Truth or Dare....

Everyone is talking about weight gain. I don't know about the rest of you, but my surgeon told me 4 years ago that once I hit my lowest weight, that I should expect to gain 10 to 15 pounds from there and level off. I am exactly 12 pounds higher than my lowest weight and I am holding steady. Some days it's easy and some days it's not. As my dad used to say...some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue---know what iImean? Anyone else want to share? Joanie

Hey Joanie, |again I'm right there with ya! My doctor also said that it is "Normal" to gain 10 to 20 pounds a year after the surgery. He also gave me an amount that he thought I would lose which was way less than i did. Even with the extra I've gained over the past few years I've kept off more than what he said he thought i would lose. \so if you go by that I'm way ahead of things! I think what bothers me is that I got to that lowest amount! I liked that amount I did'tn want to gain anythign cause what I was thinking is probably what all of us was thinking....no way will I be the one that gains an ounce! Now that i've gained a few of those ounces I want to lose it. my dream would be to get to where my lowest was. my reality is that if I make it to lose 10 pounds I'd be thrilled. I'm eating healthy. I feel good. YEA TEAM!

YAY PAMMIE!! I, too, would love to lose that nasty 10 pounds...but, if I don't...like you I am still ahead of the game. Now go out there and HAVE FUN!!! Joanie

my surgeon, too, said something about gaining 10-15 back so that is why i was hoping to at least reach goal first! when i had my 13 month visit (right before michael got so sick) i had lost 83 # (of the 106# that we were hoping to see me lose) so doc felt that i was successful. i then regained 33 # and am now down 8 of those...today i forgot to weigh self before eating-had wanted to! anyhow-am in about the 175# range so i am about 50# from goal-ouch!!! and i continue to try to get myself motivated to lose- i am holding at about this weight--i am NOT satisfied that i am "done"...i do have a pretty good idea of what i need to do and have yet to do it so can't whine!!! nobody but me to blame! anyhow- i am healthier and more able to do things than at 233 (and 5'1").... i am hoping that if i can get near to goal i will not fixate on the number terribly-by that i mean, i hope that i will remember this post and my feelings now if i get "there" and see a slight regain....

Margo, I'm so happy you're doing well with your weight again, I know you've been sad about it for a long while! Good for you! Having said that, is a goal weight of 125 really healthy for you? It seems like a very low weight - but you know your body and what you feel good at; I'm not preaching to the choir, I'm just a little concerned. Have a good, healthy, "take-good-care-of-me" kind of day, ok? Love, Maureen

to get to a "normal" BMI i can go to 132-NOT 133! i was 99# getting out of high school- i was comfortable at 110#--i think 125 would be good and owuld give me the lee way to regain a teensy if it happened.... hard telling til i get there!!!!! and i'm still 50 # from there now so it's a hard thing to say.

I think it's more about how I'm feeling at my current weight. I don't feel good about it. I feel flushy and flabby, rather than fit and healthy. I want to get 10-15 lbs. off. I know how I feel at that weight and I want that feeling back. I don't care what my surgeon told me - he told me I should expect to get to 200 lbs. and be happy about that. M.

Hi Joanie, My surgeon didn't mention about gaining 10-15 after hitting lowest weight. Not that I am even near what my lowest weight (goal weight? or just lowest weight?) anyway... it makes total sense. I wouldn't be so mad if I got to my lowest weight and then gained 10. he!! I'd be doing sommer saults!!!! anyways... unfortunately.... after having a baby I gained 31 pounds not 10 or 15. 'sigh' bad me. so thats an additional 15 to the highest ok'd amount of weight to gain at my lowest lossing point. ah well... 7 of those 31 are gone now! YAY! I'll get there eventually. Elizabeth M

Hey Elizabeth! Only God knows how I would have made out if I had gotten pregnant after WLS. You will get where you are supposed to be, but my whole thing is not to stress too much over it. You're still winning the game.... Joanie

Thanks Joanie! You're right...stress does some mean things to us. I was stressing just yesterday when I got on the scale in the morning and it said I gained 3 pounds!!! but then here...that same day I got my monthly 'WHEW!!!' MAN that freaked me out. After loosing 7! I was panicking there for a minute! Which is no good. So I'm not getting back on thats scale till its over! sheesh. What we women go through! Elizabeth M