How much and how fast did you lose?

I was wondering if you can tell me how much and how fast you lost weight after your surgery. I want all different types of surgery results because i was wondering how well each surgery did with people who has PCOS. I am wanting to RNY and I keep hearing that people with PCOS dont lose very much and very very slow. I know everyone is different and I dont expect my results to be identical to anyones. I just want to see how well others did.

Well I will be able to tell you next week!  That's the week of my surgery (RNY).  My PCOS is why I chose RNY.  I didn't want to fail with the lapband, I mean if your gonna go, go big!  I have not lost as much as I wish I would with this preop diet at one week in but just so long as I am not starving myself and gaining weight.  I know this woman in my support group that is 7 months out (RNY) and she has lost 80 pounds and she is 2 inches taller then me and weighed 5 pounds more then me.  If you watch youtube, kellawana is also and fellow cyster and she has lost alot of weight as well.  I do hope some postops chime in here...Take care!

I had RNY almost 6 years ago (will be 6 years in August).  I had 114lb to lose and lost 100lb in 6 months, then my weight loss slowed down but I was at goal by 1 year post op.  Since then I've had 2 babies and I'm still 100lb down.  I'm very happy with my RNY and my results.  Which other surgeries are you considering?  I know a few PCOSers who have had the lapband done (on another website) and only 1-2 of them have done decent.  One has already revised to RNY and one is in the process of revising to RNY.  Good luck in your decision and good for you for doing your research!

Kristy

Well I was only looking into 2 surgeries and thats the RNY and the lapband because my insurance only covered them. I dont want the lapband for sure so it was definately the lapband. Well now my insurance is approving surgery for VSG and DS as well so I am looking into those but I am still pretty sure I want the RNY. I like my surgeon and he recommends the RNY. I have between 150 to 200 to lose and I just am seeing if anyone had lost that much after surgery and has PCOS. Congrats on your weight loss and I am glad to hear after 6 years it is still off. My aunt had surgery and she sisnt do exactly what she was suppose to so and is gaining some back. I am learning from her mistakes because I dont want that to happen to me. I want to make sure I have the best results as possible. I am working my butt off already and I am just 2 months in my supervised diet. I took everything to drink out of my diet excep****er. I took all the surgar out of my diet, well almost all some things still ahve a little surgar in them but if I can help it I make sure it doesnt have any. I am watching my fat, calories, and carbs. I am doing all of this and only lost 2 pounds so far. I feel like I am not going anywhere because the doctor was hoping for 4 pounds a month and I am doing around 2. Thank you to the both of you for replying and good luck with your surgery, I cant wait for mine.

A friend of mine has PCOS as well and at 5'1 was 376 the day of surgery...she's now 7 years post op and although she's gained a little weight back (she had lost 200lb) she's still a good 180lb lost. I think you'll be just fine with your RNY...you've done your homework, your dedicated to the lifestyle change and you kinda know what to expect.

BTW - her weight gain isn't due to bad eating habits...it's due to immobility. At 4.5y post op she severly slipped a disk in her back that required emergency spinal surgery because she was leaking CSF (cerebral spinal fluid...the fluid that surrounds your brain/spinal cord). This slipped disk has caused her major nerve damage and it took her 2 years of intense physical therapy to progress from wheelchair bound to walking.

GL!

wow i am sorry to hear about your friend. Well I think I will be ok it really doesnt matter because i am not healthy at this weight and i cant lose it on my own. Right now I have hit a speed bump so I hope I can have it but we will see how things work out.

I lost 140 pounds my DR goal was 150 mine was 140 at 6 months out I was at 140 and by a year I was 120.....I play between 120 and 125 right now!

Hi Huggzie. I am not sure where you heard that but I would disagree.  My pcos symptoms have been pretty bad for quite a few years now. When I started I weighed 292. I was able to get down to 260 by my surgery (04/18/07). I Followed my program TO THE LETTER, with food amounts, types, water, protein, etc. Do to physical problems I was not able to exercise but I was able to get to a Normal bmi (24.2) by 14 months approx 150 lbs. I just had my 3 year surgiversary and I am anywhere between 127 & 130 lbs (20.4 - 20.9 bmi)  Don't let ANYONE tell you what you can't do. 

Thank you for your post it is encouraging and I may have found my way over the speed bump I had mentioned earlier. I am still hoping to have the surgery and it could be around october if I do get to. I am so excited but nervous that I might be one of those people who dont lose very well and end up still heavy. I am going to work my butt off to not be one of those peole. I am already working my butt off on this supervised diet and I am hardly losing anything. I am glad to be able to come on here and get words of encouragment because thats what I need. thank you all

I'm just 9 month's out and am very happy with my RNY. I originally had figured I'd be happy at 150 pounds (84 pounds down from my highest weight) then as I started losing weight I decided 135 would be my "ultimate" goal. That was 99 pounds down from my highest weight. I figured I might get there as a long shot. I am now 5 pounds below my "ultimate goal"!! I didn't lose tons of weight at a time, but I did lose very steadily. Not very many stalls (I think I had two stalls that lasted about 2 weeks each). I may only lose a 1/2 pound some weeks, and three pounds other weeks, but it all adds up. Good luck with what ever you decide!!