Weight gain and can't lose it!

I had RNY in 2007. Originally lost 260 pounds and I've gained back about 40. My surgeon and my endocrinologist have explained that most people have a "set-point" that their body needs to be at. I fully admit that I was extremely unhealthy at my lowest weight and needed a 6 unit blood transfusion. While I am still considered in the "obese" category, I am more healthy now than I have ever been. I had to come to terms with the "regain" to not equal "failure". It sounds like you are doing everything correctly. My only suggestion would be to add back your protein shakes to ward off that hunger feeling.

Thanks to everyone *****plied. It helps to know that I am not this failure all alone. It helps that there are people in the same boat as me. I think the biggest thing I hate is always thinking about food. I just want to be at a point where I don't have to think about food and right now I think about it all the time. But I am going to just keep trying to be healthy and eat a lot of protein and hopefully lose the 30 lbs I want to lose to feel comfortable.

Always thinking about food -- obsession of the mind - disease of compulsive overeating.  You may want to check out Overeaters Anonymous.  I use this 12 step program to combat my food addiction, which, in turn, helps me to use my WLS tool properly.

 

My number one priority in maintaining my weight loss is getting on the scale every day.  If I ignore weighing, I am always heavier when I do get back on the scale.

You are not going to lose 40 pounds quickly.  After surgery, weight is much harder to lose.  I have to be diligent to lose 1/2 pound a week.  That is cutting out 250 calories a day.  It can be not eating the bread on a sandwich, skipping a protein bar, having a glass of Crystal Light instead of a glass of juice. 

I track with My Fitness Pal.  I weigh and measure everything.  My daily calories to maintain are 1400.  When I cut down to 900, I can lose a pound a week.  It would take me 40 weeks to lose 40 pounds.  I miss the old days when I could buckle down and lose ten pounds in two weeks, but that is part of my pre-surgery past.

While eating protein is good, it is still calories.  I have tried every shortcut possible and ended up having to accept that counting calories are what controls weight.

Hello fellow OH people!
I had RNY in July 2008. Almost 6 years.

I have gradually gained 40ish pounds. I feel to down. Everything I do seems to be a very slow process. I even tried Herbalife.

Anyways, I can easily go on a no carb diet or a juicing spell but I am also very anemic and I have to be careful with my iron.
I have already had 2 rounds of iron transfusions and blood transfusions.
I wanna get better but at the same time lose this unwanted weight. I have clothes in my closet that is waiting for me to get back into. I need help with meals.
Breakfast and lunch are my challenges. Dinner, I can live without it.
Lets be our support team. Let's do this!