypass I no the " bypass " but it's a thought it might help her restart her weightloss ..

Hello,

I know this post was written many years ago but I am hoping you can help me!

I had my surgery 11/30/13 and so I am currently 15 months post-op. I have only lost 60 lbs I still have about 60 to go.

HW 290 SW 284 CW 229

First off I never got assigned a NUT like I see many other people on these sights do. I never went to a post op seminar but I was never invited to or rmeinded about it. Now I just found out that the hospital I had this at does offer them. Also they had out post surgical kits and I didn't get one because they were out that day? It had a bottle to help with Water intake a measureing spoon and guidelines on eating.

Anyway, I had all the stuff they gave me before surgery I did great until about 6 months out. THat's when I still eating bad again...meaning I ate what I wanted but less. Also I quit exersing regularly.

When I hit the year mark it was a wake up call January 1st I strated eating less carbs and joined myfitness pall which has me on a1200 calorie diet and I have been excersising 3-4 times a week. Well it's March and I have lost a whole 2 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!

I just don't get it!

I had blood work done and all is good???

I am thinking of going on Atkins? I don't know what else to do. It worked before but I gained it all backl now maybe it won't come back on because of te sleeve?

Also I still get crazt hungry in the afternoon is that normal?

I hope you are still on this website and can let me know what happend with your mom.

THanks!

I took three years to get to goal. I stalled after year one, then actually gained 22 pounds "eating what I want but less" I also tried a couple of plans to get that off (Southbeach phase one did get 5 off) then was introduced to the 5:2 plan (see in the Vets forum) That helped me to get to goal, and I use it to stay in maintenance as well.check

out this info if interested

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/291240-52-links-and-info/

Do you take a PPI? Sometimes hunger is acid production or thirst. Best of luck!

My psychiatrist told me she wasn't sure I would be successful with the sleeve bc when I had brain surgery and awoke from it, something "clicked" in my brain and I became a chocoholic (I was not a chocolate eater prior to brain surgery) her point is that the brain plays a large part in weight loss. Perhaps it has something to do with your mom's brain?

I tried every diet in the books. I was shamed for not losing, told that on the calories I consumed and the exercise I was doing, my failure to lose weight was "impossible." Finally, after I had Realize lap band, and did not lose weight, even on 300 calls/day and physical therapy 3x wk plus an hour of supervised aqua therapy per day, my band so full and tight i threw up every day, and I NEVER had anything sweet or rich, my surgeon said something else was wrong. Sent me to a metabolic specialist, and then another, and then another. They all said that the calories in calories out was an old adage known now to be false. Obesity is multi-causal, several chains of metabolic processes in play. I was diagnosed based on metabolic testing and history with a defect of adaptive thermogenesis. I suspect this is the problem with your mom. The good news is that the 10-20% of failed despite compliance bariatric patients has led to increased funding for obesity understanding and research. My metabolic specialist at Cornell says in ten years they will have more answers and a treatment for me, but I don't know if I have that long. Go to a metabolic doctor and be evaluated for this if you KNOW you are compliant, and still are not losing weight. It is bad enough to be fat, but to be shamed for something that isn't your fault, when you are doing everything you can, and nobody believes you, is AWFUL. Good luck.

Hello.. this is a very old post I stumbled upon. I'm just qurious how your mother is? Did she start losing the weight?