I haven't lost what they cut off me....how is this possible?
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
I went to see Dr Lomonaco today and they did ultrasound my belly and there definitely is still some swelling. Even had some in my upper outer thigh. When I was complaining to his nurse she said that some people do swell up to a year. I so did not want to hear that!! Dr L also has told me that people that he thinks should be swellers aren't and then there are those who should swell and don't!
On the bright side, I do look better in my clothes now that I don't have that hanging panni.
Just think about how much better you look too no matter what that darn scales says!
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
on 10/13/09 1:25 am - San Diego, CA
It certainly seems like a mystery. Could you have gained weight during the time that you were recovering and out of the gym? I did.
I'm on maintenance and I have a Go Fit Wear device and it says I'm burning about 3000 calories a day and I know I'm eating 1500 on maintenance. I'm not losing. When I need to lose, I have to drop my calories, in spite of what that device says, down to around 1200 and then I see the scale move. The calories out vs calories math on my GoFitWear device isn't adding up. I still use the device because I like the "relative" readings of my activity level but I don't trust the numbers.
As for swelling, some people report swelling up to six months. For me, I dropped one jeans size after six weeks and one more after three months and that was it.
Good luck.
Donna
La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre
I didn't gain right after surgery...I lost a bit, then nada-- in fact it's when I became very active again that I stalled out-- but I forgot this week is my TOM, so let's see what NEXT week brings: I *always* gain 3+ pounds with the TOM!
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
on 10/13/09 11:10 am - San Diego, CA
I think you very good right now though - very thin in your new avatar.
La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre
I do aerobics most days (I mix up weights, racewalking, aerobics, Zumba and other cardio classes) and my arms flail about madly-- and I still only allegedly burn about 250 calories in an hour at maximum. Sometimes I think I am actually dead. I also never sweat, even when busting my ass.
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
on 10/13/09 12:58 pm - San Diego, CA
I'm sure you'll get those last few pounds - you are so close and you've come so far, it will happen.
La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre