Question:
Weight gain and need help!!!!
Other than consuming too many calories, what are some other possible reasons for a gastric bypass person to gain weight? I am 5 years post-op and I have gained 40 pounds!! I started off at 364lbs and never reached my goal of getting to the 100's. I reached 210 lbs and just could not lose any more weight. I am very depressed and the very bad part to this is the doctor who did my surgery is no longer a Bypass doctor because of problems with her bypass surgeries. I feel that something is not right. I don't know of any support groups in my area because the hospital and clinic closed and that's where the meetings were held (Wylie, Tx). I would like to see a gastric bypass doctor but you have to go through a long procedure... seminars and what have you. I feel like I have been left hanging!! I need help!!! Anybody out there have any answers, comments, or suggestions. — nitas (posted on June 28, 2007)
June 28, 2007
Please go on the pbs website to view/purchase their documentary on obesity.
Please don't blame yourself. Obesity is a misunderstood medical malady.
— [Deactivated Member]
June 28, 2007
have you tried going back to the basics. protein first. or even a clear
liquid diet for a while to get a junmp start. i did the liquid diet for two
weeks and lost 26 lbs. karen
— karen43
June 28, 2007
I also have gained 40 pounds and am only 2.5 years out. I am considering a
revision to a DS, which seems to be the one more apt to help keep weight
off. You probably will have to travel to see a dr who does DS. Same thing
happened to me. I got to -90 pounds and could not lose any more no matter
what I did. Check out the DS forum. You will learn a lot of info and find
out who the doctors are.
— KRWaters
June 28, 2007
If you feel like there is really something wrong, I would get on the
internet and see if there is a weight loss clinic anywhere around you in a
bigger city. Go to some support groups or go to a chat line and talk to
people who have had that problem. If all else fails contact a
gastrointerologist and ask him to order an xray or cat scan to see if it is
ok. Just go to your Primary care doctor and ask her what to do. I think if
the people at the weight loss clinic would talk to you without going
through the entire program again. Give this a shot. You gotta help your
self.
— bderuiter
June 28, 2007
Hi Nita, thanks for writing. I tried to look at your profile, but it said
"no record found". I am not sure why. I have a lot of questions
though, You don't say if you think you are consuming too many calories or
how your eating habits are. You don't say if you are getting any exercise
or if water is a regular part of your drinking habits every day. You do
say you are depressed, so I would tend to think that the other habits are
not in tact, would that be right? Depression is such a deceitful emotion.
It drags us down very far and we quit on ourselves very easily when we are
depressed. You did really well to lose from 364 to 210. That is just
amazing, but somewhere along the line you gave up. I will tell you a
little secret that may or may not be true for you, but when I went from the
200's to the 100's, it took weeks to convince myself that I could really go
there. It is a head issue that many people struggle with, and most of the
time, I find that when we get to that point, we cheat ourselves out of
crossing into the 100's. For fear, for anxiety, call it whatever you want,
but we cheat ourselves out of losing weight. It is a head issue. The
thing is Nita, that a revision will not fix this problem. You will still
try and keep yourself over 200 pounds. You have to fight the head issues
to get the body consequence you want. Here is my encouragement to you.
First, you need a check up if you have not seen your surgeon in the last
year. I am required for the rest of my life to get a check up with my
surgeon every year, and I keep my date. She checks my blood work and we
talk about everything. Be sure you are up to date on your check up. Then,
protein, water and exercise. Cut the crap out of your life, emotionally,
physically, do what it takes to fight for your health. You may need
counseling to gain insight to crossing into the 100's, but I think you can
do it without another surgery. A revision comes with a big risk factor
compared to an original surgery for wls. Do the research and weigh all the
factors before you decide. Only you know where you stand on all these
things, I don't pretend to know the answers to the questions I have, but I
do hope that I have provoked some thoughts for you to ponder on. Take care
and I wish you well. Patricia P.
— Patricia P
June 28, 2007
how do you do a liquid diet? and is that all you get to eat or drink? i
gained 30lbs since gastric bypass 5 yrs ago and need to lose.cant exercise
because of a broken foot.
— deb44m
June 29, 2007
I could have written your post. I'm 5 years post op and have gained 30 lbs
from mylowest. I did find out that my surgeon did not transect away the
old stomach and there is a posibility that I have a staple line disruption
which can be detected through a barium swallow x-ray. However along with
that frankly I know that I have never been totally in compliance with diet
and exercise to maintain my initial weight loss. I have been inextreme
denial regarding the foods that I eat and how much of them I eat. I am a
chronic night snacker, I drink with my meals. I eat way too many carbs. I
do not exercise at all. After seriously admitting this to myself. I
decided that in order to succeed, even if I do have a disruption, I have to
get with the program. I just finished week on of adhereing to a proper
diet, changing out bad snacks for better ones and the hardest of all
starting an exercise program of 1 hour of exercise a day, as many days a
week as I can fit it in. Week 1 I managed 5 days of exercise. If I can
lose at least 20 of the 30 lbs I regained on my own with proper diet and
exercise then I will go back to the GP doc, get the test to see if I have a
disruption and tackle that angle of my problem. If I am dead honest I have
to say that for the most part I did absolutely nothing to try to reach my
wl goals. I began testing my eating limits almost as soon as I could eat.
I hope I can stick with this for the long haul this time.
— SARose61
June 29, 2007
Things that can cause weight gain other than increased calorie intake:
less exercise, too easy exercise, thyroid problems, metabolic changes,
water retention, medications, etc.
As far as the exercise, if your body has become adept at whatever exercise
you are doing, it will become easier (and burn less calories),to do those
exercises. This means that you are no longer burning the same amount of
calories that you were burning when you first started out doing those
particular exercises. You might find it helpful to add (if not currently
doing) or increase the exercise you are doing---and I think the exercise
may help with the depression.
My suggestion would be to talk to your pcp and see if s/he might be willing
to call a WLS surgeon for you and explain that you have had wls already but
need so follow up care. Hopefully that will get you past the seminars, if
that doesn't work, you will need to choose which is worse, gaining 40lbs or
going to some seminars. Is your surgeon still in the area? If so you
might to try and get in contact and ask him to refer you somewhere.
As for support groups, post a message to the board, like this one, and see
if there are some people local to you who can give you some names of
doctors and attend some support meetings. You might want to search this
site or the internet in general as you may be able to find an online
support group/mailing list, while not face to face, I think it would be
more helpful than doing nothing.
Last but not least. Please see your PCP about the depression. You may be
to the point where you need therapy, medication, or both.
Hang in there---feel free to email me anytime.
— mrsidknee
June 30, 2007
I just had my surgery on June 25th with a great Dr. in Dallas. they have a
great support group. His name is Dr James Davidson. if you need any other
info just let me know...
— elizabeth C.
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