gastric bypass surgery-gain weight back?

Question

a good friend had this surgery last summer and has lost about 100lbs and looks great. My question is, is she likely to gain it all back? I have heard that. She hasn't changed her eating habits and does not exercise-she just eats a lot less.

Answer 1

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GoodLuck,
xox Brittany xox

Answer 2

I am a medical assistant. Here is the bad news. She would have to eat as much as an elephant to gain all that weight back. Right now her stomach is so small that she is not able to put that much food in her self now. What she needs to do and she has probley heard this before. Drink water and take her vitamins. She also needs to increase her fiber and protein. Fiber and protein will help her feel full. If she keeps on eating alot of fattning stuff her triglcirides and sugars and cholesterol will go up. A little dicipline would go along way for her. The most healthy weight loss program out there right now is weight watchers. That program works wonders. With weight watchers you can eat whatever you want but your given a certain amount of points that you can have a day. Tell her to check out a weight watchers program. It will explain it all to her. i feel sorry for her that she has had that surgery.

Answer 3

I know someone JUST like that. My niece had the surgery and lost about 150 lbs. She never changed her eating habits (can you say fried cheese?) and no exercise. She has gained back about 20 lbs.

Will your friend gain all her weight back? Seriously doubtful. Her stomach would rupture before she ever gained that much weight.

Answer 4

Sure you can gain it all back. If she keeps hammering away at the food the stomach will eventually get big again. But most of the time the reduced size forces you to change.

Answer 5

If she eats a lot less, that's a good sign. It's possible to gain it back; she should be careful.