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So has anyone else failed at losing the weight within the "honeymoon" period? To make a shorter post I feel like kicking myself in the butt, only thing my foot wont reach my butt Anyhow so I had the vsg a year ago and somewhere in the midst of that year I chose to let bad habits and non commit dictate my life. I am having a hard time with this and find that I am nervous I totally blew it and now wont be able to lose the weight. Is this true clinically speaking not emotionally? I had asked my dr early out if one could stretch the new stomach, and he said no that the old is cut and taken away and new seam stapled and glued...but his pa had said that if you continue to eat you could? I am so disgusted with myself that I have not gone back for my 1 year. The dr's have been great I am just really embarrassed and do not want to face them. Is this normal? I have a co worker that is down to stick figure but hardly eats nothing, yogurt or oatmeal, She tells me that a lot doesn't agree with her but I cant help but wonder the difference between us? Any comments are welcome. Please and Thanks!!!!!

You still have time. I am almost at my 2nd year surgiversary, and I am still losing. I didn't lose for my second year, just maintained. Now I'm trying hard again, and I've lost 15 recently and plan to lose more! You can do this by going back to the basics. Eat protein, 1 cup at a time, don't drink for 30 min. Walk! Only drink water at least 64 oz. Etc.... Are you trying?

good Luck!

There is no honeymoon period with the sleeve because it is a restrictive procedure only. So if you get back on track you will start losing again. The fundus is the stretchy part of the stomach that is removed during surgery so it takes a lot of daily abuse to actually stretch it out. Maybe a mental health professional can help you get back on track?

With a restrictive only surgery you can always go back to basics and lose. Theoretically you should be able to go out 20 yrs and go to basics and re-lose any gain but why not just stay on top of things and set a 10 lb limit. If you get up to 10 lbs  over your goal weight then immediately get back on track, but back to your question sure you can always get back to the rules and lose the weight. The stomach "can" stretch a tiny bit but in general you would have to seriously abuse food for a long time to really stretch it out badly even then I think if you go back to basics you can still lose again because your stomach will never ever be able to stretch out to the size of the original stomach, simply can't happen.

You have to be willing to sacrifice tho and eat by your surgeons orders which is usually protein first, then veggies and until you reach goal that should be basically all you eat! No white flour or processed foods, no starchy veggies like corn, peas and potatoes. Just your meat and a few veggies. Don't forge****er water and more water! Do that and get some exercise and you should be well on your way to weight loss once again.

If it starts getting too hard, buckle down or take a small break, by that I don't mean go crazy and eat cookies I just mean maybe throw in a few more veggies or change  up your proteins, just something to get a little change. Then get back to business. If you do fall off the wagon then don't put off getting back on track like starting again next Mon. do it right then and there, next meal be back on plan so you don't get out of the habit! Also don't waste time beating yourself up it doesn't help and is simply a waste of time. Just pick yourself up and get back into the game. Always look forward for success not backwards on failures. Always forward, never backwards!!

Your surgeon should be there to help you. I may be naive but I really do believe that our surgeons, especially the good ones, really want us to succeed. I encourage you to go back for you 1 year and get their recommendation on how to proceed with getting back to basics. It might be a good idea to meet with a dietitian again?

You can still do this!

As already mentioned with a restrictive-only procedure, there IS no "honeymoon period". That only applies to the temporary caloric malabsorption of the RNY.

Once you get your food choices and portions back under control, you will lose just as you did in the months following surgery. (RNYers can always lose weight, too, no matter how far out they are as long as they control what they eat; they just lose the extra "help" of not absorbing all of their calories that they had for the first 18 months or so.)

Lora