Pcos Support
Wed Topic: pcos&wls
Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday!!
How is everyone doing? swell i hope
Its just another gloomy raining day in Minnesota....wish the sun would come out!!
but its nice to see the snow melt away..........
10 days till spring
Today's Topic: Your opinion, Does pcosers have a slower and harder time loosing weight even after wls?
My thoughts are..............I'm not sure.....I'm about a month and week out since surgery and i'm down 33lbs, and the last week i'v only lost about a pound and a half...so i don't know if thats normal, or if i'm doing something wrong............humm....but ya i'm really not sure......
How is everyone doing? swell i hope
Its just another gloomy raining day in Minnesota....wish the sun would come out!!
but its nice to see the snow melt away..........
10 days till spring
Today's Topic: Your opinion, Does pcosers have a slower and harder time loosing weight even after wls?
My thoughts are..............I'm not sure.....I'm about a month and week out since surgery and i'm down 33lbs, and the last week i'v only lost about a pound and a half...so i don't know if thats normal, or if i'm doing something wrong............humm....but ya i'm really not sure......
I don't think that PCOSers loose slower than non PCOSers after surgery...especially the RNY. I lost 100lb in 6 months and then slowed down to loose the remaining 14lb by 1 year post op. How you loose weight has MANY variables...from how much is bypassed (the # of in/cm), to how you eat/exercise...all play a part in how much and how quickly you loose. Of course you can expect to loose more weight if you stick to a protein only diet very early post op than someone who starts out eating mashed potatoes and oatmeal.
Now when it comes to the Lapband I do feel that PCOS plays a role in how much/how quickly weight is lost. On my group on SC many of the lapbanders there are not experiencing weight loss like others who are not PCOS.
For your weight loss you're doing fine. It's completely normal for weight loss to slow or even stall from time to time. It's just your body's way of readjusting. Take some measurements...I bet you're loosing inches instead of pounds right now. Keep up the good work...don't give up!
Kristy
Now when it comes to the Lapband I do feel that PCOS plays a role in how much/how quickly weight is lost. On my group on SC many of the lapbanders there are not experiencing weight loss like others who are not PCOS.
For your weight loss you're doing fine. It's completely normal for weight loss to slow or even stall from time to time. It's just your body's way of readjusting. Take some measurements...I bet you're loosing inches instead of pounds right now. Keep up the good work...don't give up!
Kristy
DznyDiva
I have to say yes, we PCOSers lose slower. I havent lost for some time, But Im also at this time not able to exercise a lot. Due to my last surgery. Anyway I have been told by a few docs that we lose different. I dont know how true it is. But for me, I see it! We have to work harder, I know I have had to anyway..
Very interesting discussion. I am pre-op and would ideally do the DS with a VSG becasue of the research that there are changes metabollically that I'd like. But, my ins only does it if the BMI is over 50 which mine is not.
So it's RnY and I guess I will have to work harder- that's ok it makes the results all that much sweeter right?
So it's RnY and I guess I will have to work harder- that's ok it makes the results all that much sweeter right?
I've had great early success with the weight loss. I hope it keeps up because I still have 80+ lbs to go!
I started at 324lbs and a size 26. After losing 100 lbs, I became pregnant with my first daughter, who was born in March 2011. My second daughter was born in September 2013. I have maintained a healthy lifestyle and now hover around 160lbs. I would like to get back to the 140lbs before I became pregnant with my second daughter. The sleeve literally gave me LIFE - two beautiful, healthy little girls. My husband had his VSG with Dr. Marema on 10/1/2012 and is on his weight loss journey, currently down 90lbs.
I don't know. I'm not yet 7 months out and less than 15 pounds left to get to goal, so I'm not unhappy with RNY at all. Stalls are very normal (I haven't had many, and none that lasted more than two weeks) I only lost 21 pounds the first month, and less in the following months.
Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!
