"bounce back" weight

For those that are a couple years out, did you experience any "bounce back" weight after reaching your lowest weight?  If so, how much?  Did you worry about it?  Try to lose it again?

Until recently, I had not experienced any bounce back but now I think I have.  I realize that weight naturally fluctuates at bit, but until recently I usually weighed about 123-124.  Every once in a while a pound or two more or less, but usually 123-124.  The last few weeks, it's been 126-128.  I know that's only about three or  four pounds and I'm not freaking out about it.  I'm just slightly concerned that it might keep creeping up.

Kelly... This hasn't happened to me yet, but I share your concern.  I actually haven't seemed to have reached equilibrium yet in my weight loss, even at 13 months post-op.  I sailed through my artificially-determined weight-loss goal a couple of months or so ago, and I'm still going down by around a half pound each week.  I can't say how long that'll last, but I know that it will, eventually.

I recall reading somewhere that eating something around 3,500 unneeded calories can cause a one-pound weight gain (in folks without malabsorbtion issues).  I suppose there is a similar calculus for those of us with altered plumbing.  But using that 3,500-calorie figure suggests that an average extra caloric intake of as little as 100 calories per day will result in a one-pound weight gain in one month.

I guess we're never out of the woods, huh?

I kept losing until about 18 months out.  By that time I was getting a little bit concerned that I would keep on losing and lose too much (can you imagine that?) because I was almost 20 pounds below what my surgeon said I should weigh.  Until just recently, to be honest, it hasn't really been that hard to maintain my weight.  I mean, I had to make good food choices but having an occasional treat didn't seem to be an issue and I ate whenever I felt hungry, it wasn't like being on a diet where you feel hungry a lot but don't allow yourself to eat.

I guess it's time to start paying closer attention to my eating.  Not that I haven't been careful all along, just more careful  now.

I had a small bounceback...

edited to add:
There was a LOT more to this post originally, and this is the second time today that most of my post got magically deleted! I don't have the energy to re-type it, but the short version is that I had a 5 pound bounceback and no amount of cutting back on food and exercising will get it off, yet I can miantain it with minimal physical activity and only moderate attention to what I eat... and can get back down to this weight with only moderate effort if the weigth starts to creep up, so clearly THIS is the exact weight my body wants to be.

Lora

You are about a year further out than me and I think I will most likely be asking the same question next summer.

I am having no problem maintaining now, but I fully expect that I will start to get a little looser with my eating as another year goes by and that I might see the scale start to creep up a bit. 

I think you are right to pay attention now, though.  3-4 lbs gained is easier to manage now than when it becomes 10.

Julie

I did.  My lowest during the weight loss phase was 119 lbs (10 months post-op) for about 2 days, then I stayed in the 125ish range (around 18 month, maybe years).  I eventually gained up to 137 lbs. and freaked out.  I made a committment that day to refocus and get to my goal weight of 130 lbs.  (allowing 3-4 lbs each way, then modifiying my daily intake as needed). 

My lowest weight was 125ish. Right now I float in the 127- 131 range. Anything over that and I get it down again. I'm a year behind you however, so I don't know what year 2 - 3 will hold. We'll see i guess.

I bounce around 4-6 pounds from my lowest, but I don't freak out about it because there are SO MANY things that could cause that and all too often the excess seems to "miraculously" disappear in the next day or two .... but I do try to keep close tabs on the situation - I never want to go back to "there"........

I'm wondering if I might be at that point.  I was doing well maintaining, even losing 1/2 pound a month until plastic surgery 10 weeks ago.  I lost 5 pounds and stayed at that weight for 2 months.  I'm up about 3 pounds.  It may be "bounce back" from the post plastics loss??

Anyway, I'm logging my intake and being more aware of writing every bite down to see if I'm maybe getting too many calories or grams of carbs.  I'm not exercising, per doctor, and maybe that is the culprit.

Anyway, it is kinda "weird" to even "watch it" after not really doing so for a long time.  I've stayed on program and kept a food log since RNY but have been "snacking" more.  I always have protein for snack, but also have been having 100% whole wheat crackers, more cheese, organic corn chips, etc.

I'm just "tightening the reigns" a little to make sure I'm not going back to bad habits.

I am 21 months post op...almost 2 years.  I had a 6 pound bounce back when my step-mother passed and I got completely off track.  It was real, and it took about  one month to get to the place where I consistently maintained my lowest weight again.  I feel like I forfieted my last 6 months of benefit from this surgery.  My lowest weight, which was effortless was 128 ish, and I bounced back to 136 at the highest.  Today I weighed 130.  I weigh each and every day, and if I have an off day one day, I cut back the next until I am back at 129/130.  I also made sure I started walking again.  I try to walk 3 miles minimum per day as often as I can which runs around 3 to 4 times weekly, sometimes much more and sometimes less.