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Ignatius

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Thucydides    250

Thucydides
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Best of luck, @@Dap73! Forty pounds lost pre-op is great progress.

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aggietop    37

aggietop
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Let's get this thread active again with some updates.

I'm 7 months post op now. I've now lost 146 lbs and feel great. Started at 489 and I was 343 this morning. . I need to up the exercise now since the weight loss has slowed down some and I'm not burning as many calories. I'm off most of my meds now and was able to stop using my cpap in mid July.

Would love to here some updates from the guys a few months ahead of me. Good luck to everyone's continued success and to all of those still in the pre op phase.

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Ignatius    110

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Weight is pretty steady right now, which is fine. I'm scheduled for an upper endoscopy Sept. 20, which should *fingers crossed* be the last hurdle before scheduling.

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DavidOso    272

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I went in for my first colonoscopy ever and they saw I was in the approval stages for a sleeve. Yup...they had a camera going in both ends that day. Joy, oh joy. I had an umbilical hernia repaired 2 months ago. Everything went fine, surgeon glad I had lost so much weight, much less chance of recurrence, BUT have had a hard time getting back into my exercise routine post op. Still get some minor tugging with certain exercises, and haven't gotten back to lifting yet either. How long does the repair take to heal before there is no tugging? It is the laparoscopic sites, not the mesh that tugs. Muscles moving over scar tissue I'm told.

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sgc    538

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I for some reason have been struggling with gout since surgery. I would get an occasionally but now I'm on a daily medication for gout. Anybody else experience this? Odd that as I lose weight my gout gets worse.

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aggietop    37

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I for some reason have been struggling with gout since surgery. I would get an occasionally but now I'm on a daily medication for gout. Anybody else experience this? Odd that as I lose weight my gout gets worse.

SGC, my surgeon told me that it would be a good idea to stay on the gout medication for now because of the high Protein diet. He said with the increase in Protein, many people have flair-ups. I stayed on the med and haven't had any trouble.

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DavidOso    272

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@aggietop@sgc I don't know but does Water help to flush the causes of gout out of your system? By losing so much weight, maybe the irritants are flooding into your system and causing flare ups??? An increase in daily water may help to wash away the gunk. Again don't know, just a thought.

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Thucydides    250

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Here is my update: I hit my 10-month post-op anniversary yesterday. I'm down 246 lbs from a starting weight of 518. I took my wife to a concert for the first time since surgery and I still have a hard time getting used to being a little more normal-sized. I still worry on whether a concert arena, theater, etc. will have seats that fit me. I have not gotten past the surprise when I actually fit into the seats.

I'm really happy with how the weight loss has gone. I hit my first mini-stall since surgery a few weeks ago, only losing 1 lb three weeks ago, none the next week, and 1 lb this week, all while sticking with my eating plan (950 calories, 100 g Protein, <60g carbs) and exercising (hiking and kettlebells) an hour a day 5-6 days a week. I am torn on whether this is just a temporary lull, a sign that I need to change things up, or a sign that I may be approaching a weight where things will just move more slowly. I would like to get below the "obese" category for my BMI, but I am finding myself less fixated by the scale number than I thought that I would be.

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Thucydides    250

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Thanks, @KristenLe. I'm giving bumping my calories up to 1200 this week a go to see how things shake out. I won't know until I weigh in on Friday, but I am already seeing that I am a good bit less tired after workouts, so you may be on to something.

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Dap73    40

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Day 7 of my now 16 day Preop diet (surgery was moved back 2 days for scheduling reasons). I'm not really hungry but I am exhausted by the end of the day. After cooking dinner and getting the kids to bed I basically just fall in bed myself. I guess I get to look forward to this for a few months. On the positive side -12 lbs.

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Sirmikael    59

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I'm on day 6 of my 10 day liquid diet, and I've been doing alright. Being at work helps, but when I get home at night...that's when it gets tough.

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Ignatius    110

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Just a quick update. My upper endoscopy went fine, and I'm now scheduled for my sleeve on October 31. Can't wait.

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