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Jami Victoria

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Jami Victoria
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Hi, I'm scheduled for surgery on 4/7 and was just wondering if anyone could tell me, postops, how they are doing with the weight loss. I know that it has been so hard to lose weight for me for years due to the PCOS. I'd love to hear how much you've lost and how long it took you to achieve those pounds! THANKS!:thumbup:

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Hi, I'm scheduled for surgery on 4/7 and was just wondering if anyone could tell me, postops, how they are doing with the weight loss. I know that it has been so hard to lose weight for me for years due to the PCOS. I'd love to hear how much you've lost and how long it took you to achieve those pounds! THANKS!:huh2:

Hi Jami! I have PCOS too! I was banded 9-20-07 and have lost 76 lbs so far. My weight loss has been pretty consistent but has slowed considerably. For a good bit of my banded journey I have tried to stick to a low carb lifestyle. I just recently switched to a low calorie lifestyle. I just joined the YMCA today and I start with my orientation tomorrow. I hope that exercising on a daily basis will help me get to where I want to be. I still have a long way to go, but I am very pleased with my results so far. Good luck to you.

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hi there

i also have serious PCOS and was banded in oct 07. i just had my 3rd fil and 3's a charm for me. the first 2 fills were ok but i think i hit the sweet spot. i have lost 50 lbs now. dont forget that everyone loses at a different rate so you cant really compare. i am thrilled with my personal weight loss and i would never go back! others who were banded before and after me some have lost more or less than me but everyones weight loss is a definite triumph! as long as its comes off!

i really wish you the best!

tiff

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I'm so glad you asked about this. I am pre-op and had not really thought about how my PCOS was going to affect my weight loss. I was able to lose 40 lbs. when I was pregnant (believe it or not) since I developed Gestational Diabetes and also had twins. They consumed every calorie I ate and I love them so for it! (one was 7lb7oz and the other 6lb11oz so I know they were fed plenty!) But, I gained it all back and then some after they came. I haven't been able to stay on Metformin due to the horrible side affects I was having. They were easier to deal with before, but taking care of 2 infants/toddlers, it just wasn't possible.

It's so good to see a PCOS specific area here. It makes the battle to lose weight so much harder when you have this on top of everything else. I can also see where everyone else does have a different rate of loss. Do they keep people on the metformin after the surgery? How on earth would you take the large pills? How many have noticed the difference in their PCOS symptoms after they lose the weight?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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