Band-to-RNY 
8/17/11 (almost 4 months post-op)
I struggle with feeling like I will "fail" this surgery just like I "failed" with the band.  I have learned, in an intellectual way at least, that it was my band that failed me.  However, I can't get the thought out of my mind that I did good with the band for the first six months but after that I started eating lots of carbs and throwing up too much.  If only I had gotten my band unfilled at that point, maybe it wouldn't have slipped and I wouldn't have "resorted" to slider foods and sweets and regained all my weight.  I keep thinking, when am I going to go back to mindlessly eating?  I scared myself this weekend when I ate handfuls of M&Ms out of the giant trail mix bag on Saturday and went to Dunkin and got 3 munchkins on Sunday.  I got rid of the bag of trail mix.  I can't have it around anymore.  I have to keep reminding myself that when I do things like that, that is the beginning of the end for me and I'll revert back to my old self.
 

Surgery: RNY
Surgery Date: 4/4/2008

The main thing I struggle with is night eating.  I do just fine during the day and then I snack at night and feel like I blow it.  I have regained about 30 lbs and am struggling to get it back off.

 RNY
5/2/2011
Struggle:  getting enough water in....I never feel thirst.  

RNY 09/27/11
I struggle with eating enough. I just embarked ona weeklong "experiment" to see if eating more would boost my weight loss, and I lost three additional pounds in 4 days. I am just never hungry, so the food is a chore.i get head hunger sometimes, but rarely do I ever feel hungry. I drink too fast a lot too and that HURTS!!!

RNY 9/26/11

Marianne:

I have the same strange struggle as you...weird to be told that I need to eat more.  If left to my own, I eat 650-800 calories a day, and exercise 5-6/7 days a week.  How much did you add? I tried to follow the meal plan my dietician gave me, and the 3 nights I ate that huge (1 cup) dinner (and it took 1 1/2 hours to eat it), I ended up puking before bed.  I added an extra protein shake a couple days ago, which gives me 25g protein and an additional 170 calories...I'm not ever hungry to begin with, so eating more is just literally nauseating for me!  What are you doing?

Debbie
RYN
April 6, 2011

I struggle with seeing me as a thinner person... Shopping is so much fun but I still gravitate to the plus size sections... My self image is way lower than it was 113lbs ago!... I look at pics and can see I'm a much thinner person but I just wish I felt like one.... and wish I could take compliments without the next words out of my mouth being "I've still got a long ways to go... or but I have so much skin" or any kind of comment at all... I wish I could just say "Thank you" and enjoy it. This may seem to be a minor struggle for some but it really affects me and I can tell my friends get aggrvated with me as well

I struggle with getting in enough protein.  My nutritionist and surgeon don't want us to rely on protein shakes long-term, and I'm happy about that because I've never tried one that I actually liked and many of them were downright disgusting.  I have trouble getting in enough protein and still having room for veggies and fruits.  Oh yes, and I struggle with crackers.  They go down WAY too easily.

Michelle
RNY
8-11-11
I struggle with thinking im going to fail on this journey. I feel like im not going to make it to goal. I struggle with getting in enough water and sometimes protein too. I struggle with people telling me how much weight ive lost(64 pounds so far) and that im getting skinny, whatever.... lol Im nowhere near skinny..haha!  those are the things im struggling with ! Hope everyone has a great day!

 Surgery:  RNY

Surgery date: 08/25/2011

What are things that you struggle with?   I feel guilty about eating and think i eat to much and i worry way to much about the numbers.  But i am losing so i should NOT feel guilty or worry because really i can only eat 1/4 of what i used to eat.  Silly thoughts.  

Christy

10/06/2009

I struggle with not eating enough calories. I have figured out the easiest possible way to get my 60 grams of protein in for the day with very little calorie intake. Yeah I think my surgeon was shocked when I told him that little secret. I just really have no appetite and I get busy and forget to eat. So I need to be better about this because I seriously drag butt some days and I know its because I don't eat enough

My second worst enemy is my brain….I just don't see the physical changes like a lot of you have already mentioned. It is difficult for me to take a compliment and still see the fat girl in the mirror. Wish my surgeon could have fixed this but he wasn't that good.