weight gain

I lost 150 lbs after surgery in 2008. In 2014 I started slowly gaining weight up 36 pounds 25 in the last year.  I used to feel full longer, not be able to eat bread.  Now I don't stay full very long. Even my shakes don't fill me for long at all. I need help. Even though I am still over 100 lbs less in weight I am having those same feelings of failure. Help

Go back to basics and measure and weigh food.  focus on protein and log all your food. Don't go on "feeling" go on your journal.  check out the what are you eating threads on this forum and document there what you are eating...others will help you stay the course.

its never too late to try again.

Good luck! you can do this.

Thank you for replying so quickly. I will do as you suggested.

I suspect you have veered from eating mainly dense protein? 

First - stop the gaining.  Find your set point in calories that maintains your weight. 

Second - count your calories

Third - measure and weigh your portions

Fourth - if you want to lose what you have gained - go under your maintenance calories.  It wont be fast but you can use your pouch to eat less if you stick to dense protein to fill you up

Its hard.  Especially difficult as we lost so quickly post surgery.  However, you still have a small pouch to assist with eating less.  As long as you ditch slider foods ( bread, shakes, carbs in general) and go back to the basics of WLS eating you will stop the gain and begin to lose.

Basics:

80 plus grams of protein per day - preferably in the form of dense protein.  Chicken, pork, beef etc

Water - when you think you're hungry - drink water - tea - decaf coffee etc  I drink at least 2 litres of jus****er per day, plus numerous coffee and tea

Eat veggie etc ONLY after you have eaten your meat portion

Watch snacking.  I can really eat a lot and up my calories if I eat bread - crackers - etc

You will have to white knuckle the first few days to a week to get by the carb cravings and to get used to eating less.  I promise you - if you stick to dense meats you will fill up and stay full the longest.  Its the head hunger that gets us

Good Luck

Throw the protein shakes away.  They are to get calories in when you are still too early out from surgery to eat real food.  Now they are helping to keep weight on.

Eat dense protein, a few non-starchy vegetables and drink lots and lots of water.  But make sure you don't drink water for a least 30 minutes after eating.  Drinking with meals or too soon after eating is one of the biggest reasons for regain.

It is very important to get a digital food scale and to weigh all of your food.  It is very important to track your food and stay at or below your calorie range.

Stop eating bread, rice, cereal, juice, sugar, fruit, potatoes, corn, peas, pasta, noodles, cookies, cake, soda, pies, candy and anything made with flour or sugar.

Track everything that goes into your mouth and weigh daily.  Once you start eating the correct foods in the correct amounts, the weight will come off.