Revision weightloss question, does anyone know?

I had heard that if you are a revision surgery that you lose slower when you are revised to a DS.  Never really thought about it, but me and a co-worker had surgery about 10 days apart, same starting weight, same liquid diet, etc. and she's lost 20lbs more than me.  She is a virgin DS and I'm a revision from lap band to DS. 

Now, I know it's all relative, we eat different foods, different ages, etc.  But I though I remembered hearing that revisions loose slower.  Does anyone know if it's true, does it matter what you revise from (sleeve, band, RNY)?  And is there any real scientific reason for it if it is true?  I've made peace with it, but I know someone else that's struggling with the issue, there are a lot of people here that have had surgery and she's feeling sad that she hasn't lost as much, but I know she's a revision and was hoping to make her feel better with that information, assuming its accurate.

As a two-parter I'd say it's true.  You've already had some restriction and you metabolism has adjusted to that by slowing.  I expected it, so as long as I'm a loser I don't mind.

I have mixed feelings about this.  When I was first looking into the DS, I was told that as a 2 parter, that my weight loss would be slower compared to being a virgin DSer.  There are a lot of factors that play into figuring out your rate of loss and you definitely can't compare the rate of weight loss with other people.  It really is like comparing apples to oranges since each body's body is different, metabolizes differently, different starting weights, different common channel length, different caloric intake...  the list could go on and on...

Here's what I suggest...  Start with you...  How much weight do you want to lose? (me for example... from my DS surgery weight, I want to lose 213 pounds).  How much have you lost already since surgery?  (I'm 12 weeks out today.  I've lost 54 lbs)  Take pounds lost (54) divided by weight you want to lose (213) = the percentage of weight lost.  So I've lost 25.3% of my excess body weight. 

Now... for comparison...  at 12 weeks post-op with my sleeve, I had only lost 24% of my excess body weight.

So...  the moral of the story is...  you can only compare statistics with yourself.  In my case, my weight loss percentage is higher post DS than it was post Sleeve.

If you kept records of your weight after the lapband, then you might want to compare and see how your percentages vary now...  you might be surprised to find out that you've lost more than you think (in terms of percentages).

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I agree, im 5 weeks out 40 lbs down with my DS. Yet at 5 weeks post op with my RNY...was like 20 lbs. it depends on so many different things, in the end we all should focus on our diet and less on the time frame. We will get there in our own time.

You know, it is true.  I was at 314 when I had both surgeries.  With lap-band I never went below 255, and that took a year.  Right now I'm at 268 (yay!  out of the 270's!) and I'm only 3 1/2 months.  And I'll be honest, I ate plenty for Christmas that I should not have, I would be lower but that's my own fault and I'll own it.  I'm happy, but it's still hard.  I think part of the head game I have is that I also have a relative that had RNY, and of course the weight dropped like crazy.  I find it way easier to tell other people how great they are doing.  I have trouble telling myself that though!  :-)

thanks for posting this..   :-)

Every body is different. Yes, having the sudden, dramatic decrease in calories combined with the sudden change in how your body metabolizes those calories causes more rapid weight loss than a two-part surgery. That doesn't mean you won't reach the same end-point, though.

Your co-worker had the same starting weight---but does she have the same goal weight? If you're, say, 5'10", and she;s 5'1", even if you started at the same number on the scale, you want to end up at different places.

Thanks for asking that question, i went from a RNY to a DS and this is a totally different, my weight lose seems to be slow or maybe i am in a hurry. I had my DS on 11/26/12 my starting weight was 329 i am currently 293. Is this typical?