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Just about no movement on my scale, but I don't judge my loss strictly by scale alone, how my clothes fit is the real indication of weight leaving. I do like the visual aspect of seeing a number on the scale though. Over Christmas, actually on Christmas day I had my gallbladder removed, never had issues with it prior, other then being very obese, my numbers on all my blood tests have aleays been good, normal, even my bad cholesterol was in the normal range, higher end of normal but still normal. I had been have some pain, and was told it is acid reflux, well it wasn't and I ended up being taken to the hospital by ambulance on Dec 19 with pancreatitis, enzyme levels are suppose to be in the 70's mine were something like 2500. I'm not a drinker so it wasn't that causing it, sent me for an ultrasound and my gallbladder had some stones, not enough to cause a gallbladder attack, but enough for a stone to cause me pancreatitis. it was decided to get the pancreatitis calmed down, then remove my gallbladder. I really didn't think about it again until yesterday when a guy I work with, came to ask me about my symptoms because he thinks he has the same symptoms that I had been having. Through the conversation we had, i found out he is diabetic and that one of his meds could cause pancreatitis, I asked wjat it was and he said Victoza. i was shocked because I had just been on Saxenda for about 5 months earlier last year, I had stopped injecting because the side effects were not stopping and I just needed a break, so I have been off of it for about 3.5 months. Saxenda and Victoza are the same med, except Saxenda is double the dose of Victoza, needless to say I am not going back on it ever! Did a lot of reading on it, and more info has come out from the time I started and there is alot of pancreas issues. Yes I could have already been starting to have gallbladder issues, but this med could have also created the issue. I so wanted something to help me my weightloss that I gave it a try, my doctor and myself do not want me to have gastric bypass. I'm praying that nothing else happens with my pancreas.
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144.5 kg
Lost so far: 2.9 kg.
Still to go: 78.7 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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View Diet Calendar, 18 January 2019:
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1620 kcal
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Fat: 75.00g | Prot: 75.00g | Carbs: 157.00g.
Breakfast: McDonald's Breakfast Burrito. Lunch: McDonald's Bacon 'N Egg McMuffin. Dinner: KFC Original Recipe Sandwich. Snacks/Other: Royal Nuts Deluxe Cranberry Mix. more...
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Losing 0.3 kg a Week
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Wow I am so sorry you have gone through this. It is not pleasant for sure. Glad you are on the mend. :-)
18 Jan 19 by member: birdeegirl
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Carol, we have so much in common. (You are pretty much where I was in my early 50s. I wasted another 15 years and became disabled before I really woke up.) I went on NutriSystem in 1992, lost 35 pounds very quickly, and started having gall bladder attacks. I finally had it removed that year. One thing: It takes the body about six months to compensate for the lack of fat-digesting bile produced by the gall bladder. The biliary system -- the duct work connecting the pancreas and liver to the small intestine -- actually *takes over* the function of the missing gland. (Isn't that amazing?!) During that transition, the body is limited as to its ability to digest dietary fat. Right after I got home from the hospital, I had a nice big salad with Italian dressing. It made me *VIOLENTLY* ill -- nausea, vomiting -- AWFUL! I thought, "Oh good! If I can't eat fat, I'll get skinny!" Uh... fat chance, to coin a phrase! However, after six months, my body adjusted and I was back to eating my usual load of chocolate, sugar, flour, and fat -- in that order -- and I zoomed from 190 to 285 pounds within a year or two.
18 Jan 19 by member: Miraculum
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[CONTINUED] I am now eating a true ketogenic diet, but I don't think I could have gone "keto" (low-carb/high-fat) during the post-cholecystectomy adaptation period. My "macros" now (the way my daily calories are distributed among the three macronutrients) are roughly 70% fat, 18% protein, 12% total carbohydrate. Importantly, I am concentrating on high-fiber vegetables, very few servings of fruit at present, and supplementing those foods with chia seeds and a tasteless natural fiber powder to get at least 20g fiber/day. My "net carbs" (total grams of carb minus total grams of dietary fiber) remain at less than 20g. Since I'm new to true "keto," I need to plan *everything* I eat the night before. However, I find that this planning aspect helps keep me focused and disciplined. (When I stop logging my food and posting, it's because I've relapsed ... badly. It takes me months to get back on track. I don't have many relapses left in this body.) I also drink at least 64 oz. of water/day. I've lost 18 pounds since December 26th and I've cut my two injected insulins to about 1/3. Thanks for the info on Victoza/Saxenda! I'm stopping that, now that I'm eating very low-net-carb. My pancreas became inadequate to the task and I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes at age 48 and 285 pounds, after two courses of prednisone and Tequin (a then-new one-a-day antibiotic), both of which damage the pancreas.
18 Jan 19 by member: Miraculum
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i hate taking ANY meds unless i absolutely have to, and when i do get a new prescription i research the heck out of it. unless you're already in a life threatening situation it's not worth the benefits if it's gonna cause other issues that I'll have to take more meds to fix.. (now ive got a voiceover from one of those commercials in my head.. "do not take this mesication if.." and then theres a long scary sounding list of symptoms you never had before taking the darn drug in the first place) ..I've had a couple doctors get slightly annoyed with me because of it ☺
19 Jan 19 by member: QueenMari3
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Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement. I also now have the voice over in my head now, thanks QueenMar lol. It is scary and I'm worried now if anything is going to pop up in the future.
20 Jan 19 by member: CarolMurdock
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