AFTER 6 YEARS AND IT IS ALL COMING BACK......DAMN!!
I wish I knew what to do...I have thought about having the LAP-Band done....did not know if I would qualify. I too am from Toledo and find that after having surgery July 2001. I lost 135 pounds with the surgery and felt great. I wasn't skinny but it was good for me. I find that I am putting weight back on. It is a huge mental game. I also find that I feel hungry a lot. Not sure why? I am disappointed and do NOT want to put all the weight back on. I don't want to be a statistic. I heard or read somewhere that after 10 years many people have put their weight back on. I don't want that to be me. What is your story? Are you talking to any groups or doing anything?
I recently joined a fit swim exercise program and joined with 1st place 4 health to try to get my mind wrapped around this obesity disease. I am working on it but it is a difficult process.
What about you?
Thanks
Rhodena Wentland
Donna,
You are not alone in this!
I had the RNY proximal done in July 2001; on the date of surgery I weighed 265 lbs. I never made it to my personal goal of 145 lbs, although I did get down to 159 lbs (briefly). My weight hovered in 160's for several years and I felt and looked great. I was only working part-time then and exercised faithfully every day.
After 2005 my work increased to full time and I had less time to exercise. I no longer "dumped" and old habits crept back in. Problems in my marriage added to the situation. In 2006 my dad died after a traumatic period of suffering. We were very close and the grief overwhelmed me.
For the past 3 years I have battled severe depression and once again have stopped exercising and my eating is out of control. As of today I weigh 199 lbs and am so disappointed in myself.
If you have found answers, please share them. I stopped posting because I received nasty emails about being "negative".
Linda Linderman
I had surgery 2 1/2 years ago and had gained back 20 pounds. I notice I don't dump nearly as easily as I used to, and can eat larger portions.
I have also noticed my main problem and trigger is carbohydrates/sugar. When I eat carbs - anything that has flour (including 100% whole wheat), potatoes, rice, or sugar I start craving carbs and just can't stop. I wake up and immediately want carbs. I think of them, crave them all day and am never full.
Then somehow I managed to go cold-turkey and cut carbs and sugar out. I went through a period of "withdrawal" like a drug addict - I craved carbs really badly.
Once I got past that, I stopped craving them, ate healthy foods like veggies, natural raw fruits, lean meats, cheeses, and the weight started to drop back off. I eat "breadless" sandwiches. I put the turkey, chese, lettuce, tomato on a plate and eat it with a fork. Instead of peanut butter on bred, I dip apple slices in a little peanut butter. I stopped craving the carbs/sugar, although I'd get a craving a little here and there like a drug addict. I felt lighter and healthier and more energetic. I have lost 8 pounds of the 20 and plan on losing the rest.
I am 100% sure it was the flour and sugar and starches I was eating. I am an ADDICT to those things and they make me feel always hungry and irritable and tired and sluggish. I suspect a lo of us out there are addicted to sugar and flour and starches. I recommend avoiding them COMPLETELY - once you get past the withdrawel, you'll find you feel alot better, your appetite is more under control, and the weight will start coming back off.
