Hi all - I just wanted to introduce myself to the Tennessee WL Forum.  I am new to TN having moved here from Massachusetts around the 4th of July 2015.  I live in Spring Hill and work in Nashville.  

I had revision from Realize Lap Band (2008) to Lap Band (2014) and have lost 73 pounds since my revision!  While I am very happy with that loss, I still need to lose about another 50 lbs and know that I am slipping off the wagon so to speak.

I have rejoined OH with the hopes of finding support here in the Middle Tennessee area.  Do any of you attend support group meetings?  I found them to be extremely helpful in my early journey and would like to find a location to start attending again.  I also need to find a bariatric doctor in the Nashville area (preferably Vanderbilt) that accepts new patients for follow up from previous RNY surgery.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you all!

Vicky

I just had Gastric bypass surgery. I'm mid Tennessee.  I went to Cookeville, Tennessee and He was a great doctor. I am not sure exactly where your located. How far are you from Cookeville? sorry, I copied and pasted because I wanted you to see what I wrote too

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I am 3 years post op - (Jan 2012, RNY). I was losing weight at a decent rate for the first year. I went from 470 to 290. I decided to go on depo in Jan 2013. I gained about 15 lbs on that so my weight loss stopped. Because of that I decided not to stay on depo and went on the pill. Everything was going good til a back injury stopped any weight loss I was finally having again. From March 31st to August 1st I had 7 different rounds of steroids.

I thought ok now I can try to get back to losing weight when I found out in early October I was pregnant. I was told 3 weeks prior to getting pregnant (while on the pill) that I couldn't get pregnant. I was around 285 when I found out I was pregnant. My baby girl is due in late June. My main question is does anyone have any advice getting back into weight loss mode being over 3 years post op? I still want to get to my goal of about 175 lb, right now I am 310. I know it will be slow but I don't know what to do to lose weight but still get enough nutrition for my baby (I plan on breastfeeding as well). It is hard seeing my weight go up but I know its because I am 29 weeks pregnant but I am trying hard to not gain so much weight.

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