what a great "problem" to have!!!

I honestly cannot believe that I am in this place...  There are simply no words to articulate how thrilled and truly grateful I am for this surgery.  I thought that everyone else would have incredibly successful weight loss surgery stories, but  not me.

I had my surgery last November, and not only reached my first weight goal, but have reached, and surpassed, four lower, revised weight goals.  And the weight loss seems to continue, albeit slowly. 

HW: 230, SW: 228, Original goal: 150, revised goal:138, revised goal: 128, revised goal:125, revised goal 120,  CW = 116  (I'm 5'3" so I'm within a healthy BMI range.)

I'm certainly eating more than months ago.  I mostly eat very healthy, and focus on the protein, and try to follow all of the RNY rules.  But unfortunately, I'm indulging in some of the "bad" foods that caused my obesity, including the occasional cookies, muffins, ice cream, etc.  This causes me huge guilt.  I'm continuing to lose weight, albeit slowly.  I presume that the villi in my intestines have not yet regenerated, and so some caloric malabsorbtion continues.

My concern is this... for each new and lower weight I reach, I think that I cannot possibly bear to gain weight, even though I'm below my various goals.  I'm thrilled and so thankful to have made it to this point.  The idea that I could have been happy and content at 150 is now preposterous to me.  Likely 138 or even 125.  I'm certainly not in an anorexic mindset (I simply would never have the discipline and control it takes to have an eating disorder, and I'm not wishing for that).  But I am paranoid about gaining any weight from where I am now, and yet I think it will be inevitable.  I've bought lots of new clothing in crazy/tiny sizes, and I don't want to grow out of them.  That would feel like failure.  But, surely this low weight is not sustainable (I think I last weighed 116 when I was in grade 5, for God's sakes!), once my body is fully healed and my body resumes it's normal absorbtion. 

I keep telling myself that there will have to be some "rebound" weight gain, but I really don't think I can deal with that reality.  And for those of you who may be wondering, no, I have not been exercising.  That is a huge problem, and I MUST get into a regular exercise routine now, before it's too late.

I'd be very interested in hearing about your stories, if you got below your weight goals, and then experienced a re-gain, and how you dealt with that - emotionally and mentally.  Thanks and take care.

I'm where you are. But I am not buying into the "rebound weight gain" thing.

I've busted my ass to get where I am, I'm not going back. And I'm not buying a bigger set of clothes. And I'm not buying pants with elastic waists. I'm eating more calories (1500 now) per my trainer, so my weight loss will stop and I can build up some more muscle. With no more fat on me, I have to eat more. Yes it's hard, and against everything I've known for 30 years. I have to EAT MORE?!? SERIOUSLY? But I'm finding that as the days and weeks go on, I do not jump up 50 pounds in a day if I eat a Skinny Cow or a piece of bread. I track everything so am ok with it. My trainer would rather have me eat another serving of chicken breast, and sometimes I do, but sometimes I have a beer or some Cheeze-its (measured out of course, one serving, 27 crackers :). That's life, and it's working good so far.

Try to relax, just decide to stick to one food plan and exercise plan for a month, then re-evaluate. Nothing will change that much in that amount of time. Enjoy it :)