Back - AGAIN - 14+ years post-op

Before you contemplate more surgery can I sincerely suggest you read the book "Food Junkies" by Dr. Vera Tarman 2nd edition. This is a book about sugar addiction and how to abstain.

I too had VSG in 2011 - weight loss lasted less than I year and I started to regain and lose just like pre-surgery. I binged and restricted and got deeper and deeper into the bad food again.

I read Food Junkies and FINALLY recognized that I had a food/sugar addiction - just like alcohol or drugs, sugar lights up the dopamine in your brain and you are in trouble. I joined the website that Dr. Tarman has and learned that I was not alone. I learned I could not do moderation and that one bit of sugar led me to a binge over and over again. This isn't an issue of willpower but rather what sugar does to the brain. There are many many bariatric patients on the website that like me were told to moderate all food. That doesn't work for many like me.

I started abstaining from sugar back in 2018 after gaining a lot of my weight back. I would go many months and then relapse. I kept fighting the desire to be "normal" and kept convincing myself that I could moderate. I have now been totally sugar free for over three years. I had to limit grains as well as grains are so processed and turn into sugar in our system. I lost most of my regain (10 pounds short of my goal) and for ONCE in my life my weight is stable and has been for a few years now. I no longer have 3 different sizes in my closet. I can wear clothes I bought several years ago because surprise - they still fit. For once in my life I have food peace - no cravings, no food hangovers, etc. etc. I do not feel deprived and for the first time in my life I feel in control of my eating.

I would highly suggest you give this way of eating a try - more surgery is not going to fix anything if you have a sugar addiction. Check it out and see if you recognize yourself.

THE LATEST UPDATE: (since starting Semaglutide injections 5 months ago)

I have continued to feel like the "old" (post-surgical) me, the REAL me, both physically and mentally. The weight is still coming off steadily, and I'm at only just over half of what they consider a therapeutic dose (12.5 units, where most people are up to 20 units starting the third month). I'm down 38 lbs with 14 to go til my post-surgical stable weight of 172 lbs. WOO-HOO! I do intend to go past that this time and get to my fantasy weight of 160...but I'm solidly down a size and a half and back into 12s. My 10s are hanging there teasing me. :D I am sooooo thankful that I decided to try this. With past experience, knowledge, and the benefit of hindsight, I know I can keep it off this time. :)

Thanks for the update. I know a few people who have been on Semaglutide, and all are doing well. I know there's controversy surrounding weight loss meds. But the bottom line is, do what works.