gained 70lbs after 4yrs out
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Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Look honestly at what you have been eating and how much. Have you been getting enough protein in? Have you been eating too many carbs? Too much snacking? Grazing? Drinking with meals? It is important to know where you have been off track if you want to get the weight back off and keep it off. Knowing what you have been doing that caused the regain will show you what you need to remedy and avoid in the future.
I know that someone will suggest going back to protein shakes for a while or the so-called 5 Day Pouch Test in order to jump start the weight loss, but that will only reinforce the old diet mentality, when what you need to reinforce is the new healthy habits that you will have to stick to in order to maintain the weight loss. (You already know that regain is very real and very easy after a few years.). I have a 5-pound gain threshold... when my weight creeps up 5 pounds, I increase my protein a hit and cut out all the non-dairy, non-fruit, and non-veggie carbs, and increase my fluid intake and usually within 2 weeks or so, the 5 pounds are back off.
Moving your body more will obviously help as well.
You can do this!
lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Stephanie E
I haven't had my surgery yet but I can understand what you are going through, I have always struggled with my weight at one point I was able to grab a hold and I lost over 100lbs, with no surgery, pills, etc. Just eating healthy, working out consistently. However in 2008, I also lost my job and became very depressed and the weight just came back with a vengeance, I am now heavier than I have been in my whole life.
I think the best thing we can do for ourselves is always be health conscious and be active and once we reach our goal weight do what Lora mentioned in the earlier post, if we gain 5 pounds, make sure we bunker down and go back to the basics. Always being vigilant of our weight gain and trying to keep control. At least that is the plan that I hope to have moving forward for a lifetime of being healthy.
I wish you the best of luck, I'm sure you can do it!
Hello. I will be 4 years out this month. We are here to support you. THIS IS A LIFE LONG JOURNEY...and we all understand that.
I think the suggestions of getting back to basics is the key. Did you keep food journals back then? If so, go back to those journals and start eating that way again.
It's not only that you are eting the right things; but how often. Go back to your 5-6 meals per day to keep that matabolism back up. Start at the beginning with a exercise routine....THIS IS ALSO KEY. You NEED water as well.
Please send me a friend request so we can support each other. I am also in the process of kick starting this process....so would love to fight this fight together.
Good luck to you