2 years Saturday! Getting scared I will regain....

2 years Saturday! Getting scared I will regain.... I got down to 130-134lbs by 6 months out and I stayed there till the last 4 months Im at 140 now and my appetite seems insatiable. I never was able to drink the protien drinks and I dump even on healthy stuff sometimes. You'd think after 2 years I'd figure my body out! My biggest problem is eating late at night. If I don't eat right before bed I can't sleep. Any suggestions, tips!!????? I tried to do a liquid diet to see if my stomach would shrink back down but I made it till 3pm and couldn't take it! BTW Check out my new Picture! ;o)

Congrats, and your picture is amazing, you look amazing and so very happy!! I don't have much for advise for you on the late night eating thing. Now that I am working 2pm-midnight I seem to have aquired the same problem. If I find a solution I will let you know. Happy re-birthday!!! Leslie

Hi Alicia; You look wonderful!! Congratulations on a wonderful job. As for the late-night snacking, I'm not sure what to say because I work the night shift and I'm in a constant battle to stay away from the snacking myself. The only thing that I can suggest is that if you must snack, you try to make it as low-calorie as possible. If you can keep the fat and sugar content of your snacks under control, at least you will be somewhat better off. Good luck! Mike

Alicia, You look fantastic! I have the same issues with late night snacking. I finally resolved myself to eating a handful of Kashi Go Lean before bed because it fills me and and helps keep things moving to boot. If you figure out a cure for the late night munchies, let me know. Connie

Your pictures are wonderful! Like everyone else here I too have a snacking issue. I was thinking about how I just to snack on popcorn daily. I use to think that if I had the heathly fat free stuff that I was being good. of course I would eat a bag all by myself. I'm sure that it wasn't a one person serving and then I'd have some ice cream & cookies along with it. Top it all off with a couple of cans of soda. So now I panic when I snack on sugar free cookies. I've always been a cookie person. anyways I've said it before I'll say it again(!) sugar free still has alot of calories it jsut doensn't make us dump as bad! But if you added up my snacks before and compared them to now. those 3 sugar free cookies do not compare in the least to the thousand of calorie "snack" I use to have. My snacks had more calories in them in one sitting than I eat daily now! I too have a 5 pound gain that I fight with. I will gain the same 5 pounds over night. then it takes me a month to lose it. You'd think I'd learn but NOOoooOOoooo I go and gain that same 5 pounds again over night! when will I learn???? Wait a minute...I think i did learn something becasue before when I'd gain 5 pounds I'd not lose that 5 pounds. it would sit waiting for another 5 or 6 or 10 pounds! I never would work at losing it I would continue to gain more. so I guess I did learn something from this surgery. Gee I've been thinking about what I could post for my anniversary and now after reading everyones posting and commenting on each of them I think I've done my anniversary posting and its not even the big day yet! good luck and god bless on your contiuned fantastic surgery success, pammy

Hi Alicia, I hope this note finds you well and healthy! The March 2004 Board needs your help. Please go to the Board and read the post, AND THE SURVEY SAYS, and PLEASE respond to it by answering the few questions. We really need to hear from you. Thank you! Maureen