And it may even get worse... 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weigh t-loss.html?_r=1

I wish they did studies like that on post op WLS... Long term post op WLS and metabolism. 

I know most of us know we do need to eat less than " normies" who are our size to maintain. I know I do... 

I thought this study was very interesting. I do wish they would do a similar study on post-WLS people. I know most of my post-op friends have to keep their calories pretty low (1100-1200) to maintain. I eat around 2000 calories a day to maintain, which according to THIS calculator, is average for a female my height, weight, age, who is moderately active.

interesting. At my age - and my body - I am anything between 1500-1700  cal.  

I have no clue how many calories I eat daily. . Really don't.  For me an my body the carbs or no carbs is critical..

I have to keep mine crazy low too.  The only time I ever get to eat more than 1000 calories (e.g. 1500-2000 calories) is when I have long runs (13+miles) and burn 1300-1800 by 10 am in the morning.  

It is insane how quickly it can pile back on.

HALA

I read Dr Prioetta's article back in Dec and have communicated with him and posted my take-away:  That without WLS I had no real chance of a healthier life.  Zip, Ziltch, Nada.  This article ended any thought that if I tried harder I could have done it without surgery.  It was a big AHAA moment.  The conv weight loss program at Brown wrote in to argue and brag about the results of their conv diet program - That 36-48% can loose 5=7% of their body weight and keep it off for 4 years.  What a load of manure - I would not even get to buy new underware. 

As I recall it was not just lepiin, but 6-8 hormones that he tracked and all went and pretty much stayed in the wrong direction.  He concluded that if a drug therapy is invented, it will prob be a ****tail of several drugs bc so many different hormones will need to be controlled.  I would think we are decades way from an effective drug Rx for obesity. 

I emailed Dr Prioetta awhile ago and asked if he was researching for a drug therapy that could be used in conjunction with WLS to increase effectiveness of WLS and this would be a lower success bar for the drug therapy to have to acheive. I volunteered to be a ginea pig.  He was not, at that time, interested in studying postWLS ( a mistake in my mind because between what surgery can deliver and what drug therapy can deliver there might be a much better solution much sooner).   If more people contact him he might become more interested in looking at post-WLSers as a study group.

 Articlce 2012  NEJM   http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1113675

http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person15764

Here is his web page - his email is given 

Interesting. Thank you. I will check that. 

I knew my metabolism was shot way before I had RNY... All of my diets and exercises... Multiple fasting periods, cleansing, herbs...etc etc..etc.. 

I was able to control my weight to a point... Keeping it most of the time between 30-40 BMI, with a typical 35-39 BMI while constantly dieting... I could gain 10 lbs over a 2 week time when I relaxed my eating... 

And that's why I had RNY...  So far so good.  But I have to be very careful what I eat. 

Im in same boat - even with rny I am carrful and from what I read so are the others who are long term successful (I an not so long term yet but I think I will alwa ys need to be very careful).  I would not mind knowing there is a back-up to fight regain,  but it;s contstant viligelence for now

But I have to be very careful what I eat.

-Me too!

I'm a month out to my surgery date, and I sent this article to my family...I think it will help them get past the common misconceptions about WLS and understand why I've made this decision.

I posted a few facts in the comments section as well. 

BTW - I believe that RNY and a strict diet post op - following the guidlines - and long term work - reset my high weight point. 

but I also think that if I regain weight - it can reset my point to higher level as before. 

I think Thats why some of us lose weight in stair like intervals - body sets its lower weight and it takes commitment and hard work on diet to change that... 

I regained some weight and for the last year my body did not wanted to get below 160... It fluctuated around 162-165..,

But I was stuburn and finally ,this year I am at 158+/- 2 lbs... 3 more to go... It may take me a year to reset my low body weight to 155... I have time... Lol...