GRRRR!!! Hate my RNY!!!!
On September 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM Pacific Time, jpkermit wrote:
You have been through the wringer....no doubt. I know I am blessed as I have not had complications and you have had way MORE than anyones share. WAY MORE!!!!BUT, as far as weight loss I have lost "only" 42 pounds since surgery and I am 6 months exactly from my surgery date. I say only because although my weight loss is slow (and I was NO way close to 20 pounds at the 1 month point)......YET, I would never be here at my current weight without this surgery. What you are going through sucks the big one but hopefully sooner rather than later you will also no longer have regrets. I have seen many on OH who were miserable who were able to eat again semi normally a few months post surgery. I know I am a lighter start weight than you but don't compare yourself to others as far as weight lost. I LOVE Kelly saying she flipped her scale off.....there have been MANY weeks with little or NO weight loss yet I was getting smaller. Freaky yet frustrating. I had to start weighing just once a week due to plain ole disgust that I was not losing and sometimes even gaining. BUT, in the past 6 months, I ran a mile for the first time in my life, hiked a mountain, and no longer need plus size clothing. Hell yeah!!!!
Hang in there.....there are a bunch of us rooting for you!!!! I pray that you are feeling better soon. Also many of us go through a stall at 3-5 weeks post surgery....it WILL start coming off again! Truly!
~~Jennifer
"It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
I did a little math for you. If you keep losing at an average of 3.5 pounds per week, in just over 8 months from now (so early May) you will be at your goal.
Yes, it feels horribly slow (it did for me too, and my average was about 3.5 per week, with some weeks up to 5 and some down to 2), but as a percentage of the weight we plan to lose, it's as big as some of the heavy weights losing 8 pounds.
You are doing fine - come here and rant whenever you need it. We do get it!
Yes, it feels horribly slow (it did for me too, and my average was about 3.5 per week, with some weeks up to 5 and some down to 2), but as a percentage of the weight we plan to lose, it's as big as some of the heavy weights losing 8 pounds.
You are doing fine - come here and rant whenever you need it. We do get it!
Rebecca
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!
Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135.
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!
Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135. Rebecca, thank you for the response! I am starting to see that I'm right on track with where I want (and need) to be with my weight loss.Now I need to get healthy so I can start getting out again! Thanks again for your support and understanding!!!!
"It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
I've been a slow and steady loser....no fireworks in the beginning (or anytime since then!). I think I was just shy of 18 pounds the first month, and 10 of those were pre-surgery. I was so frustrated too.....I felt like the turtle of the group. Some people were talking about losing 35-40 pounds right away and I felt like I wasn't doing something right.
BUT....there are advantages to losing it slower!! Our skin has time to adjust and I'm not quite the hot mess that I thought I would be....just those darn batwings! So if you lose slow and steady....think of all the money you will save in plastic surgery
HT 5'3"~HW 218~SW 208~GW 125
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On September 8, 2011 at 7:18 PM Pacific Time, Amy P. wrote:
I've been a slow and steady loser....no fireworks in the beginning (or anytime since then!). I think I was just shy of 18 pounds the first month, and 10 of those were pre-surgery. I was so frustrated too.....I felt like the turtle of the group. Some people were talking about losing 35-40 pounds right away and I felt like I wasn't doing something right.
BUT....there are advantages to losing it slower!! Our skin has time to adjust and I'm not quite the hot mess that I thought I would be....just those darn batwings! So if you lose slow and steady....think of all the money you will save in plastic surgery
"It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
I can truly sympathize with you. I went into the surgery more scared of what would happen to me if I didn't have the surgery than if I did. Both of my parents had heart related severe illnesses before the age of 42. I was having very similar set backs as well. I never dreamed of the complications that followed my RNY. I had a bowel obstruction 3 days after surgery that nearly took my life. I had true buyers remorse. I gained 20lbs in the hospital of body fluid. I too lost very slow in the beginning. I literally had to learn to put one foot in front of the other. I could barely stand up straight. Once I was able to eat and walk the weight began to budge slowly. I thought if I had to eat one more scrambled egg I was going to lose it~ You could be in your first stall. Once you are able to switch your diet up a bit it may trigger your weight to start dropping again. I can not explain it but it seems like when I have been able to jazz up my diet a bit weight started dropping again. It's like your body gets used to the same old same old. I think our bodies retain fluid as a way to protect itself. You have a lot of infection it sounds like so alot of you weight could theoretically be water weight. Once your infection leaves you may see a big difference too. Good luck and may this only be a bump in the road to loving your RNY as much as I have learned to love mine. I have had to have alot of surgeries since then to repair various things but I still wouldn't trade my new lease on life for anything in the world. This is my journey... what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I am now 110lbs of comorbid free living proof of that.
Nothing tastes as good as this feels! 
On September 8, 2011 at 9:11 PM Pacific Time, graciesmommie wrote:
I can truly sympathize with you. I went into the surgery more scared of what would happen to me if I didn't have the surgery than if I did. Both of my parents had heart related severe illnesses before the age of 42. I was having very similar set backs as well. I never dreamed of the complications that followed my RNY. I had a bowel obstruction 3 days after surgery that nearly took my life. I had true buyers remorse. I gained 20lbs in the hospital of body fluid. I too lost very slow in the beginning. I literally had to learn to put one foot in front of the other. I could barely stand up straight. Once I was able to eat and walk the weight began to budge slowly. I thought if I had to eat one more scrambled egg I was going to lose it~ You could be in your first stall. Once you are able to switch your diet up a bit it may trigger your weight to start dropping again. I can not explain it but it seems like when I have been able to jazz up my diet a bit weight started dropping again. It's like your body gets used to the same old same old. I think our bodies retain fluid as a way to protect itself. You have a lot of infection it sounds like so alot of you weight could theoretically be water weight. Once your infection leaves you may see a big difference too. Good luck and may this only be a bump in the road to loving your RNY as much as I have learned to love mine. I have had to have alot of surgeries since then to repair various things but I still wouldn't trade my new lease on life for anything in the world. This is my journey... what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I am now 110lbs of comorbid free living proof of that. "It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
My average drop per week has been 2.5 lbs, and my skin is adjusting pretty durn well with that rate.
I know I know I know it's frustrating, painful, discouraging and aggrevatingur to be in your shoes...
BUT, the rate you are losing weight is one concern you can cross off your rant list.
so you can concentrate on the OTHER ones!
I know I know I know it's frustrating, painful, discouraging and aggrevatingur to be in your shoes...
BUT, the rate you are losing weight is one concern you can cross off your rant list.
so you can concentrate on the OTHER ones!
LIFE'S a REACH... 
and then you FLY!!!
HW = 224, SW = 204, CW = 124, GW = 119
and then you FLY!!! HW = 224, SW = 204, CW = 124, GW = 119
On September 8, 2011 at 10:08 PM Pacific Time, Ruthie D. wrote:
My average drop per week has been 2.5 lbs, and my skin is adjusting pretty durn well with that rate. I know I know I know it's frustrating, painful, discouraging and aggrevatingur to be in your shoes...
BUT, the rate you are losing weight is one concern you can cross off your rant list.
so you can concentrate on the OTHER ones!
"It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
don't beat yourself up - 18 pounds in the first month is good. You are a lightweight. According to my surgeon - we should lose 10 pounds per month for the first 6months and then 5 pounds per month for the next 6 months -totally 90 pounds for the first year. That is exactly what I did. I hit my goal of 100 pounds at 14 months. So, going by that you are ahead of the game.
You also have to realize that besides eating some foods, you are being fed high calorie, high protein through your g-tube. This is usually given to people that are losing weight to fast and need to gain weight. When I was in the hospital this winter and had lost 45 pounds in 3 months and I had already been happy where I was, they finally started feeding me with the gtube and had me eating during the day just to get me to stop losing weight.
You have to figure in the amount of calories that you are eating and getting in via the tube. You need them to heal - especially the protein. If things are still infected - do they have you on antibiotics? have they considered IV antibiotics to get something stronger into you?
You also have to realize that besides eating some foods, you are being fed high calorie, high protein through your g-tube. This is usually given to people that are losing weight to fast and need to gain weight. When I was in the hospital this winter and had lost 45 pounds in 3 months and I had already been happy where I was, they finally started feeding me with the gtube and had me eating during the day just to get me to stop losing weight.
You have to figure in the amount of calories that you are eating and getting in via the tube. You need them to heal - especially the protein. If things are still infected - do they have you on antibiotics? have they considered IV antibiotics to get something stronger into you?
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