veterans....What was your re-bound weight gain?
I think it's really different for everyone.
I ended up almost 20 pounds below goal and maintained that until I was nearly three years out. Then I started taking some medication that is known to cause weight gain, and I gained about 23 pounds. I'm not on the medication any longer and I've lost six pounds so far. I don't really mind if I don't lose all that I gained back since I was below my goal weight anyway, but I sure didn't like seeing the scale go up and I'd feel good if I lost a few more pounds.
I ended up almost 20 pounds below goal and maintained that until I was nearly three years out. Then I started taking some medication that is known to cause weight gain, and I gained about 23 pounds. I'm not on the medication any longer and I've lost six pounds so far. I don't really mind if I don't lose all that I gained back since I was below my goal weight anyway, but I sure didn't like seeing the scale go up and I'd feel good if I lost a few more pounds.
Kelly
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My goal weight since I was 20 has always been 140. It was a weight I was comfortable with back then so I chose it again when I had weight loss surgery at the age of 42 (my highest weight was 339). I got down to 132 and upped my calories to get back to 140. I have maintained at 140 for over 2 years now. So I'm not sure if I "bounced" or gained because I purposely ate more. I will say I'm a daily weigher and if I'm up 3 pounds I cut back to lose them. +3 is my limit.
Laura
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Oh and what I have recently found is that if I want to continue to run long distances (5 plus miles/day) I cannot be below 155. It is just something that works for me.
At some point any person has to find the balance that works for them. For me it's not always a number but it is about what really works for what I want to do with my life/fitness goals.
At some point any person has to find the balance that works for them. For me it's not always a number but it is about what really works for what I want to do with my life/fitness goals.
Carol
SW/276 CW 150 GW 185
9 Years out.
SW/276 CW 150 GW 185
9 Years out.
I reached my lowest weight at 20 months out (2.5 lbs below my goal weight) then, within 2 weeks,had bounced up 5 pounds. I have maintained at a couple of pounds of that ever since. If weight creeps up 5 lbs, I up the protein and cut the non-dairy carbs to get it back off. I cannot for the life of me get back down that initial 5 pound rebound, though! Clearly, my body wants that extra 5 pounds.
lora
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.
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