Its good to see there are a few people still posting here.  It sounds like all of you have done will with the surgery.  I am ashamed to admit that I have not done so well, I misused my tool BUT I am now going to get my head straigth and commit to this.  Any tips/suggestions? 

Julia

Hi everyone! Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. Can you all believe it's been 2 years since we did this?!

So glad it's behind and not ahead of me.

First of all, happy surgery anniversary to you tomorrow! 2 years out, its hard to believe how time has flown. I'm in the same boat with you. I bought 4's and 6's as my wardrobe staple though with the addition of 6lbs and now I'm enjoying my 6's and more 8's again due to "the bounceback." Whooda thunk that 6lbs would make a difference in clothing? Anyway, I feel silly worrying about such a little gain in the grand scheme of things, but the panic has set in and I'm glad to know I'm not alone in this. I haven't tried the 5-day pouch test, because like you, I feel hungry all the time.  I can physically feel my pouch empty and soon after that I get a near hypoglycemic reaction meaning I have to eat a/s/a/p and that's also led to bad habits of munching on not so healthy foods. So, I've gone back to journaling my food and getting consistent with my workout regimen again so there's no excuse. Let's support each other in maintenance!

Keep me posted if you do the 5-day pouch test.

Wow, you all have done so great!  Does anyone care to share their experience with PS? I am starting to considering looking into it, but I still have about 40 pounds to lose and I've been on a heck of a longgggg.... I mean LONGGGGG.... stall.  I hope it's just a stall, but I have had some health issues that kept me from working out as much as I would like to and need to so maybe as I'm getting better I can start to build some muscle. 

I'm in maintenance phase. When I went to the Dr at my 1yr mark he told me not to loose too much more weight...I was 148 and my goal with him was 144.  My face looks so gaunt though.  I was out of my thyroid medicine for 2 months and my weight went up to 165 I liked how my face looked but not my belly...but I figured i could get surg on my tummy. So when I got my thyroid medicine I ate more to keep my weight up to see if it was being out of  the thyroid medicine that made my face more full or the weight.  It was my the lack of thyroid medicine. So now I'm on to loosing the weight I put on while I was out of my thyroid medicine over 2 months.  Sucks...But I still love my RNY