Hi Lori, You said it all in your e-mail! You know what you have to do. Exercise, and eat more prtein so you stay full longer!! Think about how hard you worked to lose the weight you have lost so far. It is SO NOT worth it to lose track now, what's 20 more pounds!!?!?!? Stay motivated and go take a walk tonight! ~Erin

HI All, I'm posting a late roll call. I had my bypass in May 2003, I lost around 99 pounds. Went from 350 to 251. I too after the first year gained about 15 pounds back. Thinking ok they said this would happen. I was able to maintain this weight for another 6months. I then changed jobs and my life and weight as I knew it change too. For the worst!!!! I was working and traveling on this job too many hours. Eating the wrong foods and not get proper sleep or exercise. Well I gained back a total of 44 pounds and I really feeling bad about myself. I revisited my doctor and he had a upper gi done on me. He said the results show my pouch has not grown since the surgery. That was the good news!! THe bad news is There's nothing he could do. He said that i was doing what is known as grazing. I just ate the wrong food too often. He said it will be hard for me to lose again, but i will have to do it via changing my eating habits and exercising. Boy I hope he's right!! He said drink protein shakes wont have the same effect as it did after the surgery and I might feel hungry if i try do it. Not sure what to do but I want to get my wait down again!! Any suggestion would be great. Thanks, Angelo in LA

Hello Everyone, I had my surgery on 05/15/03... 3 years ago yesterday... I lost 185 lbs... Although I will have to admit I have gain about 20 lbs back... I am well aware of it and will not let myself gain anymore... I am very happy at my current weight! Wouldn't change anything and would do it all over again... I just had a tummy tuck about 8 weeks ago... Still recovering from that... (Not sure if I would do that again) Took a lot longer to recover from a Tummy Tuck then WLS... go figure? Hope everyone else is still hanging in there.... Would love to hear some more updates from others? Where are you all? Great job Caroline... Way to go!

Hi everyone Just thought I'd post a roll call for all of us now approaching 3 years postop! I had my gastric bypass surgery May 2, 2003. Lost the great majority of my 225 lbs in my first 17 months out and have since beein maintaining. I had 3 rounds of resonstructive plastic surgery from Jan to April 05 (and am still recovering - ugh) through my weight's contuied to remain more or less stable. In December 05, I started working at Bally Total Fitness in King of Prussia, PA as a personal trainer. I only work part time but so far am really enjoying the work. It helps to keep me accountable! Hope this finds everyone well and sending lots of hugs to all!!!! Caroline http://abutterflyemerges.com http://myspace.com/carolineam http://picturetrail/com/carolineam PS: anyone attending the OH conference in Pittsburgh, PA May 12th through 14th? I'll be presenting there and so hope to meet lots and lots of people there!!!!!!!

Hi everyone! I thought I'd let you know there is a new mb that has been created just for people who have had wls more than one year ago. http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/member-interests/wls_grads/posts.html