My left foot oops meant hip and other stories

I don't know why they want you to loose weight I'm heavier than you and I had a hip operation in January this year

Hi Sandra - must be v tough for you! Perhaps talk to occuparional health dept and HR re less risky workplace?

Can you ask your GP to refer you ti a dietician for dietary advice? Best of luck to you. 😊

I found slimming world useful. OH plus union rep, plus line manager, plus surgeon if he will writing letter. I am BMS and had op in same hospital as I work at.

Hi I have just lost two stone and gone from 11.5 to 9.5 in less than a year and that was calorie control, I had months of being immobile and other half feeding me so couldn't complain at crap food LOL, its for your benefit he's asking you to lose some weight as the lighter you are for op and post op will help the healing process and your mobility, I am on crutches now and trust me even a few extra pounds make a difference, join the weight loss area on this forum, its really helpful and will motivate you and its free.

I'm sure you could find a surgeon somewhere to do it without diet but he is obviously a caring and realistic surgeon, I know which one I would choose.

Hi Sandra

I am a firm believer that any weight loss method will work if our mind set is right. Over the years I have successfully list weight with Slimming World, weight lifting, exercise classes and just plain old calorie counting.

For me especially if mobility is a problem the calorie counting works best.

I lost 2 stone in just under a year. It is important to lose gradually no more than 2lb a week as that way it's easier to keep it off.

There is an App for your phone called My Fitness Pal. It is brilliant. You can manually input food or scan product barcode with your phone. Just enter everything you eat through the day and keep within your allowed calories. I used to find it helpful to load in what I was going to eat later in day and then I coukd see what calories were left for lunch and snacks.

The app also shows how much cars protein fat and other stats. I personally find I lose more easily with more protein and less carbs. You can change settings for this. Good fats are essential.

Good luck but as others have said still try to push for surgery sooner as well

Sandra x

Weight loss is a real pain, I was very much overweight when diagnosed, and told to lose weight too.  Over a year or so, I lost 5.5 stone (77 pounds, 35 Kg) by altering my diet completely with the help of my GP practice nurse.

No miracles I'm afraid, I cut out cheese sandwiches, pies and beer at work, and substituted with very small salads.  Much smaller portion sizes - I had to re-train my wife there - and switched to an occasional small glass of wine.  And of course, more exercise - I chose walking and cycling as they were easier for me to do.

Keep a log of your weight loss, it was so encouraging to lose weight over Christmas time, my nurse was so impressed !

Sandra,

I'm in the US so not sure they are there, but I needed to lose 40 pounds in a few months for my thr. I used Nutrisystem and still am while I heal and am not so active. I got the Uniqely Yours plan with frozen and they deliver it to my door. They have several items I like and you get snacks, but portions are very small. You get to choose your foods. I easily lost the 40 pounds although being totally inactive. I have continued with it and have lost a few more pounds but my goal mainly was to not gain while inactive. I went to the weekends off program last month. It's so nice to not have to worry about cooking. Hubby is happy with frozen meals from the store so we eat our frozen dinners together. One day I will go back to cooking but for now this is easy. I am 3 months post op posterior. I had a complication though with IT Band inflammation and just finished 3 weeks of rest in my recliner, only walking when I absolutely had to. Doing much better, but I do NOT want that back, it was so painful, so taking it slow and easy, which means not burning many calories. I love to eat so not saying it is easy but it's easier then figuring out what you can eat and it does work. You can stay fairly full if you eat your snacks between each meal. They are high fiber so they help you loose weight. I love the lunch wraps, it's all I order for lunch and the frozen cinnamon bum for breakfast is very good, it defrosts in 25 seconds in microwave. Don't care for their pizzas, I substitute Lean Cuisine pizza when I want one as they are good. My favorite dinners are Turkey medallions and mashed potatoes and gravy, chicken enchilada with rice, chicken fettuccine, beef with mac and cheese and there are a couple more. My favorite snacks are ice cream sandwiches, the frozen chocolate cupcake, peanut butter cookie and their chips are decent too. You get used to the smaller portions but there are times I want more. We occasionally grill steaks and I fix a salad to go with it. You can and should eat fruit occasionally and can add veggies too. 

dear sandra, 

warm welcome to the hippies forum --

wow ...you are right, that is demoralizing ... I don't understand why people, doctors, are saying these kind of things ... Of course it is better to be fit and trim prior to surgery, but a lot of us have struggled with getting to the decision to have this hip replacement surgery and well, not in the best physical shape sometimes -

the additional pressure put on you is not fair -- telling you about the higher risk of infection for whatever reason ???  

Do you like this Ortho surgeon and do you trust him?   

Would you consider a 2nd opinion ?

I definitely was overweight (still am) but surgeon never mentioned it and had the surgeries -

I wish I had an answer to your questions or anything to say to lift your spirit --

just come here anytime okay

I hope they will listen to you and find a way to make it easier, less painful, for you - you deserve that !

big warm hug

renee

Hi Sandra, I was lucky my surgeon was one of those who believes that your need for surgery outweighs weight. Im 5ft 3 and was just over 15 stone when I had mine nearly 2 yrs ago. He says once you are out of pain then you can exercise more. Good luck with weight loss x