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[Delboytrotter]

I got taken off the list for two reasons one my liver repaired itself a little and two still overweight I was at my liver Referral doctor the other week they weighed me and said i was 18 stone so trying to lose weight like eating salads I have an ultrasound coming up soon I could end back on it so still having my ups and downs plus I have had a letter from another hospital a referral for weight and got asked would I consider the operation for that thing to put in your stomach

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Hi Delboy

If you are talking about a gastric band or bypass, they are both very successful ways to lose weight. As your liver has improved you have obviously been doing well and that might be just the helping hand you need to make your liver get better.

Dave

[Delboytrotter]

Bariatric surgery is what was mentioned

[user2021a]

Don’t put your body and liver through the stress of an operation unless you really need it would be my advice. Bariatric surgery doesn’t get to the root of your eating problems and doesn’t stop you making terrible food choices, just lets you eat less of that terrible food.

[kensimmons]

That is what I have read as well. Bariatric surgery is "surgically enforced self-discipline".

If you can do without it, do without it.

Additionally sometimes people with this surgery end up going from one extreme to another, from eating too much bad food to not eating enough food at all and thus causing vitamin deficiencies.

Try to do without. But if you simply cannot, it is an option.

Look up "pros and cons of bariatric.weight loss surgery" in google.

Good luck!

[Kristian]

Hi Delboy,

I think I'm in the camp of if you can avoid the gastric surgery then that would be my choice.

I appreciate it can be difficult losing weight. Mine went up to about 18 stone about 18 months after transplant. However, I got that down to 14 stone over about 4 - 6 months and thats where I currently am. I could get it down further as the method I used was pretty simple and easy to stick to long term.

There's no great secret to it. Just use more calories than you take in, lol. But, and here's the key, it doesn't have to be a drastic deficiet. Most people who are active during the day will use up around 2500 calories in a day, (for a man anyway). So eating 2000 calories a day will give you a 500 calories deficiet. This is sufficient to lose just over a pound a week, but in reality it ends up being a bit more so you'll drop probably 2-3 kg, sometimes upto 4kg in a month without making drastic changes to your diet. 4kg is just over half a stone. So in 4 months you will have easily lost around 2 stone, quite probably a bit more. That was my experience anyway.

You do need to monitor the calories you take in. But there are plenty of apps for your mobile phone you can use to do that, so its not too onerous a task. Having something that can monitor how many calories you use each day is also helpful. That way you can see the general difference.

This method does take a bit of will power, but much less than the more drastic diets. And it is something that you can sustain long term too. You can basically eat 3 - 4 meals a day and still not take in more calories than you use. Just keep an eye on the portion size.

Good luck

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I had asked for bariatric surgery, I got turned down, appealed, then the covid hit, so I am in limbo.

BUT - I did read that the more weight you lose the more fat the liver has to deal with and this could cause more damage, so slow and steady is better for your liver.

If you can lose it by other means, do. I realised my diet was lacking the fruit and veg I needed, so I am eating more of that and less of the rest and actually losing weight week by week (something I hadn't managed in the past)