going on 3 years
For everyone out there I just want you to keep this in mind...weight loss surgery is not going to help you if you do not change your life style and eating habits. The weight is easy to loose at first but after a few years you can be right where you started from.
So today if you are not going to change your eating habits and life style don't waist you time with surgery...
This is a tool to help not the real problem...
Good luck to everyone....
Post op 3 years and struggling with weight loss again
If I hadn't found this site pre-op, I'm almost certain I'd be on my way there too. No one really prepares you for after the initial honeymoon period. I now tell myself that I'm basically on a diet for the rest of my life. Good luck.
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
We need a forum for after the honeymoon is over
Check out the maintenance group at the bottom of my sig.
Great maintainers with real life goods and bads.
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
" To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art "
VSG Maintenance Group Forum
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/VSGM/discussion/
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Dr. Paul Cirangle
What are you struggling with specifically? It's definitely not easy. I found out the hard way a couple years post op.
www.sexyskinnybitch.wordpress.com - my journey to sexy skinny bitch status
11/16/12 - Got my Body by Sauceda - arms, Bl/BA, LBL, thigh lift.
HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 200 
85 lbs lost pre-op / 135 post op
~~~~Alison~~~~~
I get up every day and start over, one day at a time. I can eat less food every year. I weigh myself every morning. I plan high protein, low carb meals, I wear my fitness tracker, I go to the gym, I do my best to use my gift of weight loss surgery wisely.
The one thing that I have learned through my years of fighting regain is that calories are the only thing that really matters. If I eat too many I gain, if I eat less than I need, I lose.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 1/31/16 8:00 am
Thank you for reinforcing my conviction that the way I eat now is the way I'll eat for the rest of my life -- lean protein, low-carb vegetables, and a little fruit. I'm exercising regularly for the first time in many, many years and am enjoying that I can now move my body with minimal pain. Don't ever want to stop doing that!
Good luck to you with your ongoing weight loss.
psychoticparrot
"Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."
