Gastric bypass, anyone done it?

[justinschmiidt 10+ year member]

if you are that overweight, obviously there was something in your lifestyle that caused you to gain that weight. you need to fix that. all there is too it. for me it was pop and potato chips. i switched to diet pop, and baked chips, and started excercising regulary and i'm 50 lbs lighter. if you still are eating junk food after surgery, you will still get heart disease, but won't weigh as much

junk food now makes me feel like junk.

gastric bypass has made my taste in food change to healthier foods because for example if i eat a cheeseburger from mc donalds i will feel more "weighed down" so to speak, anything high in fat and greasy kinda makes me just feel tired when i eat it now.. and too much chocolate can make me the same

where as

if i eat a plate of vegetables or some fruit or like baked chicken or something like that, then i dont experience the weighed down feeling. so now i really prefer to eat things that seem to be like a "lighter" food. if you understand what i mean by that..

well im not here to argue or anything just giving my opinion as someone who has had the surgery.

i used to try and try and try to lose weight, and i would go up and down and up and down...

it was really pretty shitty, then i had the surgery and ive gone from 400+ to 280 at the present time. honestly, i dont care if i lose any more weight, i feel fine the way i am, im a reasonably big framed guy, i definitely dont think i would look right under 220..

i wouldnt discourage anyone who qualified for the surgery from getting it done, especially since they can do it lapriscopically now also.

/end

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

honestly it's more mental then physical. it's about lifestyle change. i recommend you read dr. phil's book

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

sorry guys, but i am not asking for your opinion on whether or not she should get the surgery, im asking for those that have had the surgery to list the pro's and cons they have experienced

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

junk food now makes me feel like junk.
gastric bypass has made my taste in food change to healthier foods because for example if i eat a cheeseburger from mc donalds i will feel more "weighed down" so to speak, anything high in fat and greasy kinda makes me just feel tired when i eat it now.. and too much chocolate can make me the same

where as

if i eat a plate of vegetables or some fruit or like baked chicken or something like that, then i dont experience the weighed down feeling. so now i really prefer to eat things that seem to be like a "lighter" food. if you understand what i mean by that..

well im not here to argue or anything just giving my opinion as someone who has had the surgery.

i used to try and try and try to lose weight, and i would go up and down and up and down...

it was really pretty shitty, then i had the surgery and ive gone from 400+ to 280 at the present time. honestly, i dont care if i lose any more weight, i feel fine the way i am, im a reasonably big framed guy, i definitely dont think i would look right under 220..

i wouldnt discourage anyone who qualified for the surgery from getting it done, especially since they can do it lapriscopically now also.

/end

your location says east detroit, is that eastpointe or east side of detroit? i used to live on the east side. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

sorry guys, but i am not asking for your opinion on whether or not she should get the surgery, im asking for those that have had the surgery to list the pro's and cons they have experienced

well one con is death. not sure how big she is but operating on large people is risky.

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

ok wow... gastic bypass at age 20.... sorry but dose she weigh 500lbs and has no feet to walk with?

alright i weighed before 320lbs i eat shit still and lost 80+lbs im at 240lbs and still lossing....

i was an obese mother fer... but changed my life and just stop EATING ALL THE **** time anyone can loose weight.... JUST STOP EATING ALL THE TIME, you cna still eat pizza hamburgers but remember you eat and when....

but his/her own...

just my .02 cents...

get on a FU

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

sorry guys, but i am not asking for your opinion on whether or not she should get the surgery, im asking for those that have had the surgery to list the pro's and cons they have experienced

sorry for my rant...

but my moms friend has had it and only issue she has had is that

she lost weight around 100+ but now she gained some back and cant seem to feel comfertable with how too eat....

since it isnt a over night cure for weight loss.

pros- might change life

- more self esteem

- happier

- less aches and pains on joints from weight

cons - intake in food is less

- could gain weight

- can effect how your life is

- might not change a thing

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

i dont think its safe to lose that much weight that fast imo. doctors dont really know the long term effects of this stuff.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i heard that it can drive people nuts, because they want to eat but there stomachs tell them not too. my hr manager at work got the surgery, and before i always saw her eat candy and shit like that, so she never tried. 99% of weight loss is mental.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

all this talk about weight loss make me wanna get up and run somewhere

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

ok wow... gastic bypass at age 20.... sorry but dose she weigh 500lbs and has no feet to walk with?
alright i weighed before 320lbs i eat shit still and lost 80+lbs im at 240lbs and still lossing....

i was an obese mother fer... but changed my life and just stop EATING ALL THE **** time anyone can loose weight.... JUST STOP EATING ALL THE TIME, you cna still eat pizza hamburgers but remember you eat and when....

but his/her own...

just my .02 cents...

get on a FU
well she's just over 5'0" and weighs nearly 300, she definatly has several other medical problems related to her weight. but as i've said im not asking for opinions thats her decision. im jus trying to find the pro's and cons from those that have had the surgery

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

all this talk about weight loss make me wanna get up and run somewhere

lol

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

yea, im just trying to talk to people that have done it and see what they say about it. she hasnt really decided anything just toying with the idea.
she's 20

My friend's mom died from it. Something about it caused her to have a heart attack. She wasn't overweight at the time, but wanted better physique

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

My friend's mom died from it. Something about it caused her to have a heart attack. She wasn't overweight at the time, but wanted better physique

that could have been the problem why have a surgery designed for people that are overweight when your not overweight.