What do you guys think???

I'm a little over 2 years out from RNY. I met with a dietician before my surgery and right afterwards. My question is, are we still able to lose weight at the same capacity as we could preoperatively? I know that being this far out, my body has learned to absorb more nutrients from the food I take in, including the calories. What do you long timers think? Thanks for your help! Cathy

If you need to lose weight, of course you can. making good choices and using the tool for portion control you should be way ahead of where you were preop. one thing to keep in mind though is a realistic goal, that is with in what your body's natural comfortable weight should be. that does not always fit the standard weight or BMI charts. and is not always stick thin. I am sad for those people who have met their Drs. goals, and maybe even their own goals and still feel they need to lose more weight, or who think that the 10% bounce back cannot possibly happen to them or that it is a myth, and live forever fighting their own body's natural set point. we also have a lot of people who cannot see thier own beauty and accomplishments and that they are at a nice healthy weight and always want to lose just 5 or 10 more, no matter how thin others see them.

I've not found a good solution for losing more weight. I stopped losing a year ago and have tried more calories, less calories, more carbs, less carbs, met with the dietitian, and really got no new help. I have gone back to my ultra low carb diet from years ago, which sorta worked back then. The doctor says I need to become an exercise fiend, which I find a big haha. Lately, just walking is difficult with my arthritis, and I can't swim as I have frozen shoulder and rotator cuff tendonitis in one shoulder. So, I guess I'm close to where I was right before surgery, no matter what I do I don't lose weight and I can gain weight without even thinking about it. Sue O.

You might ask your dr to order some physical therapy to help you find exercise you can do. Exercise is an important tool in controlling the pain of arthritis, slowing and reversing the disability that comes with it, as well as weight management. Not to mention getting that shoulder rehabbed. there is something you CAN do. you just need to have help to find what will work for you. big HUGS!!!

I know that exercise is supposed to aleviate the pain of exercise, I just haven't ever found relief. My back has been a problem for 28 years, I've had many go-rounds with the PT folks through the years. In the past I was told that there is not a surgical remedy for my back. Probably I should talk with an ortho person again, and I will when my shoulder is happy again. I spent 3 months earlier this year doing PT on the shoulder, and continue to do the exercises for frozen shoulder on my own. Some things are relaxing a bit, but I can't raise my arm as high as shoulder level on that side. The pain level is slightly less, strength is up, but the flexibility and range of motion are unchanged. Even my PT says I need to get the shoulder fixed. I also had 8 sessions with a different PT this summer on ways to increase the intensity of my workouts without killing my back, knees and feet. The knees are happier, the back is really not much different (varies day to day, but is still extremely sore at the L5-S1 joint on the right side, same as it has been for 28 years). The feet also vary day to day, with current problems on the right foot making walking difficult. My arch supports are getting remade for that foot, I'm hoping they will arrive soon. Thanks for the hugs, Sue O.