Looking for Regainers P.O. more than 20 Lbs.

Um, this post is confusing me also! I haven't said much on this site for sometime because my WLS has pissed me off, but had to respond to this!

I NEVER reached my goal weight. And to make matters worse, I gained 20lbs last year because I went through a very stressful situation . I don't eat perfectly, but it seems you have worse eating habits than me. So.....I guess if you're looking to gain weight get majorly STRESSED!

I believe that one day it will hit you.  In days past (before my surgery) I would lose a lot of weight and then go back to my old habits.  It would not affect me immediately, but when it started coming back on it came with a vengeance.  My advice to you would be to go back to eating the way you were trained.  It is in our genetic make-up to be fat I believe.  I long for a doughnut, but I am way too scared. 

Good luck.

There's SO many factors in regain. Complications from the surgery is among the top reason. Old habits is of course another. My surgeon said he only expected me to be maintaining a 50% excess weight loss at 5 years out. I'm 6 years out and while I'm having some issues at the moment, I have maintained about 88% of excess weight loss since 1 year post op. That means I should've gained 30lbs by now, in his opinion. But I haven't.

The reason you personally aren't gaining is your own metabolism and your own response to the surgery. These things aren't static and sometimes what has worked no longer works after 5 or 10 years. I think you're wondering when the hell the other shoe is going to drop because eating those things ought to have caused regain and you're testing your limits...I get that... and the other shoe will drop when your body changes. And it will. If your track your calories I bet your eating at maintenance level even if what you're eating is crap. Won't do anything good for your health, though. It'll take a beating.

I would gently suggest to accurately track your food through a few cycles of you up and down of 5 pounds.  That would explain why you imbibe at times without significant regain.  I think trying to compare what you are doing to somebody else is futile.  It won't do anything to enlighten you on your situation.  

I also eat poor choices here and there, but it is balanced out by overall good choices.  But that is not indicative of anything for you, because only you know what is going on with your diet. 

I have not regained, but I know many people who have, and most of them don't eat half the amount of crap that you do! Some of them just got lazy about portion control.  Some allowed too many carbs back in.  Some of them started drinking again with meals.  One is drinking FAR too much alcohol.  Only one of the people I know who has regained eats hotdogs, doughnuts, cookies, etc. and she has regained about half of her weight.

I have been on Coumadin continuously since 1979... so that is 34 years.. and you are not that fragile!  I take a high dose in order to maintain a higher therapeutic level (higher than most people because I have had superficial vein clots even when my INR/PT was therapeutic), so I am at more risk than the average person taking an anticoagulent.  yes, if I bump myself, I get a larger bruise than someone else would (or get a bruise when they would not),  but you make it sound like you are going to bleed to death if you bang your knee against the coffee table!  In the 80s, when I was taking the Coumadin, I played volleyball, went hiking in the mountains (and would occasionally stumble or slide on a steep slope and bang a knee), and tried to learn to ice skate (which was more of an exercise in learning how to fall down and manage to get back up on the slippery ice than learning to actually skate).  Not once did I have any kind of an issue with anything more than a somewhat larger bruise.   Yes, if you fall off a horse and hit your head, you could be in trouble, but you are not a precious, fragile creature just because of the Plavix.

I have to agree with the others that the way your post is written, it sounds as if you just want to gloat.  I would not expect ANYONE who HAD regained to respond because it sounds like you are proud that you cannot be bothered to eat healthy meals but aren't gaining any weight.  I find it interesting that you don't give a damn what kind of fatty crap you put in your body with your heart issues  but are WAY too concerned about a little bruise turning into internal bleeding and using that as an excuse for not exercising. It really is a bit of a slap in the face to people who ARE trying to follow the rules but have still regained a bit.

Lora