hello.... i just completed 3 years...had my plastics on 5/09/07.... had some complications but doing better.... had a breast lift without implants and a tummy tuck and lipo..... wearing size 2 or 4 from a 18/20 went from 227 down to 120.... have created a new website with two of my buddies.... www.rydobesity.com check it out..... we are doing all we can to help people get surgery approved and maintain their weight loss.... so many people think that gaining 10 pounds back or more is ok...its not ok we didnt have this surgery to go back to where we came from.... there are things we have to do each and every day.... hope everyone is doing good... i know we have all moved on with our lifes....but remember we all need support every now and then.... good luck in the future...

I haven't heard from you in a loooooooooooooooooong time, i miss you Linda

You need to get back to basics. Get all the junk out of the house and don't buy anymore. De-carb your body for a week and it'll be a lot easier for you. It is not impossible to still lose at three years out, i can do it and so can you. If you want an accountability buddy pm me, i'll support you. I know it's hard when you have a baby and work full time, but it's only an excuse and you need to take charge! Linda

When I get busy and know my choices might suffer from this, I carry a couple things: Think Thin Protein Bars which are O sugar, low carb, 20 gram protein bars that taste good. If you crave chocolate-- Cliff Nectar bars are good-- they use date sugar--still sugar but it processes slower and the raw food is good for you. I drink lots of protein shakes (Whey Gourmet flavors taste like ice cream cones) and I drink Zero Carb Isopure Vanilla and Chocolate Flavors. Because I love love love coffee, I use some instant expresso, cappuchino flavored protein, water (or carb countdown milk) and ice to make a morning coffee shake. I carry rolled up turkey meat, small apples, small bananas, Dannon Light and Fit yogurt and I eat lots of berries (so good for you and low cals) but I think one of the things I really had to do was wait out hunger. I certainly can eat a a lot more than I used to so I religiously weigh everything--even things I pack as snacks. I also get hungrier more often and quicker so I just have to tell myself I won't die if I wait out the hunger feeling and hang on until snack or meals. Hard-Boiled eggs, Homemade muffins made with Splenda or applesauce, fruit, whole wheat and oat flours and oat bran and some added vanilla protein are great (make them small so you can keep within the serving size). Dried fruit is good too (if it is not difficult to chew and swallow and you eat just a serving and keep an eye on the fructose sugar) and will help keep up iron stores. Muscle milk, muscle milk puddings and sf jello pudding cups are great snacks--add some vanilla or chocolate protein to the "make from the box instant" kind and pour them into travel containers to up the ante. I am three years out--lost 234 pounds and weigh 127. I have kept the weight off all this time doing this type of stuff. Go to Susan Maria's Bariatric Eating.com site for really healthy "travel with you" foods especially suited for us WLS folks. Good Luck!!! let us know how it goes for you!

Same thing happened to me: my solution--Vista Vitamins and Complete EFA caps from Vitacost three times a day. Made a HUGE difference. The pills are big (don't know if you have trouble with that) so there might be an alternative to the large pill. Good Luck!