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10-24-2007, 05:12 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: pittsburgh, pa
Posts: 280
Weight Statistics 06/04/2007 Start Date:
08/14/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 379 lb Start Weight:
260 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
119 lb Weight Loss:
60 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.3984168865 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index 55.9624028565 BMI Start:
38.3910943079 BMI Current:
29.5316110061 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  I am really starting to worry...  The last few days i am really starting to believe i have stretched my pouch out.I know some days it is normal to eat more than others but i have been taking in about 1 cup (if not a little more) when i have been eating!!!!today i had 1/2 a 16oz container of soup for lunch, and for dinner i ate chicken(1/2 a boneless breast)but i had to stop myself because i could have easily finished it with no pain or  . I am really scared that i have, i go back to the dr's on 11/12/07 i wonder if he can do another xray to check and see, and if i did , aw man, i didnt do this to get messed up and not loose like i should be. I dont own a scale so the last time i saw him(10/24) he sd when i come back i should be down at least another 20lbs , what if i'm not!!! oh lord, what if i gained some back?!?!?
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10-24-2007, 05:32 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Honeoye, New York
Posts: 226
Weight Statistics 10/01/07 Start Date:
10/01/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 286 lb Start Weight:
198 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
28 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.7692307692 % % Lost:
10/01/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.7890398753 BMI Start:
31.0077968367 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  I understand just what you are talking about. I am 23 out of surgery and I can eat a cup of food sometimes with no problems. Other times the 1/2 cup is too much. At night I can barely take the pills I have to. I understand your concern about stretching your pouch out, I feel the same way. I eat slowly and I am conscious of how full I am with each bite. I go back to the DR.S on 11/8. I am sure we will lose weight as we are eating healthy food and the quantity is reduced drastically but I am concerned about the pouch stretching..... DOC HELP! |
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10-24-2007, 06:08 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawaii
Posts: 3,476
Blog Entries: 8 Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
120 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.8260869565 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.0629552549 BMI Start:
21.9458896982 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | What if you just measure out your 1/2 cup serving and eat just that? Would you be hungry? I just measure my food and when I am done with that I am done |
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10-24-2007, 06:14 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | (((HUG))) i am sure you havent stretched out your pouch. OVER time it has to do that some. Different foods will keep us fuller longer, and we will be able to eat more of softer foods. as long as you follow the rules you will be fine its normal to stress and worry cause we never were successful at this journey before! relax I KNOW YOUr not nearly eating what you could pre op! I remember freaking some the first time i ate an entire slice of pizza post op. AND got worried, but come on in reality pre op i could eat three pieces and did! so relax your tool is fine. just the horrible things our mind does on this journey at times
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10-24-2007, 09:19 PM
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| Super Moderator  | Hmmm. First, one question, soup? Did you drink all the liquid in the soup along with its solid ingredients? Because if you did, then you need to practice the no fluids with meals rule, fluids taken together with solids will push the solids out of the pouch and enable you to get more into your pouch. Second, point in effect. You're about 2.5 months out. That means, the swelling in your pouch, and along the staple lines should have all but gone down, and the size of your pouch what it originally was meant to be. IN other words, it can contain more than it could immediately post op when it was all swollen up. What it can contain now, is what it was meant to contain from the beginning. One of the reasons you weren't able to get much in very early out is because your pouch was swollen from the effect of the surgery, which is a normal part of healing. As I have said in other threads, it takes 3-4 months to heal completely and regain all functions. Most of your healing is probably done by now, and your system is now adjusting to regain all the functions it needs to regain, adjust to the new plumbing, etc. Long story short. No, you haven't stretched your pouch. The changes in amount are all part of the process, and the final amount you should be able to eat per meal varies from 3-4 oz to 6 oz at most. You're no where near that yet. (((((((HUGS))))))
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10-24-2007, 10:03 PM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: upstate ny
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics 09 08 07 Start Date:
09 10 07 Surgery Date:
Height: 206 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
31 lb Weight Loss:
45 lb Lb Left to Lose:
15.0485436893 % % Lost:
09 10 08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38 BMI Start:
38 BMI Current:
24 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I just how you feel . I worry about stretching to. BUt What i have found out my worst habit is eating to fast. THe food doesnt stay down. and it causes pain... When I do sit down and eat slowly it varies what I can eat and how much. I worry about my cravings too. I had my surg in sept Im at a stand still again, so that stresses me too thinking here we go I did it wrong, now im going to gain... 
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10-25-2007, 10:15 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near St. Louis, MO.
Posts: 937
Weight Statistics 04/17/2007 Start Date:
April 30, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 296 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2432432432 % % Lost:
05/21/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.2515976331 BMI Start:
27.9536094675 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I always think the same thing. But I just tell myself this is how it works. And, I'm still losing, so the tool is working. Of course, I'm not losing as fast as I WANT, but it is still coming off. I think that we are sooooo afraid of failure that we will always have these types of thoughts. Keep your head up, and just keep positive!! |
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10-25-2007, 10:33 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 687
Weight Statistics 6/16/2007 meda-fast Start Date:
July 19,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 325 lb Start Weight:
201 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
124 lb Weight Loss:
51 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.1538461538 % % Lost:
no time line i just want it to be lost Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.4506427916 BMI Start:
32.4387052342 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I have been in the same boat as you I had my surgery in 7/19/07 I also am able to eat about a cup of food sometimes but i also look at it this way it may be a cup before it is chewed and once chewed it gets smaller so in the pouch it is a bit less. so after chewing and swallowing its most likely a 1/2 to 4quarts of a cup in my pouch i gess.
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10-25-2007, 02:01 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA (Near Philly)
Posts: 638
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 340 lb Start Weight:
251 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
101 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.1764705882 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.8714416896 BMI Start:
40.5080348944 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
| After years and years of loss and gain it is hard to trust your body. And perhaps that is what you need just a little of. Trust your pouch to do good by you and you do good by it and I am sure you will get through this..
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10-25-2007, 07:01 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tega Cay, SC
Posts: 839
Weight Statistics August 2, 2007 Start Date:
August 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 283 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.222614841 % % Lost:
Christmas, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.3192247717 BMI Start:
26.936065939 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Look at you! You've almost lost 100 pounds WOW!! How great is that! As for the pouch stretching -- I haven't even thought of it. Sometimes I can eat more than other times. LIke the other day we went to the chinese buffet (yes, I went to a buffet) and I had one plate of food. One piece of chicken cashew. One piece of orange chicken. A spoonful of veggies and seafood. And three pcs of sushi without the rice! Okay, I paid too much but it was so much fun to go again! I guess I really hadn't given it much thought -- but I'm just not eating enough to be concerned with it. You're probably fine Lisa! |
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