Weight gain
I have a question. Are you going to be weighed during the info session?
I remember when I had mine a year ago nobody had to be weighed at this time (info session).
I ask the question for my daughter because she have seen Dr Beausoleil November 21 and she's afraid she has gain a few pounds since then. She will have her info session January 20.
If anyome can answer it will be appreciated.
Thanks
I remember when I had mine a year ago nobody had to be weighed at this time (info session).
I ask the question for my daughter because she have seen Dr Beausoleil November 21 and she's afraid she has gain a few pounds since then. She will have her info session January 20.
If anyome can answer it will be appreciated.
Thanks
They weigh you every time you go to the hospital. If at any time you gain, they will consider postponing surgery. There may be cir****tances when they don't but they say they will. Better safe than sorry. I certainly didn't want to take any chances of being postponed.
HW/SW/CW/GW
362/305/250.6/160 (54.4 since surgery)
1st Fill Dec22 4cc's * 2nd fill May 14 1cc = 5 ccs * 3rd (un)fill June 5 .5cc = 4.5 ccs *4th fill July 8 2cc=6.5cc, unfill of 1cc sept 09 = 5.5cc; Nov 8 fill of 1.5 =7ccs
It is noon on Saturday. I am still 4 pounds over what I was during my last visit. I am stressing big time. I feel like a prize fighter trying to make weight. I haven't had a meal in three days. Tonight I am going to take exlax and starting tomorrow I am going to take fluid pills every 8 hours. I have got to make weight. I gained this weight in the last 3 weeks because I was stressing about gaining weight. UUGGG I know I can, I know I can. Wish me luck. I am a stress eater big time.
Word to the wise - Don't do that. My weight was up a bit on Info session day. I was honest and told them that I had gone on a goodbye diet saying good bye to all my favourite foods. In actual fact I had gained 14 pounds since my consultation and had only lost 13 of it by Info session. Lise was not too concerned about it at that point but she said from here on in it is imperative that you lose. You have to show committment to the doctor that you are in this for all the right reasons.
That being said using exlax and fluid pills will only hurt you and will not do you any good in the long run. You could seriously dehydrate yourself and put yourself in hospital by doing that. And being in hospital instead of at the Info session won't do you one bit of good. Actions like that will not help you to get your head in the right space to do this surgery. I think that they will take into account the holiday season and your stress levels and they won't be hard on you.
I suggest you start today right now, forget what you ate yesterday or even this morning, measuring your food, eat light meals high in protein and lots of salads, increase your water intake substantially but don't over do it because too much water is just as bad as not enough. Try to stay around 1000 to 1200 calories for the weekend and go for a nice long walk both today and tomorrow. If walking is hard sit on a kitchen chair and move your upper body, swing your arms, do whatever you can to burn calories. You will see far better results doing that than by abusing laxatives and diuretics. You need to know that if you starve yourself your body will slow your metabolism and you could even gain weight if you are not careful. The body says - oh oh there must be a famin - I need to retain calories so I don't starve. That sounds funny but I believe its true. But most of all just be honest with the nurse when she weighs you on Info session day. Honesty - which is what I did - got me through the day, past the gain and on to my surgery on Dec 2. I am doing great now and I am so glad I had this surgery.
I hope I have not upset you, we are strangers and it really is not my place to say anything but I really hope you consider rethinking your plan and facing this head on. We are all in this together. We all have abused food to get to the point where we require surgery to survive. If you take a stand today, face the facts and move forward in a healthy way, you will certainly succeed with your surgery. Again, I am not saying this to upset you but to encourage you to deal with this opportunity in a positive and healthy way.
Many people on this forum have encouraged me and uplifted me when I needed help. I was so blue at one point and so afraid but I got so much positive energy from everyone here that I want to pay that forward so to speak. Please - rethink things - face the demon - hold your head up and go forward. You won't reget it - I promise. Hang in there - you can do this.
Ann
That being said using exlax and fluid pills will only hurt you and will not do you any good in the long run. You could seriously dehydrate yourself and put yourself in hospital by doing that. And being in hospital instead of at the Info session won't do you one bit of good. Actions like that will not help you to get your head in the right space to do this surgery. I think that they will take into account the holiday season and your stress levels and they won't be hard on you.
I suggest you start today right now, forget what you ate yesterday or even this morning, measuring your food, eat light meals high in protein and lots of salads, increase your water intake substantially but don't over do it because too much water is just as bad as not enough. Try to stay around 1000 to 1200 calories for the weekend and go for a nice long walk both today and tomorrow. If walking is hard sit on a kitchen chair and move your upper body, swing your arms, do whatever you can to burn calories. You will see far better results doing that than by abusing laxatives and diuretics. You need to know that if you starve yourself your body will slow your metabolism and you could even gain weight if you are not careful. The body says - oh oh there must be a famin - I need to retain calories so I don't starve. That sounds funny but I believe its true. But most of all just be honest with the nurse when she weighs you on Info session day. Honesty - which is what I did - got me through the day, past the gain and on to my surgery on Dec 2. I am doing great now and I am so glad I had this surgery.
I hope I have not upset you, we are strangers and it really is not my place to say anything but I really hope you consider rethinking your plan and facing this head on. We are all in this together. We all have abused food to get to the point where we require surgery to survive. If you take a stand today, face the facts and move forward in a healthy way, you will certainly succeed with your surgery. Again, I am not saying this to upset you but to encourage you to deal with this opportunity in a positive and healthy way.
Many people on this forum have encouraged me and uplifted me when I needed help. I was so blue at one point and so afraid but I got so much positive energy from everyone here that I want to pay that forward so to speak. Please - rethink things - face the demon - hold your head up and go forward. You won't reget it - I promise. Hang in there - you can do this.
Ann
Thanks for the encouragement Ann. No, you haven't upset me. Strangers arew only friends that you haven't met yet. I lost 34 pounds since June and now as always I am on my way back up again. At this point I'd be happy just to stay at this weight and not gain until after wls. I don't think they will accept excuses at this point. I did have to put my cat down new years eve and that really upset me but it is no excuse. Thank you for the feedback and I will try harder. :)
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to hear about your cat. Pets are members of our families and they are every bit as important to us as people if not more so in a lot of cases. They love us unconditionally and that is something we often don't get from the people in our lives. I lost a pet at Christmas time a number of years ago. It turned out to be one of the worst Christmases for me in terms of weight gain.
It is absolutely awesome that you don't want to make excuses but it won't hurt to tell them about it. Just remember though that you are not only being honest with the clinic staff you are being honest with yourself and that is more important than anything. Acknowledging that you are a stress eater and doing something to try to change that or at least accept it and try to live with that fact without beating yourself up is a great way to get to where you need to be for this surgery.
Be proud of the weight that you can lose between now and then and do it safely and with respect for your body and for your spirit and you will be just fine. Remember to treat yourself the way you would treat your best friend, be kind to yourself, be loving and say nice things to yourself. I know you would never tell a friend to starve herself nor would you beat her up because she had a weak spell and overate. You would encourage her to start over and you would tell her that she is a great person and that you are there for her. Now if you can just do that for yourself you will do just great.
I really hope we get a chance to meet maybe next weekend in Moncton at the meet up that Michelle is planning if it comes together. Then we won't be strangers any more. Hang in there, you can do it. We have all struggled but we can all come through it.
Ann
It is absolutely awesome that you don't want to make excuses but it won't hurt to tell them about it. Just remember though that you are not only being honest with the clinic staff you are being honest with yourself and that is more important than anything. Acknowledging that you are a stress eater and doing something to try to change that or at least accept it and try to live with that fact without beating yourself up is a great way to get to where you need to be for this surgery.
Be proud of the weight that you can lose between now and then and do it safely and with respect for your body and for your spirit and you will be just fine. Remember to treat yourself the way you would treat your best friend, be kind to yourself, be loving and say nice things to yourself. I know you would never tell a friend to starve herself nor would you beat her up because she had a weak spell and overate. You would encourage her to start over and you would tell her that she is a great person and that you are there for her. Now if you can just do that for yourself you will do just great.
I really hope we get a chance to meet maybe next weekend in Moncton at the meet up that Michelle is planning if it comes together. Then we won't be strangers any more. Hang in there, you can do it. We have all struggled but we can all come through it.
Ann
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