A continuation of our Summer 2018 Check-In thread...

Welcome all Summer 2018 Surgery Post-Op Patients! As we make our way into the Post-Op zone, let’s carry on the conversation and support.

Everyone is welcome, if you had surgery in the summer of 2018 jump right in!

The Ponies applaud your Post-Op Arrival!

On 09/01/2018 at 19:02, Megan Sadler said:

I think any calories you burn working out don’t count towards your daily total. The idea is to create a deficit. Your body takes x amount of calories to run each day from breathing to making your heart beat. That’s called your metabolism. If you have a low metabolism it takes less to run. Eating provides the calories for it to run. If you eat less than you need to run it creates a deficit and you use reserves (fat) to do so. If you eat more you store the extra. When you excercise you need extra calories for that time. So if you need say 1500 a day to run but burn 100 during a work out you need 1600 to run. If you’re only taking in 1000 calories you pull that 600 left from fat to run. 5 days of that and you lose a pound because 3000 calories is a pound. Make sense??



With RNY the idea is to lower the amount you eat and also not absorb everything that you do eat so that your caloric intake is super low causing massive weight loss.

There has been nothing massive about my weight loss im loosing extremely slow and gained a pound.. i go to the gym 10 times a week and do cardio and strength and many times end up with less than 400,500, or 600 calories and im not loosing

Overall it’s a lot of weight. You might be having a stall. It’s called a plateau and the way Around it is to switch things up—instead of going 10x a week go do some hiit or CrossFit 3 days a week and strength training 3 days a week. As for food look at your diet, while calories are low make some changes like swap from red meat to fish, try some plant based protien drinks etc. swapping it up once in a while should help keep your body from getting complacent.

I eat chicken, beef, tuna, salmon, i mix it up every day but i'll try to go less or do some HIIT maybe some insanity?

@mercmerc did u see the video on not going to gym in first 6 months after WLS? I posted it yesterday in this thread. Dude may be onto something... I’m thinking your body is in shock from too much with too few calories in starvation mode. Starvation Mode is a real thing folks! We’ve got yearsvof evolution perfectibgbit. I would rather try meditation and stretches to calm your fight or flight response...

On 09/01/2018 at 19:37, ellie123 said:

Wow, now that’s what I’m talking about! So frustrating how it varies! Can’t they decide on a standard already!

if I may ask, how is your weight loss going on real food?

Down 15 pounds preop, another 6 since surgery 12 days ago. Plus, I’m 57 with my post menopausal metabolism. Not exercising much yet - that will start soon.

@Ellie123 I haven’t seen that link would you share it again?

Up walking this morning this is so exhausting

Including pre op I’m down 25 lbs total

My three week stall seems to have officially ended! It started just shy of three weeks post op for me and lasted for about 3.5 weeks.

On 09/02/2018 at 08:12, insta_adventurer said:

My three week stall seems to have officially ended! It started just shy of three weeks post op for me and lasted for about 3.5 weeks.

I’m over two weeks into a stall and have been super down about it, thanks for sharing that yours has ended and that it lasted 3.5 weeks! I know I should know better after researching and reading this site and all that, but I’ve been really stressed and frustrated by this whole extended plateau thing!

On 09/02/2018 at 09:34, AEdoesRnY said:

I’m over two weeks into a stall and have been super down about it, thanks for sharing that yours has ended and that it lasted 3.5 weeks! I know I should know better after researching and reading this site and all that, but I’ve been really stressed and frustrated by this whole extended plateau thing!

Same same

On 09/02/2018 at 08:38, mercmerc said:

Same same

Both of us went back to school last week, right? My NUT said sleep and stress can cause plateaus too. Which is super helpful because now I’ll be stressing out about not being stressed about plateauing (and the whole start of the school year thing).

Maybe our bodies just need to readjust to the new routine/schedule?

On 09/02/2018 at 09:40, AEdoesRnY said:

Both of us went back to school last week, right? My NUT said sleep and stress can cause plateaus too. Which is super helpful because now I’ll be stressing out about not being stressed about plateauing (and the whole start of the school year thing).



Maybe our bodies just need to readjust to the new routine/schedule?

Yes! But my school is super easy there is no stress there im more stressed about not loosing weight and thinking this surgery isn't going to work

On 09/02/2018 at 08:42, mercmerc said:

Yes! But my school is super easy there is no stress there im more stressed about not loosing weight and thinking this surgery isn't going to work

I’m back to school as a teacher so PLENTY of stress haha, last week was our workshop week and I’m back with kids on Tuesday. And I’m taking an evening graduate class...maybe too much to take on right after surgery, oh well!

Right now I’m trying to plan ahead and have meals prepped for the week so I don’t end up not eating for too long or eating something crappy...pinning a million Keto/high protein low carb/ WLS recipes on Pinterest right now and hoping to actually make some of them!

On 09/02/2018 at 09:34, AEdoesRnY said:

I’m over two weeks into a stall and have been super down about it, thanks for sharing that yours has ended and that it lasted 3.5 weeks! I know I should know better after researching and reading this site and all that, but I’ve been really stressed and frustrated by this whole extended plateau thing!

Totally can relate! When I first stalled, I told myself, “The three week stall is totally normal and happens to nearly everyone!” Then a week passed and I repeated the above to myself... then week two passed, and I started researching, but not finding definitive answers, how long the three week stall typically lasts. Then week three passed and I started to get really frustrated and debated calling my surgeons office.

The truth is there is no set time for how long the 3 weeks stall will last. Some it only lasts a week for... others stalled for a month... but it does break eventually.

Just remember that there is likely no possible way you could be consuming enough calories to be gaining weight or not losing at this point... so whatever is causing it is not your fault.