possible failed rny!!!!

okay here it is.....i thought dumbly that rny would solve alot of my physical weight and food problems....i was sadly mistakened....i had rny 10-15-08...my pre-op weight was 276...today 203 on a good day 207 on a bad day...i have stop constantly losing....i have been at at 207pound stall for 2 months since my appetite and its demons came marching back in my life...no not head hunger...a lioness of an appetite....here is the "good part"...i am one of the "blessed" ones who don't dump,  don't vomit or have nauseau...i only get dizzy when i eat sweets in abundance, (i know I am not suppose too but I am getting to that part), i have no post op complications and I can basically eat anything I want too...

I have some arthritic pain that keeps me from exercising even walking so the first 5 months i guess i was on my honeymoon .....now i am scared...I have had 10 kids and now since my childbearing days are over when I have my cycle i crave carbs and sweets and give in to the temptation almost always...i am afraid I have stretched my pouch and/or stoma...any tests to see if I have done this....I thought dumping and vomiting would keep me in check....i can eat steak, WHATEVER AND IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME A BIT.....i just can't eaazat my old fat girl portions...help anyone in my boat??? or am I rowing alone

I am 9 months out and I have lost a total of 83 lbs since I started this journey,  24 lbs before and
59 since I am stuck at my current weight of 166 for the last 3 months I excersise 5 days a week
and that is the reason I havn't gained any.  My appetite came back 5 days after surgery!! and
all my bad habits too!! I dumped early on and havn't had any problems since and I too can eat
anything now, and unfortunetly I do eat everything that isn't nailed down!!  I know my stocmach is
stretched because I can eat so much!!and I never get that full feeling.  Im sorry that you to seem
to be expeirencing what I have been but it is good to see Im not alone, that really helps mentally
because I have really been down on myself thinking I am a big fat failure. I hope it gives you some peice of mind also that you are not alone, and reading in this forum seems there are
other people in our boat.  I don't  have the answer, don't know if there is one.  I go to a support
group every week, but I am the only "head hunger" person there, so I am going to stay glued
to this web site on this forum for a long time, so I can post with people that seem to have some of the same issues, it can'thurt!!  Hope to chat with you again!!!

conrats linda on a job well done!!! i probably wouldn't be so hard on myself if I were your weight or at least 100 pounds lost.....176 and i will have lost 100 pounds so I am 30 pounds away from century mark...what was your highest weight......what do you do for exercise.....anyway congrats again....

Hey lithonians, hang in there!  I started @ 390 I am now 290 so 100lbs lost it is hard because of my bad eating habits but hang in there I am trying to get the rest of this weight off.

I STARTED OUT IN THE PROGRAM AT 241 AND MY EXCERSISE PROGAM IS CURVES!!
I JUST LOVE IT!  I NEVER LIKED EXCERSISE, BUT I DID TRY EVERYTHING FROM GYMS
TO RICHARD SIMMONS AND NEVER STUCK WITH ANY OF IT.  OF COURSE I WAS TRYING
VERY HARD AND MOTIVATED TO GET THIS SURGERY.  BUT, ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO CURVES AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY, YOU MEET OTHER WOMEN THERE AND YOU
BECOME FREINDLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR TIME TOGEATHER AND WE PUSH EACH OTHER AND WE CELEBRATE EVERY POUND OFF, THE OWNER OF OUR CURVES
HAS YARD SALES,(MEMBERS HAVE A TABLE FOR A WEEK , ITS FUN AND SOMETIMES PROFITABLE) AND BIGGEST LOSER CONTESTS AND GIVE AWAYS THAT KEEPS
US ALL MOTIVATED AND WANT TO COME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR POSTING,IT GOT
SOME GREAT RESPONSES THAT REALLY HELPED!! TALK TO YOU SOON I HOPE!

I had my rny may 2002, lost 115 well i have kept the weight off butthe last yr or so i eat all the time like a big fat pig. I have gainedabout 40 back up a size in clothes hate to look at myself in the mirror. Had an Endoscophy and my stoma and pouch are fine well the pouch is streched a little. The dr said it is head hunger. I never had a promblem from the surg dont vomit only when i eat pasta so i dont eat that anymore. i eat sweets anything anything. i even looked into OA but know that i know i am gaining i pray to god everyday and i bought the cookbook cook your self thin it is on lifetime tv. anyone can email if u are in the same boat we can help each other. lets not gain anymore after all we had a major operation.

love to all my friends  donna slimmss

i can relate i started at 290..have lost 100 lbs..and i have stalled right there FOR THE LAST MONTH OR TWO!  i realized i do not dump~~ HALLOWEEN NIGHT 08' i ate a snack sized twix..nothing happened,,and it has escalated from there! i wish i had the dumping syndrome to keep me in check, but i do not...i too thought surgery would be the magical solution..even though we are told it is just a tool, i belive we all thought it would be fat one day then skinny the next....

i think about all that i went through to get the surgery, and what medically is changed on the inside, AND THE RISKS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SURGERY...and even though i can eat anything and everything, and it may taste good...who am i hurting besides me? I AM ON THE EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER, THE HEAD HUNGER, THE NOT HAVING DEALT WITH MY FOOD ISSUES, BUT I HAVE DECIDED
I WILL NOT FAIL AT THIS~ I SIMPLY REFUSE!!!!

IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE *****LATE, I AM DEFINATELY WILLING TO LINK UP WITH OTHERS TO HELP US THROUGH THIS ROUGH PERIOD!

THANK YOU!!   I TOO WILL NOT FAIL!! LETS STAY IN TOUCH!

I have been hungry since the day I woke up from surgery. I do not feel it is head hunger either.  That being said I love my RNY and would have surgery all over again.  It is a daily struggle for me to eat right.  Protein first, Then veggies, maybe a tablespoon  of carbs after.  I measure everything I eat because I do not EVER feel full.  I measure because I have to not because I have OCD.  I exercise regularly even though I have severe arthritis in 4 joints and may need two knee replacements.  All of this was not enough for me to get a handle on my obsession with food.  Therefore I decided to join OA (over eaters anonymous).  I've only been going a short time, I am still confused about the entire program but there is another RNYer that goes there that truly inspires me and makes believe that OA might be the answer to these food demons that won't leave my mind.

I don't know if my rambling helped anyone but me.  At least it's out there now... My name is Charlene and I am Addicted to Food.

THANK YOU, YOUR "RAMBLING" GAVE ME SOME PIECE OF MIND.  I TRULEY FELT LIKE I WAS
THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. AND I AM GOING TO LOOK INTO OVEREATERS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD MAYBE HELP, I'VE TRIED COUNCILING WITH A PHYC. I KNOW WHY
I OVEREAT, AND I HAVE THE TOOLS TO HELP MYSELF CONQUOR THIS DEMON AND SOME
TIMES I CAN BUT ITS ONLY ABOUT 40% OF THE TIME IF IT WAS 50% I WOULDN'T BEAT MYSELF UP SO MUCH, I HAVE LOST 83 LBS MY HIGHEST WEIGHT WAS 265 BUT I LOST
24 LBS BEFORE I WAS EVEN ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM SO MY RECORD WEIGHT IS
241, I AM DIEBETIC FREE, MY BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AND FOR ME
THAT IS A BIG BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT SINCE BEFORE SURGERY MY FASTING LEVELS
WERE IN THE HIGH 200!!  I FEEL GREAT PHYSICALLY, AND I HAVE SOME REAL DRAMA
IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS WHY I CAN'T SEEM TO STOP EATING, I KNOW ITS ONLY
A TEMP FIX, THE FOOD, IT ONLY COMFORTS ME FOR A MOMENT, BUT RIGHT NOW WITH
EVERYTHING GOING ON I SEEM TO NEED THAT MOMENT. AND IF I AM GOING TO BE SUCESSFUL I NEED TO GET OVER THAT MOMENT.  BUT, WHEN AND IF THIS DRAMA SUBSIDES THERE WILL ALWAYS BE OTHER DRAMAS TO DEAL WITH SO I JUST NEED TO
PUT FORWARD MY COPING SKILLS AND THAT IS WHERE I AM FAILING. THANKS TO ALL OF
YOU THAT ARE POSTING HERE AND I HOPE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN REAL SOON.
MY NAME IS LINDA AND I AM ADDICTED TO FOOD.