Hello Everyone!  Just a quickie to let you know that I just hit my 3rd year surgiversary on August 10, 2007.  Highest Weight 286.  Current Weight 158.
Terry

 Hopefully yall will log in and check this.  I, too, have gained from my steady weight of 148 - (although i reached a low when sick of 136 but cant really count that - i was sick) and I am at 155 now.  It is a smaller gain but my clothes are tight too.  Don't be too hard on yourselves. Yes - you need to follow the rules. I do not break the 30/30 rule and I dont drink soda BUT I do have a hard time with sugar as i dont dump easily and I eat too many carbs, i have also fallen into my eating when bored routine.  I'm trying to break that mentally.  HOWEVER - my surgeon once told me about this weight gain - he said it would happen and he explained why.  he said that our bodies are machines well versed in survival.  It takes about 2 years but our bodies figure out what to do to get around this persistent starvation  mode we have kept it in since our surgeries.  What happens is our lower intestine - the part that is NOT bypassed gets smart. It figures out the bypassed section hasn't been doing its job of absorbing nutrients SO it does something to compensate for that limb of intestine "falling down on the job". It grows more villi - the tiny hairlike projections in our intestines that are responsible for absorbing nutrients. As a result, we absorb more of what we eat now - hence more calories stay in and are not eliminated in waste and as a result we can actually gain weight.  My surgeon said it is typically 10-20 lbs.  Most fus sound like we are in that window.  In order to lose these lbs you WILL have to go back to teh rules, eat your proteins first, no snacking, drink all tha****er, take the protein and most of all INCREASE your exercise because as you all know, calories burned must be greater than calories IN for anyone to drop pounds.  Good luck!  I am beginning to train for an other half marathon an get my ass back in shape and back in my "little" clothes!

Do you know where I would find a link for the webcam of the surgery? I think that would be interesting to see.

My RNY surgery date was Aug 2007 and I have not done so well these past 3 years.  I'm in a bad situation with my weight again and I feel pretty defeated right now.   I never really followed the rules.  I think I did the 30-30 rule for about the first month after my surgery, but after that point I've always had beverages with my meals.   Due to not following this and other rules, I haven't been as successful in my weight loss as others have been and now I'm currently regaining weight and have totally fallen back into pre-surgery habits.  My highest weight was 350 and the morning of the surgery I was approx 305 lbs.  I went from that down to my lowest weight of 224 in the first 18 months.  Now, I'm back up to 255.  It kills me to admit that.  I can eat a whole frozen pizza again.   Not all at once, but in the course of an afternoon and evening I can totally eat a pizza if I drink when I eat.  And I've been eating other crap, and lots of it.  I feel like if someone looked at me, they wouldn't be able to tell I even had the surgery.  

I haven't been on OH for quite awhile, but I realized that I need to get back on the site and be inspired by others who have done and are doing this thing right.    I've been spending the evening reading tips and people's success stories and I'm already feeling like I'm in a better place thanks to everyone who contributes to the OH community. 

I do have a question - have any of you tried the 5 day pouch test?   I'm planning on doing that this week.  I need to get back in control and use the tool that surgery gave me (as long as I haven't totally ruined it with my actions).