4mos out of VBG and now gaining!!!

Help!!! I had VBG end of Dec and am down 50 lbs (have 80 to lose). Well, in the last wk, I have gained 4 pounds and not sure what is going on! I have to admit, that I can only keep down not very healthy stuff, so I tend to eat like crap but, still lost weight. But, this week... gaining!!! What do I do, if I eat good food(which I now crave) I vomit with one bit and seems to happen a few times a week i know some of you will say go to the dr. But, the one how preformed is booked out for months and my general doc, does not know much about it. Any help wld be great, I will NOT gain back the weight!!

I am not sure I have answers, but here goes. 1) For the first 5 weeks, I did not exercise...still lost bunches...made me much more motivated to see what would happen if I DID exercise. See my latest posting to see how it is going (GREAT!) I can now walk 2 miles whereas before I couldn't walk around the block. EXERCISE IS BIG!!! 2) What food can you keep down that is bad vs. what is good? I had real trouble in this area except I would just eat nothing instead of something bad. Now I CAN get a scrambled egg down (which I couldn't at first), fresh fish (not fried...not nuked...dries out too much) is good and soft enough, you can buy BBQ in tubs all ready to nuke and have a couple or 3 teaspoons of chiken of pork, wolf brand chili (they make a very small can that is 4oz by volume), mini carrots with light ranch, celery with natural peanut butter, shrimp (not fried), crab/lobster bisque (4 oz.)...and most importnat of all...SUGAR FREE POPSICLES which knock down my late night and ice cream cravings all at once. Give us some examples of what you are doing and tell us are there things you CAN'T eat or just don't like...there is a difference. 3) Are you eating slowly. Not drinking with meals. Not drinking 1/2 hour before and 1/2 hour after. 4) If you vomit everything you eat...go see a doctor or switch to protein shakes for meal replacements for a while. I would be worried enough about an ulcer to go see a doc if I couln't eat anything. 5) Find a support group (besides this great online community) that will support you. In our case, we even exercise together. IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER!!! I hear all the time the VBG was a bad idea. So far I am easily keeping up with RNYers for loss...BUT I am religiously following all the rules (except an occasional margarita or wine cooler). We all want you to succeed. If it isn't medical, then it is YOU. The surgery is only a tool, you choose whether to use it or not. Don't give up 4 months out. Happiness... MKJ

I forgot to say...my doc said only weigh once a month on the same day. Don't let it all be a numbers thing where you stress day to day about 1 up one down. That stress IS bad for you. The girls in my group say to make sure it is 3 days after your monthly visitor so water retention won't be invloved. MKJ

Mark , Iam too looking into VBG. But of all the forums ive gone through and surgery ideas ,I see that there all surgery tools to help you ,but your the one and only one to make the choice about your habits and eating .after surgery its all up to you , what u make of it, is what it will be.I see some times it is medical issues due to surgery and sometimes its just mental behaveor issues,likie habits , emotional stuff.then i think they need to figure out whats causing it and get help and support for them selfs ,maybe they wernt mentaly and emotionaly ready for this big change.I see most arnt. i like to hear your input? thanks nan

Fresh, raw carrots and celery? I went to the doctor for the consultation, and I was told that if I have the VBG I can NEVER eat any raw veggies, citrus fruit again, and I can only eat chicken and hamburger meat. No other kinds of meat. All this for the rest of my life! But, you say you are eating carrots and celery raw? I am just curious about this. Not trying to be negative in anyway, just curious. Because all these restrictions just turns me off to the whole thing. I LOVE salad and veggies. Thanks for any info. I do appreciate it very much.

It was true for me. I could not eat any raw veggies at all. Very little raw fruit. I had the VBG and 4 years later it failed, due to vmitting daily. Scar tissue grew over the band.  God Luck!  deborah in Okinawa, Japan

Lay off the sugary foods. Go to a protien drink. If you  continue to eat healthy food and vomit you will hurt yourself in the long run. The induced vomitting will creat scar tissue around the band and or you will create a hernia that will affect the amount of food passing thru the band.  Good luck!  deb okinawa, Japan