Have to share

So I am now 14 weeks out from my RNY and today I hit 100lbs lost since I was referred for surgery! I am now down a total of 122 lbs and I feel so wonderful. I so wish I had gotten the surgery years ago but I'm enjoying every minute of my new life. Not too happy about the start of hair loss but I am hoping that is temporary.

When I started at the gym 2 weeks after surgery I could barely do 20 minutes on the treadmill and this week I am doing an hour. It's so wonderful to be able to move and not ache.

If you are sitting on the fence about having the surgery, these are only a few of the great benefits I have experienced in just a short time.

Karen

Congrats! How much had you lost prior to surgery? Hard to believe! I am 9 months post op and just hitting the 90 pound mark. Feel good! Eating most everything just in completely different amounts! Congrats again! I am nearing he weight they chose for me. 

I have 54 lbs to go to the dietician's goal weight. I lost 58 lbs before surgery from referral weight. I am down 43lbs from day of surgery and the rest of the weight I lost before my referral.

90lbs is awesome, that's 10lbs a month!

Still trying some new foods but I find the plainer the better for me but I wasn't a person for rich spicy food before surgery. I haven't tried bread and am not missing it at all. Pasta is very filling but rice is ok. Just find that I don't have much of an appetite most days.

Congrats Karen. I'm 12 weeks post op and have lost 28lbs since the surgery (VSG not RNY).  No hair loss issues so far - keeping fingers crossed - but I make sure I'm getting plenty of protein. Most foods are fine so far though I have developed a dislike for the taste of whole wheat breads, pitas, etc. Rice, pasta, quinoa and couscous are OK

I'm back swimming , my times are good but I don't seem to have the stamina I had prior to the surgery. I'm also weightlifting to build up muscle and I'm lifting more now than before.

Thanks Mike! I 'm sure your stamina will return as you continue to heal.

I'm trying not to get to wound up about the hair loss as I went through this when my hubby and I did fertility treatments and it stopped then. I wasn't a huge bread eater before so not too worried about not wanting it now. I do have some crackers with my tuna and that's ok.

Breads are not my favourite either. 

Congrats to you all on your weight loss...I am still on the wait list for the "call" to come...so frustrating!

Cara 

Thank you Cara, so you received your acceptance letter into the program? When I received my acceptance letter it was just that a letter and I heard nothing until I was notified of my orientation session. When you attend the information session you will get a lot of handouts. Not sure if anything has changed but my information session was about a year ago.

The clinic does not return calls regarding wait times and frankly getting them to return any calls does not happen quickly. You can expect around a 2-3 year wait from acceptance until information session. It could actually be longer now there are so many people waiting for this procedure.

I hope you get your call soon!

Karen

I am having problems getting my strength back also I hsd bad ulcers after surgery 6mth ago and I hit plateaus that last 2 weeks ar a time so frustrating but I was almost unable to hold anything down for5 mths but now I can eat im wondering if thats why im plateauing so much I really watch what I eat I do walking and light weights but thats all the dr said ibshould be doing for now im just frustrated the weight is coming off so slow now......Donna

Did you have surgery in Winnipeg Donna? I would talk to Amy and the dietician and make sure you are doing what you need to. I find at not quite 5 months out I lost steady for a few days and then I stay where I am for a week or so. Seems to be my pattern for the last couple of months.