But Ur not. Ull get through this ... exercise and post everyday... we'll support U (((())))so many hugs I TOTALLY understand the frustration ((()))

I believe you have cleared up a mystery for me. It does make so much sense that the revision just makes a small stomach into one that is a bit smaller.

I feel Ur pain n frustration!

I?m so glad I had an RNY the first time out because it keeps working.

That said .... I eat basically no slider foods ( it?s a CHOICE! Every time you eat ! )

For me that means no ice cream ,fast foods or cheeses. I don't believe in keto magic where you can supposedly eat all the butter and fatty steak and cheese you want ... most of the people that I know that eat like this are seriously obese .

honestly sometimes it?s a hard choice ... also choosing to swim an hour or run/walk first thing after I get up ...... not necessarily my favorite thing. But the endorphins released by that exercise keep me from overeating that whole day .

Sounds like your doing fine to me. I was one of the slowest monthly losers on these boards. Maybe 7 or 8 lbs the first month.
A year to 18 months later I was down way north of 100lbs.

The turtle wins this race, not the rabbit.

The simple minded way that I like to think of why the revisions don't work as well as a virgin surgery is that before any WLS your stomach can hold 32-64 oz. and after your first WLS and 2-3 years or so you may be able to eat 6-8 oz, give or take, between adaptation, "stretching" and a broader diet whi*****ludes more "sliders". It's low enough that you can maintain your lower weight with some diligence, but high enough to gain if one lets things slide. Now, if you go in for a revision, the difference between your 8 or so oz capacity and the immediate post op capacity is a lot less than from your original WLS experience. There are also some other metabolic/hormonal changes that occur from WLS that help in the loss that you have already gone through, so they aren't as significant the second time around.

This leaves us with the majority of weight loss with a revision being mostly from the very restricted diet immediately around the time of surgery, but after that, we are not far off from where we are a few years after our original WLS, so the results tend to cluster around that 20-25 lb region. Some may take things very seriously - "I won't let that happen again" group *****ally knuckle down and seriously revise their habits (probably also combined with a decent remaining metabolism,) who can sometimes make a really good showing of it and lose back another hundred pounds or more, but they are rare.

Also, as noted, being only a month and a half out, you are well within the "three week stall" territory, so even if you are still only eating very little, it may not show much yet, so there is still hope for some continued losses, just like with virgin WLS folks who stall for a couple of weeks or more around this time - just don't expect it to be as quick and easy this time around.