weight gain

Thanks for all the responses and advice from everyone. Its good to know I m not along although I wish I were. I am not saying that the VBG is a bad surgery but no one ever told me about the problem with slider foods. That is pretty much what happened to me. Im a comfort eater and when I went thru a personal crisit about two years ago I started eating and now am up to 243 lbs. I need to do some fast work or I will be at my old weight once again. I too feel like people are saying behind my back "didnt she have that weight loss operation" but what they dont know is that it isnt fool proof. I do need to exercise more and to eat better.
It would help if my friends and family didnt bring me treats. I wish there was someone I could go where I coudl just be away from all food!
My question for you all is What doyou guys do when a  friend or family bring over stuff thta you just cant resist? How do you cope with emotional eating?

I am sorry to see that I am not the only one who is saddened by after-surgery weight gain.  I know that once my pouch healed, I resumed some old eating habits.  However, after gaining about 50 pounds back after my lowest weight, I managed to take off another 10 pounds after taking a much less stressful job, taking the stairs every day (because my new job is on the third floor and there is no elevator), and cutting out all the snacking.  Just those few changes helped me lose about 10 pounds, so I'm hoping that with a little more effort on my part, I can lose at least another 10!

Certainly, there are many things these days that stress us all out, but when I think about how unhappy and unhealthy I was when I was over 300 pounds, I just thank God that I had the surgery and feel as good as I do today.  Sure, I may not be as THIN as I'd like to be, but I feel so much better...and I can work really hard (the old fashioned way) to try and take off the excess weight that I put back on.  I'm just going to have to make it happen.

Wish me luck...and good luck everyone!

~Laura