So disapointed in myself.

Originally I weighed 270+ and I lost 130 pounds. I kept that weight off for the longest time by exersizing and following a healthy diet. My best friend passed away and I went into a depression and stopped working out and started comfort eating. Then a couple years after My mother passed away and 9 months after my father passed away. Well the emotional eater in me came out and before I knew it I was 207 pounds.

I have reached a point where I am finally able to accept the terrible loss's I have had over the past few years and I am trying to get on with my life and get my health back in check. I found out I have the start of arthritis in my knees and I feel like this weight gain has caused alot of added pain in combination with that. My knees ache, my hip and my heels ache. Most nights I spend turning from side to side because the pain is so bad.  I have been going through PT and its not improving so I know this extra weight isnt helping. Im very anemic and finally went for a series of iron infusions so hopefully that will help.

How did I allow this to happen?? I feel worse now than I did when I was 270. I have managed to get about 17 pounds off since I started going back to my PCP and getting my tests done and labs etc. Going off my anti depressants etc.

I feel like I need something more...I have been looking into liquid diets and wondered if anyone has been in my situation and if they have had success with the Optifast program? and also curious what the Optisource sold at Walgreens is about. How different are the two products where they are by the same company?

Am I alone in this or is anyone else in my boat?

Maureen

43 Years Old

RNY August 29 2002

Start weight 270+

Goal weight 150

May 2005 reached 143

Current weight January 2013 is 190

 

 

 

 

Greg: I am 6 years post-op this August. I, too, am inching up in weight. I want to say that some of it is my age, which is 47 but I am afraid that I can not contribute it all to that. I am perimenopausal so I know that has some effect but my appetitie seems to have increased as well as some of my bad habits I feel like I need to start on a liquid diet again just to get myself on track. As for the abdominal pain, well be sure that you do not have some sort of bowel obstruction. This happened to me 2 years ago. I was having "gas pains". The ER doctor did an abdominal x-ray and told me I was "full of it". You know what that is. Anyway, 5 months later I was wreathing in bed and my husband broought me to the ER with such severe pain I could not straighten up. A CT scan, which should have been done with the first trip, revealed a bowel obstruction. I was taken immediately to surgery. Adhesions had formed around my large transverse colon and this resulted. I try to have a endoscopic exam at every three - four years to check the suture line in my stomach and just make sure everything else is okay. Call it paranoid but that has always been a concern of mine since having surgery. I am making doctor plans myself because I am concerned that I am becoming insulin resistent. I am so hungry all of the time and I crave carbohydrates. Also, I have issues with irritable bowel syndrome so have to get this checked so plan on doing the upper and lower at the same time. Hope this helps. Darlene

I had my gastric bypass surgery in August of 2002, I lost 140 pounds, going from 358 to 218. I have gained back about 40, but have seemed to be able to maintain there. I carried most of my weight in my breast and upper and lower abdomen. When losing weight it came off mostly in my face, neck, arms, legs and butt, still leaving large breasts and a large area of abdominal fat. Can a plastice surgeon remove most of this fat while doing a tummy tuck? I would lose down to 200 lbs, before having the surgery, but that will still leave a lot of abdominal fat. I don't want to lose more than this, as my arms and legs aren't to bad looking and I feel good and can move about comfortably. My panni hangs very low over the crotch area, and everyone knows the problems with odor and rashes, and I believe this heavy weight I carry around on the front of my body is what's causing very bad backaches. Has anyone out there had a tummy tuck where lots of skin and fat have been removed? I live in Georgia and would probably go to Atlanta for surgery, can anyone recommend a top notch surgeon in this area? Thanks for anyone's help and God bless!

Well.. since I've spent almost an hour trying to find posts from people who are 5+ years post op like me... I figure I'll share my experience. I lost about 160 pounds after surgery and stayed the same for a couple of years... over the past 2 years or so (06-present) I gained back about 80 pounds that I had lost. I am able to eat large portions, and up until about a month ago was eating almost uncontrolably. It was odd because for a long time after WLS, for me atleast it was like all those cravings disappeared.. but somehow over the years they reared their ugly head and found my weight loss as well. Anyways, I REFUSE to gain any more weight. I found the Optifast program through a friend and decided to look into it. I've been on it for bout 4 weeks now and lost a little over 20 pounds. I'm researching food and learning a lot that I didn't know and/or forgot about (not drinking during meals like they say not to do post op) I think this program is great. Every week you meet with a doctor, nutritionist, psychologist and physiologist. They attack weight loss from all angles. I feel like I've found what I need to change my thinking about food and lifestyle. Before I had surgery, I thought that once I lost the weight that my problem would be over. I see that as a very immature approach to this LIFESTYLE change. I was 18 at the time. What is different now is that I'm already realizing WHAT triggers me to eat and how to curb that desire into something else thats healthy for me. So far so good as far as I'm concerned. Also, I would never say that my surgery was a failure... I lost 160 POUNDS and my life changed. The problem was my thinking. Just thought I'd share

good morning, i am glad to find someone else going through what i am. i am so far out its hard to find anyone like me, the glimmer has worn off and now i have to start working hard on losing weight again. i too have gained 30 pounds and i have some iideas on what to do, i had a long talk with my surgeon way back in january but i havent acted on my goals like i should. i have to go to work now , but i will send another message later tonight to start the discussion on what to do, i would like a motivation partner to talk this over and work with on getting this weight back off. have a great day.