Interesting article on WLS and weight regain

[OzRoo 1,492]

@@rose1504

Yes, there are many factors involved in weight loss or gain.

Please let us know what your scan results show.

Good Luck!

I am wondering if I took myself Off Nexium too soon. I was supposed to be on it for 12 months post op, as initially I had really bad reflux.

I have been off Nexium now for 2 months, and I noticed that I am getting really hungry lots since then, and my nose runs like a tap.

I have been reading up on Silent Reflux, and I do tick off few boxes, even with sore throats in some mornings.

I thought that once I got to 6 months post op, my stomach healed and that I lost the restriction.

I was also prescribed 1/2 dose of my thyroid hormone replacement, and felt the Thyroxine level was not adequate, hence more hungry often, hunger that is almost painful, loss of energy, allergies and runny nose, and general blah feeling.

My thyroid med is higher again, and I am feeling better, however the hunger and wanting larger meal portions did not go away.

I may go back on PPIs for a while again, and see if this will make any difference.

@@rose1504 hope you get your answer soon, and feeling/thinking more positive attitude will certainly help.

[ta920 4]

Great read, thank you.

[Mattymatt 491]

On 8/17/2016 at 10:03 AM, Babbs said:

@@JJCool

Oh, totally!

That's why I get so mad when the uneducated still insist it's as easy as "calories in/calories out".

Yeah, to a certain extent. But our bodies are much more complex than that and tend to disagree

On paper it is as easy as calories in and calories out. This is what my surgeon had mentioned. But he said life is not so black and white and there are other factors that contribute to weight gain that are often ignored. The person that tells you that it is calories in and calories out is just another internet champion whom thinks they know it all.

[Berry78 4,259]

I would love to hear of some cases or studies where healthy people underwent caloric restriction and didn't lose weight. (Controlled, measured, counted environment.)

Shoot, I have a family member that has a pituitary gland problem. She is only 4'8 and has all kinds of hormone/metabolic issues, and even she could lose weight on an 800 cal. diet. She just couldn't stay on it.

Regardless, we can control the "calories in". The invisible part is the "calories out". The body can choose to burn 4000 calories a day, or 800 (just throwing numbers out for example... I don't know the actual limits). THIS is the mystery piece that makes it seem like the math doesn't work. I think they are still trying to figure out how to get the body to keep the metabolism up under caloric restriction.. and so far, bariatric surgery works the best.

[cbc1975 14]

Very good article! My first take away and putting it in my words is this. People who get the sleeve are hitting the “reset” button. By hitting this button, you are starting a 2 year countdown clock. This 2 year window is your biggest construction phase of the remaking of YOU. This is how you change your ways,thinking,and general attitude towards yourself. It’s a lifelong struggle, we all know that. But this 2 year window is where you have the greatest opportunity you get to attempt at reprogramming yourself.

Just my thoughts!


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