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There are many people ( including me) whose blood sugar drops from exercise.
Especially at the beginning it?s scary because you?re totally worn out and exhausted afterwards .... but the body compensates and in a few days things change .
it is very hard to make exercise your first priority. I always got jealous of the multitudes that didn?t HAVE to ..I hated being super tired after a hard workout and the whole having to change and shower thing and THEN get on with your working day .... ugh . But it helped .
You don't say which surgery you are considering. If you're like me (a foodie), may I suggest contacting Pacific Laproscopy in San Francisco. I don't know if they still do the bileo-pancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch and a sleeve gastrectomy, but it has proved for myself, and a friend of mine, to be a fantastic surgery. I weighed 325 when I had mine in 2004. I stay between 150 and 164 pounds to this day. My friend weighed 405 when she had hers in 2007 and she stays between 164 and 175 pounds. We can't eat as much as we did when we were obese (our stomachs don't hold it) but we enjoy a wide variety of foods and don't specifically diet per se. Now, there is a lot of malabsorption and you must keep up with your vitamins religiously, however it's my understanding that most people with this surgery enjoy the same kind of long-term weight loss. I've known a multitude of people who have had the regular gastric bypass, who have eaten themselves out of the surgery, gaining most or all of their weight back. It's disheartening. I know there's some newer surgeries that I don't know much about, but I encourage you to make sure you do diligent research to see which would be best for you.
Hi,MetalHeadCHICK,
I just want to say it's not where you start, it's f you are happy with where you finish... this is true in life and weight loss. I had wls surgery 24 years ago. it has changed much since my early procedure. WLS gives you ONLY one tool in your entire toolbox.It s an important tool because it enables super defectiveness of the whole toolbox for an extended time.
Many of your tools will come in other ways... ie..tips to reduce your over all calorie/intake and boost your calorie use., I is a known fact when we use less than we consume our body stores fat...This is no surprise to you... there are methods to boost your metabolism and you must find something you WILLdo consistently to begin your journey...
I began with increasing activity for 10 minutes n early morning, same just after lunch and isometric exercises in bed at night.....I started at just under 300#. I lost i40# before surgery over 6 months... i had lost this much several times but with metabolism issues documented thru a study-as genetic-t was extremely difficult to maintain, with each regain i gained more than i lost over a few months. WLS helped me with the yo yo. I tolerated little increase in activity because of huge blood sugar drops wth exercise... I learned to boost my protein and a small amt of carbs..15 grams immediately. before exercise of my sugars would drop to 20-35. learning to measure food, and drinks- using pure /filtered water,doing a kidney and liver cleanse to enable fat to be removed from your body,if your kidneys and livers are jammed, they can not properly perform...Milk thistle is considered safe to use daily by specialists.
Iff you have not done it yet you need a complete metabolic panel done by a lab. If you are going to take the current injections being pushed forget it all - eat drink and b merry.the side effects are worse than the thing that it does not prevent.Pictures reveal the blood is altered and can not carry sufficient oxygen post injectons of this nefarious substance..
A distal RNY ( like my ex husband has been very successful with for over a dozen years ) is also a great option... very similar in results to a DS but perhaps not as extreme .
I personally am not a huge fan of the sleeve or of a two part surgery... it's very hard to get insurance to pay for the second part of it and for most people the limited weight loss of the sleeve is just the beginning of what they need .
When I came on here researching surgery about a dozen years ago everyone was ALL about the DS ... which is a GREAT surgery if you like fat and meats and rich foods ... but it involves daily lifelong vitamin intake and limiting of carbs .
I was offered a proximal RNY with a larger pouch because I like to eat veggies and salads ( and I was a liteweight) .
Ten years post op I still ( luckily) have great malabsorption and pretty much what feels like a virgin ( first two years ) surgery. But I've never stretched my pouch or made fatty or sugary or slider food choices.... except very rarely.
((()))) good luck making your choice
So today I?m really happy 2 report that the antibiotics are working.
No more diarrhea every half hour and I actually drank three cups of milk and ate a 1/3 can of pork-n beans ( that contain no pork lol) without throwing up .
Feeling a LOT better so gonna try to get the babies out for fresh air and choose and pay for some fresh groceries ( they deliver)
ambitions for food for the day - doing all the dirty dishes and then trying to gather the ingredients for my ? famous ? fat free Mac n cheese ( includes fat free half n half a half dozen slices of fat free American cheese and powdered fat free butter. Figured I might as well try it on the kidz .
Also a bag of Caesar salad lite mix ... and some kind of soup . Fat free milk and egg beaters for tomorrow morning.... salsa , cilantro , bananas basil and parsely.
Fat free cream cheese, everything spice mix , some baby carrots and sugar snap peas to dip into fat free onion dip ( ff sour cream and French onion mix) and maybe a half a freshly ( and locally ) baked olive ciabatta . Will probably indulge in a glass of red wine later w seltzer n lemon juice .
What kind of surgery have you decided on ?
Can you handle the lifelong vitamin and exercise requirements of a DS or distal RNY ?
And are you most importantly healthy and young enough to recover from essentially being hit by a Mack truck ? ( so my business partner who kindly visited me in the hospital every day, took me home and took care of me for about a month called what I looked like )
Because honestly I really don?t think the sleeve ( which is relatively easy and safe for the docs ) results in usually more than 70 lbs weight loss ... of which at least twenty gets regained .
You?re probably better off in the long run if you can tolerate a virgin surgery scaled right to what you need to lose .... and there are relatively few docs that do that with patients your weight and have a great track record.
They also have to have heavyweight gurneys ... beds , scales ... just the proper equipment and around- the clock team and hopefully they?re located near you in case of post op emergency ( I had one- a bowel twist from dehydration about fifteen days post op - I was VERY lucky that my surgical team took me in the middle of the night and infused me IVs and I didn?t have to get cut open again) .
I?m NOT trying to scare you ... this surgery is the best thing you?re ever going to do for yourself... but you?re facing a challenge. Make great decisions please!
You have to look totally openly and unjudgmentally at your favored eating habits to choose your best option.
Do you prefer ( or tolerate) a lot of fried or fast foods , greasy meats, cheeses and nuts or sugary , fatty desserts or both ?
If it?s the former you can go either way I think ... the second ... the best choice might be the RNY because most people dump.
I haven?t tried a REAL dessert since my marriage in Vegas and dumping from a molten chocolate covered fountain ice cream experience.
I definitely THINK about eating sugar ( like when I see tempting fresh gelato) and then my body remembers writhing on the floor for half an hour wanting to die .
In the long run it might be keeping my teeth from rotting and diabetes at bay ... not bad things .((()) hugs
Every doctor will have a patient that is their biggest patient.
Do your research, understand that surgeon's outcomes, ask questions that help you decide like "when you say I am the biggest, what does that mean? (5lbs bigger? 200 lbs bigger? both could be the answer and obviously one might have a bigger impact on your decision).
What accommodations or changes do they expect because of that? Ask if it raises their concerns -- if yes, ask why...if no, ask why. The statement that you are the biggest should just cause you do ask more questions.
Good luck!
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
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