To kick Weight Loss

I had my surgery over 13 years ago and have gain over 60 lbs and need to get it off.  I still eat small meals but do to limited mobility I've gain weight.  Can anymore help me kick start my weight loss. I was also wonder if this type of surgery can be repeated years later.

What, exactly, are you eating every day?  Give us a sample menu so we can troubleshoot.  

Most of the time, regain is the direct result of our food choices. While you still eat small meals, you can easily be consuming too many calories by eating the wrong foods, or "eating around" your surgery and ultimately eating too much. 

So here's where I'd start.

Download My Fitness Pal and log everything (good, bad, ugly!) you eat for a day. Just as a baseline. 

Let us know what you're eating - specifically - and we can help pick the issues apart if you want.

Drink your water. All of it, 64 oz. starting today!

Eating guidelines are exactly what you know how to do and exactly what forms the foundation of ANY healthy diet:

Protein first. 

Veggies next for complex carbs.

A little fruit if there's room (6 years out I know that fruit is pretty sugar laden so I have to watch my intake.)

To lose - skip the simple carbs such as breads, pasta, etc. I am able to maintain if I have 1-2 servings a week but I always say, "It better be GOOD bread, not junky stuff!"

And of course - go thru the frig, freezer, and pantry and clear out the junk. Just get rid of it. My guess is (and my experience is!) that if you've regained, there will be just a "few" things in there that don't help the situation much. 

Good luck and please keep in touch!

I have limited mobility too and the only thing you can do is adjust what you eat. Actually exercise and activity don't burn many calories and while it is good for the body in general it does little as far as weight loss goes. So figure out where you can cut a couple of hundred calories every day and you should see a difference in no time.

If that doesn't show any weight loss after a few weeks then I would contact your surgeon or a new one and have your pouch checked to see if there are mechanical issues that need to be dealt with.

You have already taken the hardest step by saying enough is enough and now I want to get back on track.  Here are some steps I hope will help you. They helped me...  Also, be sure and join the Back On Track Together group link in my signature area.  

Planning/Preparing

Remember when we were preparing for surgery?  How many meetings, classes and such did we attend?  We were told the more prepared we were the better our chances were for success.  And they were right. Go through the house, car and work place and get rid of trigger foods.  Stock up on foods that will keep you on track. I removed every carb/sugar temptation and replaced it with lots of protein, veggies and fruits.  

Journaling

Get back to journaling.  This will help you identify when you feel like eating, stress factors and any triggers in your life.  Once you identify these factors, this will help you put tools in place to keep you from eating.  It became clear I was not taking time for me anymore. I worked my day job and then spent the rest of my time caring for my husband.  It was easy to reach for fast, prepackaged food.  Since I purged my home I have to eat clean as there are no other options LOL

Use a tool to track you're eating and exercise like Getting Started with Health Tracker

Once I started to track ever bite and drink it became clear why I had gained.

Goals/Rewards

Make a list of goals for yourself.  Make them realistic and small.  Some of mine were move more, purge all junk from my home, eat more protein.

Food

In general, a long term post-weight loss surgery eating plan includes foods that are high in protein, and low in fat

​,​

 calories, and sugar. Important vitamins and minerals are provided as supplements. (if you had a different surgery adjust this to your food plan)

 

Water

Water is our Best Friend. I have to say I never went back to pop or any bad drinks, however I was drinking tea like crazy. What is wrong with drinking tea?  I was either using sugar or 3 equals and 3 sweet n lows per 32 ounce glass.  So I was either pushing to be diabetic or get cancer.  I found once I started carrying a bottle of water around 24/7 (yes had one at my bedside) I lost the cravings for the sugar and I KNOW those artificial sweeteners are not good for me. Look I am old and if you add up all the artificial sweeteners I have consumed I am sure I am at the rat in the lab getting cancer threshold

MOVE!

I can't say enough about how key this was for me. The reason I kept my weight off for almost 10 years was no matter what I kept moving.  If I could not go to the gym I would walk. I loved Zumba, bootcamp workouts, lift weights. When I stopped, the weight came on.  So for me I am starting slow to avoid injury by walking and using some of the workouts on my Demand TV.  Find something you love to do and it won't feel like a pain in the *** to do daily.

Support

If it's an option "run" don't walk to a support group.

Keep me posted on how you are doing