When I started my VSG in Feb 2018 I was 280 lb, now at almost 2 years out I am at 161 lb. The trick that help me to this day is that I never eat to get full. What I mean by that is that I weight every thing I eat with a little $6 scale I bought at Amazon before my surgery. for Lunch and dinner I only put 6.8 ounces in my stomach for each meal, and for snacks around 1 or 2 ounces. I eat more than three times a day with the snacks included. I also weight myself every two days like that if I see myself going up in my weight I could fix it, but I have not had that problem. If you do not like going to the gym it is fine. You could just walk outside like I do. I average between 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day. I also do push ups everyday in my house. When I first started doing push ups, a year ago, I could not even do one, but now I do 40 in the morning, afternoon, and before bed. Please Please do not give up you got this, and if you take anything from this please just eat what fits do not eat to get full. Good luck.

By "shake", do you mean a protein shake? Unless you're a vegan like me, protein powders and shakes should only be necessary for the first few months after surgery, when your caloric intake is severely restricted. After that, you should be able to get enough protein from your diet. I suggest replacing the protein shakes with something lower in calories.

I also suggest that you record everything you eat. Websites/apps like cronometer and myfitnesspal make this easy to do. (It gets much easier after the first few days because the foods you frequently eat will be easy to select.) Then, look at the foods you eat most often to see if there are changes you can make without feeling deprived. (I wrote more about this in your thread about pouch reset.)

Also, if you had a good dietitian post-op, it would be a good idea to visit him or her for more advice. If you walk into the appointment with a detailed list of what you've been eating, the appointment will be much more productive because they won't have to spend time asking you about your diet (and our memories of what we've been eating aren't that reliable anyway).

I'm 2yrs out and just a couple of bits I'm full to but I'm still gaining!!! I put my shake in my decaf coffee ( sweet and low and sugar free creamer)

160oz of propel water through the day just meat and cheese for lunch and dinner ( table spoon of peanut butter

I'm 2yrs out and just a couple of bits I'm full to but I'm still gaining!!! I put my shake in my decaf coffee ( sweet and low and sugar free creamer)

160oz of propel water through the day just meat and cheese for lunch and dinner ( table spoon of peanut butter

Remove it, dampening it if necessary.

Your surgeon doesn't need to do this!