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Thank you, the old mentality of dieting is hard to go away. My problem is I must take my Iron pills on a daily basis, and when I try to eat right I get constipated. I have to take a daily stool softener.
How can I lose and not be so constipated. Its only when i eat a bunch of sugar that makes my life easier.
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
Have you tried sending any of those you miss a PM? Sometimes that will draw someone out.
Also, activity on the boards seems to rise and fall for no apparent reason. It's the nature of forums and I'm guessing this format isn't as popular now that we have FB.
on 3/21/19 9:25 am
Hello people,
Even though I do not post often, I still visit this site regularly. Just for a long time now I have not seen the old vets including Major mom. Where is everybody?
I would at least talk to one of the experts in CA to see what the surgery would cost (I assume your insurance would pay something to a doctor out of network).
A friend of mine revised from RNY to DS and had so many complications following the surgery. She was in and out of the hospital constantly until her death. Her doctor was a quack and did not know what he was doing. Please do not become another victim.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Saw this on another site, it's a good read.
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-calorie?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
HW: 398.8 SW:356 GW: 175 CW:147
Hello All - In 2009 I had VSG and lost 200 pounds from 425 to 225 in about 13 months... after the initial year with the proper diet and exercise I settled in around 240 pounds and was very happy....I kept it off until 2013 and that's when I went through many difficult personal challenges and stop taking care of myself. I have regained about 30 pounds per year and now Im at 380 LBS. I have decided to do a self pay DS Loop with my original surgeon in about 4 weeks. Im excited yet terrified of failure again and complications with my body and mind. I have found it hard to find facts on projected weight loss and long term success going VSG to DS Loop ? He will also be re doing my sleeve as well. Any advice, thoughts, support, weight loss projections would be very helpful. I know that all of this has been asked before but I really appreciate the support, Thank You
I agree with Larra.
My common channel should have been 80cm according to my surgeon but that was 10 years ago, I don't know quite how absorbtion changes. It was the standard DS.
I'm in my early 30s, 5'2" and also sedentary. My malabsorbtion must be working as I have had issues with iron deficiency (on infusions now) and have developed osteoporosis (working on it).
I find if I eat 'normal carb levels (100g+) I get severe diarrhea. If I eat low fat I get constipation. Eating about 70 percent of my calories as fat means I go to the toilet once a day on average and it doesn't smell bad.
Artifical sweetners and fibre can sometimes make it smell bad. I don't eat too much fibre, it doesn't agree with me.
I don't drink any sugary drinks or drinks with calories in, just tea and flavoured water - it's sugar free and i need some favour because i hate plain water. I drink a lot daily.
I just wi**** was a bit more straightforward - we all seem to be so different, and the health service here has no idea because there are very few DS patients. I've seen nutritionists and they just want me to eat as if I had a rny.
I don't ever track calories, but just for fun because you asked, I did this for what I ate yesterday. I ate about 2450 calories. This is roughly what I usually eat and I am trying to maintain at one half my Preop weight (@around 145 lbs). But before surgery, I was probably eating 1,000 calories more than that or more. Your calorie needs vary by age, size, and activity, and I am an older, short, sedentary person.
A thought.. the DS works from both restriction and malabsorption. The surgery changes your stomach as well as your gut. I eat many very small meals, every 2-3 hours. Maybe that would speed your metabolism.
The other thought is that all DS surgeries are not alike. If you have one of the single anastamosis procedures or a long common channel, say 250cm, you can't use DS math. My common channel is 100 cm. Whatever the DS math says about fat, I don't eat big quantities of fat. I limit large amounts of fat because it gives me severe diarrhea at times. Every meal, I eat protein first, carbs last. I eliminated all liquid calories and that includes protein drinks, soda, beer, juice, and any sugar or artificial sugar products, regardless of calories or carbs.
I am never hungry, so this doesn't feel like a diet, and I figure I am getting a lot more calories than I could have to maintain my weight without DS. Good you are being so serious about losing the weight increase.
The trouble is, my carbs have been under 20g a day for a very long time, barring a 'relaxed' week at Xmas. Restricting carbs and eating at this calorie level always used to work for me but now it doesn't work as well.
I drink about 3l of water a day, always.
I'm going to try eating more calories but keep my carbs under 20g and see if it helps, thank you.
I am still curious from anyone who does track what calorie level they actually eat, as I really want to understand how our system works a few years out.
