Weight Loss First Year of RNY Surgery (Read Up)

16 Mar 09	147.1 lb	Reasonably Well
16 Feb 09	150.7 lb	Reasonably Well
31 Jan 09	153.6 lb	Reasonably Well
03 Jan 09	158.0 lb	Reasonably Well
18 Dec 08	158.0 lb	Reasonably Well
11 Nov 08	165.0 lb	Reasonably Well
28 Oct 08	166.0 lb	Reasonably Well
02 Sep 08	168.0 lb	Reasonably Well
05 Aug 08	177.0 lb	Reasonably Well
07 Jul 08	183.0 lb	Reasonably Well
23 Jun 08	186.0 lb	100%
03 Jun 08	192.0 lb	Reasonably Well
16 May 08	194.0 lb	Reasonably Well
02 May 08	202.0 lb	Reasonably Well
18 Apr 08	203.0 lb	Reasonably Well
02 Apr 08	216.0 lb	Reasonably Well
05 Mar 08	225.0 lb	Reasonably Well
06 Feb 08	239.0 lb	Reasonably Well
23 Jan 08	245.5 lb	Reasonably Well
18 Jan 08	248.0 lb

I came to this website after I had surgery. I was home for several weeks and searching the Internet on my new laptop computer. I was thrilled to find a way to keep a chart that would help me see how I lost. Now, I am excited to be able to show newer post ops how I lost weight in small increments. Thus not to worry when they stall and reach a plateau. I weighed far in excess of this original posting back in February 2007. I went on my own self determined weight loss for the umpteenth time. I did have help from a dietician during some of the months in the summer of 2007. I would bounce what I was doing off her with the hopes of a new direction should I need it.

I lost 81 pounds prior to surgery and was probably a fit and start loser during 2007. I did lose 12 pounds while away in Dominica with all the steady walking over the hills in the high humidity. Yet, I came back to work with the same restrictions and lack of thought by my supervisors to properly use me at work. It had been 7 years since my on the job accident. There were days when all they would have me do was office work. Granted that I spent a lot of time walking around the workroom floor but it was not fully utilising me. It was in those months that I learned about RNY surgery from my friend Pat. He was to have the surgery in July. In August 2007, I went with him to an informational seminar at the hospital.

At that time, I had lost 50 pounds. I was on my way to losing more but knew that one time I had lost 55 pounds on a weight loss program and gained all that back and more. We are cautioned not to think about the numbers on a scale. I was enjoying the new energy associated with losing weight as well as the control I felt each and every meal. I was eating sufficiently for my health needs.

I was continuing my traveling with a week long family trip to DC that summer. All the walking and needing to find a bench often to sit on made me realize that I needed to address the problem with my knees. I did find an orthopedic surgeon who specialized in knees. I was able to get cortisone shots in my left knee. What a difference. I was walking longer and at a faster pace.

I was told that I could return in three months and did for more relief. To my amazement, he reintroduced himself as he did not recognize me at a smaller weight. This happened another two times and he must have made a notation in the charts because now he knows me.

I am sure you have similar incidents to report where people do not recognize you at a smaller weight. I have many even from people who worked with me for 25 years and saw me from a distance or from behind! You will have many instances where you will think am I losing fast enough? is this surgery working? am I stopped right now? amd I done?
I hope my chart shows you that you can lose and will lose at a varing pace. This is only the first year. I had surgery in 2008, I have had peaks and valleys in my maintenance. I arrived back from a trip to Europe lower than I had left. It was a great trip with many of long days walking from the days at The Louvre, The Vatican, Pompeii and a concentration camp in Germany.

Your life changes and your activity level will vary. I am retired and home most days. It means that I have to work harder to maintain my weight.

I would love to hear your story. I would love to hear if I have helped you with this chart.

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