How often does.bypass not work?? How do people sabotage it? I'm 3 weeks out, lost 22 pounds but not much at all this past week. I feel so satisfied after eating I feel like I could be a an unsuccessful story. I don't know what happened to my optimism, but I don't have it and I don't know why. I'm so scared of what it doesn't work??

I'm not as far as you but I've seen many people talk about a weight loss stall at 3 weeks.

Ok that's good to know. But do you ever wonder what if I just don't lose or wonder if you won't reach your goal? I need to get out of this negativity, I know..I've always doubted myself with weight loss

Yes, I'm nervous about not coming close to my ultimate goal but I think as long as we follow the dietary rules we will be ok. I've seen ppl that have put themselves through this process to throw it all away in the end by ignoring the rules and stretching their stomachs out ( way later in the game 1-2 yrs post op). I cannot imagine throwing all of this away. I think the problem is that we've been on this journey for months and we expect so much more when really we are doing great.

You are right, I need to stay focused and not over analyze. I've read mixed things about weigh ins too. I've been weighing myself everyday which can be discouraging. Some people seem to do weekly or even monthly. What are you plans for weigh ins?

I've been weighing myself daily for a year. I don't obsess over the number to much but more or less just formed a habit of it. Pre surgery I did it because I had a horrible issue with retaining water so my first clue was getting on the scale. I think that if I start to get discouraged tho I would try weekly. My dr said sometimes even tho the scale might not move we could re-measure ourselves and see a difference there.

As long as you follow your doctors orders you will lose weight. My friends husband had the sleeve, ate around it, and barely lost weight. I believe the gastric bypass is harder to eat around.

I imagine people do manage to continue their bad habits and either don't lose much or end up in the hospital. Weight is math. Less in and you lose! More in and you don't. But metabolism plays a role. I think many, many people end up regaining because they never incorporate working out and their metabolism slows to a crawl. Our bodies don't like to be starved. After a few years, peoples metabolism is so shot they gain weight eating only 1500 or so calories a day.

If you follow the plan, and workout on a regular basis, you will have great success. That I am sure of. Try talking positive to yourself and try not to take it all so seriously. You have to have a little faith in the process, and let go. Let go of the weight.

Gastric Bypass is a physical tool to help you lose physical weight. Assuming you follow your surgeon's suggestions regarding diet and exercise, you'll physically lose weight. However, gastric bypass isn't a "cure all" for the emotional weight many folks carry- i.e. food addiction and/or transfer addictions, (a weight loss patient becoming an alcoholic after surgery, for example). This is one of the reasons why the psychiatric evaluation is so important to have and to answer honestly before the procedure. It could be very eye opening as to why the weight issues are there in the first place. Your surgeon can re-route your insides and force them to comply, but if people aren't willing to re-route their mindset, the old eating habits & dependencies won't change.

I think it's also important to have a thorough understanding and vested interest in your overall health throughout this process. Try to learn as much about your body & the chemical balances (or imbalances) you might have. It would be terrible to have such a major surgery and find yourself set up for failure because of a metabolic (or other) disorder you didn't even know you had that will impeded weight loss.