Expected Weight Loss
hi and welcome maggie!!!! i had my WLS when i was 53 and have had no problems and i still am not sure how i lost all this weight...LOL i would lose a pound or so and stall for a couple weeks or more then lose again a couple pounds and stall yet again....was making me crazy but i am so happy now with what i have lost so far!!! i have been in a stall for just about a year and its finally starting to drop again here and there...total lost is 144 pounds now and i love it!!!!!! just wish i had done this WLS sooner!!!
wishing you the best of luck and hope to see you here more often!!!
hugs
From the other posts that I've read, this sounds like a really great group and I do plan to hang here as well as the Ontario forum. I like Ontario as well, due to regional support group and we have some issues that are a little different to manage living in Canada and especially within Ontario, due to public health insurance.
At times, I feel a little overwhelmed with everything related to the surgery and live changes. I really want to make the best use of this tool with everything that I have within me. Thanks for your words of encouragement and good luck to all of you!
Maggie
I was 53 when I had my rny. I wouldn't change things for anything. I had a bit of a problem with getting the fluid down when I was in the hospital so I had to go on ice chips for a few days since swelling was the culprit there. That is the only problem that I have had with the surgery.
I lost just like everyone else. Now the weight loss is slowing down and I mentioned to the doctor that I wasn't losing as much as younger people are and he told me that at times the age does affect the loss. He told me that is just a natural course of nature. I find that it helped me when I heard him tell me that. It helped me to realize that we all lose at a different rate and whatever rate yours is is the one for you and your body.
Please post often so we can get to know you and you can get to know us too.
First off, welcome to the OFF board, populated by a bunch of contemporaries who offer each other support and friendship. I participate mainly here and my local board, which is the PA board, as while I live in NJ, I had my surgery in PA and live very close to Philadelphia, and while the NJ board has nice people on it, there is very little activity on it.. . .
Regarding your question, you already got lots of good input from people, the main thing is to follow your surgeon's rules, whatever those are, do them and you will be a successful WLS patient. Sometimes being more mature, we lose slower than the young ones, definitely slower than the men, but overall I've seen lots of folks in our age group who've made it to goal in their first year, I am 53, had my surgery in Oct 07, at the age of 52 and am a slow loser, I am also considered a lightweight, in that I only needed to lose about 100 to 110 lbs., so my weight loss is what it is, I'm still losing and at my support group last night, there was lots of talk about how it slows down after 6 to 9 months, but the majority kept losing up until 18 months, some longer, but it's always about changing our mindsets and working our tool.
Anyway, I wish you much success and a healthier life and look forward to learning about you as you participate on here,
Take care, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Good luck to you!
Dianne from FL
SW / GW / CW 5'10"
306 / 165 / 140
With the DS: there is no stoma, so no stoma strictures; there are no limitations (other than volume) against drinking before, during or after meals; 80% of ingested fat is malabsorbed; 98.9% of type II diabetics are CURED of this devastating disease, with data showing stable cure over 10 years out; there is the best average weight loss and most durable (average 76% excess weight loss going out 10 years) of all of the bariatric surgeries. That's why I had a DS!