Is it my fault?

I had gastric bypass surgery in late February. I lost in the first month maybe two, however am unable to lose even though I have now joined weigh****chers. I journal everyday I drink lots of water, and even try to eat all my vegies. I have to go back to UC Davis on 10/14 and I can hear them already blaming me for not loosing the weight. I am trying very hard, I don't go over my points I have really only cheated once in the last month on my diet and I am emberassed because everyone around me is asking me questions I don't have answers for. Can anyone help me be prepared for when I go back. What to say, what to expect. Anything helps. Thank You. Lorraine 

Ask them to get to the bottom of it test whatever is needed.  I to had the surgery in April 2009 and know somone who had it in May and we are hving the same problem I think it does not stay in place or rotates. This is a newly revised C band and not enough info can be found but this is going to be another problem there are just to many of us not losing. The product is a failure not you. It will take willing surgeons to report patients complaints and the manufacturers to listen to these complaints. I feel this needs to be addressed ASAP before more surgeries are done with this product. something is wrong

Remember protein first and no drinking with meals for 30 minutes before and 60 minutes after a meal.  Talk to your doctor and nutritionist.  WW is a good program but as a RNY patient there are very specific rules we must follow.  WW does not provide wls patients with the proper way for us to eat.  Dont forget your vitamins!

You do not mention anything about exercise? I had surgery about the same time as you i'm up to 25 miles a week of walking and about 70 miles a week on my bike. And 3 light days of kettlebells a week.

Gastric bypass surgery is controlled and medically supervised starvation. If you are not losing weight, you are eating too many calories. The "starvation mode" idea is a myth. If you reduce your calories you will continue to lose weight. Most fresh post-ops eat no more than 500 to 800 calories per day for the first year or more. Over time, the pouch relaxes and if you don'****ch out, you might find yourself in regain.
 
Protein shakes (60-80 grams of protein per day) and vitamin supplements are very very very important as well. Weigh****chers is a great program for maintenance, but it is too much food for a post-bariatric surgery patient who wants to use the TOOL of a TINY stomach to FORCE her body to BURN up the excess fat she has accumulated over 20 or 30 years of using food as a source of comfort and coping. Believe me, I know!

My advice is to GO BACK TO BASICS. Stop eating the moment you become full, even if there is food left on your plate. Track your food, but cut it down to protein shakes, LEAN protein, salads, veggies, and vitamins and try for no more than 600 calories a day. Do it for 2 weeks, and see if the stall is broken. I'll bet it will be!

Actually starvation mode isn't a myth.
There are several cited references here:

http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2007/11/is_starvation _mode_a_myth_no_i.php

Adaptive thermogenesis is a documented phenomenon; however, I was referring to the mythos surrounding the idea that IF you don't eat enough calories, you will STOP losing weight. This is incorrect.

You will lose weight more slowly, true, but you will continue to lose weight on a low-calorie diet as your body breaks down the stored fat for use. IF you do not eat enough protein, your body will eventually break down the very fiber of its muscle and organ tissue for nutrients. And IF you reduce your body's activity and movement in response to fewer calories, yes, there will be less need for your body to burn the stored fat, and there may be no weight loss in response.

That is why WLS is a tool, and an opportunity to change one's lifestyle to embrace healthy behaviors and fight against the mental tracks which lead most morbidly obese individuals to use food as a coping mechanism and a comfort. But you have to use your mind to help your body, in order to achieve lasting success.

I once went on an 800 calorie per day diet,including 1 hour per day of exercising (5x week) for 8 weeks.  I was cir****pect in keeping a food journal, every teaspoon was written down.  I only gained 1 1/2 pounds.

I am looking for a study that was done by Dr.Picard Marceau, I believe, comparing obese people, obese people who exercised, thin people and thin people who exercised.  I hope I can find it, I think you will find it very interesting.

Michele

Lorraine Please read my story.  Daisy

I had gastric bypass surgery on Aug.26 2009, I went back to the Doctor on Sept.10 and I had lost13 lbs. and the Dr. balled me out because I hadn't lost enough weight. I ask him how much I should have lost and he told me 20 to 25 lbs.  He kept telling me that I wasn't sticking with the plan. I have and I have been walking 2miles a day and I was only taking in 500 calories a day and the scales just would not budge., at this point I am beginning to depressed. I don't know what else to do. I had appt. with the nutritionist and she told me (1) you are not getting enough calories ,(2) you are not getting enough water (3) you are not getting enough Protein. At her office ,on her scales I have lost 28 lbs. I am doing what I am suppose to and my question to all of you out there I am losing slow and the DR told me as long as I go at this rate I will not succeed because you lose the most weight in the first year. What are you eating and not eating. Does you pouch hurt after you had the surgery. Mine didn't all that hurt was the incision. My stomach doesn't. I just need some food plans and menue. I weigh on my scales and they are not moving. Any help or advise you can give , I would appreciate. Thanks sweetnfluffy