My Plication Story - 7 Months Out

[bohdanko 1]

I know when I was looking into having plication done, there weren't too many posts from people after about a month out from surgery, so I thought I would add my story from a 7-months point of view.

I started the plication process last fall, had my first appointment in early November. I started my preop diet on December 9, 2011, at 264 pounds. I lost 16 pounds on my 2-week preop diet, I think it was, weighing in at 248 the morning of surgery, which was December 22. Yes, I actually had my plication surgery 3 days before Christmas!!

It's been 7 months today since I had my surgery (I didn't realize that when I started writing this!). I weighed in at 198 today, so down 66 pounds from the preop diet, 50 pounds from the morning of surgery. Honestly, did I think I would have lost more than this by now? Absolutely yes! Am I disappointed? Absolutely NOT. I weight 66 pounds less than I did. I can move better. I am starting to be able to shop in the regular sizes and not always plus departments. I went hiking with my husband and didn't die! (I thought I might, though. lol)

I'm not sure why the weight loss has been slow. At first I started to blame it on "starvation mode" - maybe I had destroyed my metabolism or something. Over time, however, I have increased my calories to the point where most days I eat between 1200 and 1400 calories, and my weight-loss pattern has pretty much remained the same. I lose a few pounds one week then nothing for 1-3 weeks. This last time it was a whole month with no loss then 6 pounds in the last week. Again, I really have no idea what is going on with that.

I am vitamin-D deficient and iron-deficient. I had followup labs drawn Thursday to see if my supplementation has improved those numbers.

When I started the process, what finally made me go forward with it was the realization that while I might regret it if I did it, I knew I WOULD regret it if I didn't. So do I regret it? Nope. I can't overeat. I can eat a surprising amount of calories in a day if I'm not careful, which is why we are told this is not a fix unless we put in the work, but only if it's complete junk. I have natural Portion Control. I still go to Chipotle (my favorite!), but instead of eating my entire bowl, I eat about 1/3 of it, sometimes half if I'm especially hungry. Even now, the misery if I overeat is sufficient to keep me from doing it too often. So even though the weight loss is slow, it's not nearly as challenging as it was before to stay on plan. It's exactly what I was looking for - an external appetite control to help keep me from overeating.

I have a blog at wordpress.com (it's called myplication) if anyone is interested in more of the details from along the way, and as so many others who have posted here, I'm happy to answer any questions about specifics. My surgeon was Dr. Trace Curry in Cincinnati.

[GiGi 31]

Can you share a link to your blog? I tried to pull it up but was unable to find it.

Thanks!

[bohdanko 1]

Sorry about not posting the link the first time - I couldn't remember it, and I was on a really, really slow computer and didn't want to wait while I looked it up. The address is: http://myplication.wordpress.com/.

HTH

Kerrie

[dionysus69 29]

bohdanko

THANKS YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT POST!! I AM SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY MARCH 4TH AND AM FEELING SO MIXED BUT YES I WILL DEF REGRET NOT DOING THIS SO THANKS FOR HELPING ME MAKE UP MY MIND!! AT THIS POINT ANY WEIGHT LOSS WILL BE WELCOMED!! I DO THINK THAT I AM GOING INTO THIS WITH THE RIGHT EXPECTATIONS!! WILL UPDATE POST OP!!

[Muñekita 36]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

I was wondering how it go with your Hair loss? Did u loose lots of hair? Thin out? Did it go back to normal or thicken?

If you took anything, what did u take?