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Hi everyone!!
I'm 5 years out of my RNY. I seem to have misplaced all of my paperwork and was wondering, on average, how many calories I should be consuming daily at this stage? I'm thinking I remember the paperwork saying either 1200 & 1500. Are one of those accurate?
Two surgeons refused to do my revision. I feel for you and am in a situation where I am not losing weight at all. I just posted a message about this same issue.
My gastric bypass worked very well for me until 2011. I had it done in 1995. Following this accident, I noticed I started gaining weight. So I got on a diet and tracked it online on one of the online weight loss programs. Logged every bite I ate for a year. I know. But I was obsessed with trying to lose weight. Nothing worked and I continued to gain weight while on the diet. Switched diets and nothing helped at all. I'm sitting here 70 lbs heavier than I was when I had this accident in 2011. Needless to sey, I'm certainly not a happy camper. I eventually underwent an upper GI which showed there was a breach between the stomach pouch and my stomach. Had an endoscopy and there it was. Gastro Gastric fistula. The surgeon who did the endo said it could not be repaired as it would be way too dangerous. I sought a second opinion and this time went to a bariatric surgeon. He said the same thing. Too dangerous to try to repair so I'm stuck. And I can't lose the weight. In my research, I found one place that said that they didn't advise repair of gastric bypass since they were not that successful. I am wondering if there are others out there who have met with this issue and what are you doing about it. I'm now diabetic again. HELP
I don't think yours is an unrealistic goal. My RNY was 6 years ago and I have kept all of my excess weight off. The goal weight of 200 comes from losing 70% of the 190 you hope to lose. Statistically, that is a success. I was determined to lose 100%. If I can do it, anyone can. Make sure your head is in the game for the long haul. You will never be "cured". Believe you are worth the effort and treat yourself kindly every day. I think that is the biggest lesson we all need to learn.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
They are called IsaLean or IsaLean Pro depending on how much protein you want. The Pro has 36 grams, that's the one I use, I LOVE the chocolate flavor! The regular IsaLean has 24 grams of protein. I've tried a lot of meal replacement shakes and these are by far the best tasting and give me the best results. I also learned the hard way that whey isolate and whey concentrate that is denatured aren't as effective and can be difficult on the tummy.
You can order them here http://mychoicemychance.isagenix.com/en-US/products/categori es/individual-items/isalean-shake
The web site is a little confusing, they have a buy now price and a sign up and save price. I did the sign up and save, basically you open an account for $29 a year and get their associate pricing on all products which is a huge difference. The shakes end up costing less than $3 a meal which is a savings for me since I use them to replace lunch or dinner.
I don’t want to sabotage myself from reaching my weight goal of 145 pounds, but I’m realizing that I’m sabotaging myself by constantly letting myself have bits of this, and bites of that... These “bites” are now turning into meals, and I’m realizing that I’m eating maintenance foods all throughout my day. I’m also back to the habit of being driven by food. When am I going to eat next? What am I going to eat? This was the pre-surgery way I lived my life and I don’t want to go back to that.
I started reflecting on why I allowed myself to fall into these habits again, and I realized that I think it was because I freaked myself out at the possibility of success. I was so close to this goal that I was actually right at 150.0 for about a day. I think I freaked myself out at the chance that I would actually accomplish something on my own, that I just went into eating hyper-drive. I gained up to 156 in a matter of two weeks because I was just eating whatever bull**** thing came my way. That is so terrifying to me. I justified to myself that I was only at 150 for a day, so it didn’t really count. I had weighed 153 on September 9, then September 10 I was 150, and then the scaled moved back to 153 on September 11. So I told myself it didn’t really count, as I’m not supposed to be weighing everyday anyway.
I reflected for a bit yesterday on why I freaked myself out of continuing to lose weight, and I realized that I really deserve to get to my goal weight. I shouldn’t give up right before I hit the finish line out of fear that once I reach my goal, I’ll mess it up. It’s like I’m purposely messing up before I ever get to goal so that way I don’t get to goal, only to screw it up. This is so backwards!!
Anyways, I’m not sure if anyone else has gone through anything like this. I’m back on the food wagon. I was perfect in my choices today, and I’m going to continue tomorrow. I’m going to stop eating as if I’m in maintenance and I’m going to focus on getting this last 11 pounds off… because I deserve it.
And another happy note..... I did my measurements yesterday and I've lost a total of 17.5 inches around my hips alone. How crazy is that?!?!?!
well, I saw my Doctor on thurs. She has me on B12 injections once a week for a month, then once a month after that ( I think). She said my iron levels are low, but she thinks if I continue to take the bariatric vitamins I can control it. I previously had the iron infustions (2 years ago), she said she doesn't think my levels are low enough yet for that. I have to go back in December to recheck them. she told me I need to drink one protein shake a day.
