Feeling down/ Scale is going up!

You are by no means alone. I too regained about 17 pounds. I had to go in for an internal hernia, which actuall was a tear , and some adhesions. I have taken this oportunity to go back to liquids. I have been having 3 shakes a day, 40-60 ounces of water, and all my vitamins. I actually never did get all that right ever. That's all I am allowing myself for now, it's been a week today. I feel ok except for my head hunger which is what go me into trouble in the first place!! I have lost 10 pounds this last week though, and I cannot believe it! I haven't lost like this since the begining. I don' know how far I will get, but I have resolved to get all 17 off, I will go low carb-fat next untill I get back to whrere I was and hopefully a few more. It is so hard now, but get a hold of yourself, take one day,,, hour at a time you can do this!!( I know because I am proof, believe me!!) Good luck and keep me posted if you want to. Michele

You're definitely not alone. I just bought the book "Losing the Last 30 lbs." by Terry Simpson, MD. I just started reading it, but right off the bat, one of the points it makes is that those who are successful "learned to measure things: weekly weight, calorie counts, intake of fluids, and amounts of exercise. To put this simply, "you cannot manage what you do not measure."" I truly believe that. From personal experience, even before surgery, the times when I was more successful at losing weight on my own, were the times when I was journaling what I ate. Fitday is a great tool for this! It really helps you see how much you are actually putting into your body --> http://www.fitday.com Good luck to you... to us! Angie

I'm struggling too. I didn't start gaining any weight till 2 1/2 years out. I've gained 30 lbs in the last year or so and am really scared. To be honest, I was probably about 10 lbs underweight to begin with, but that's still 20 lbs that I need to lose. I'm so afraid I won't be able to do it. And I had great habits from the beginning. I worked out regularly; didn't eat any sweets; did high protein. My problem is gradually I started letting in sweets (and I could because I was working out so much I didn't gain any weight - 6 days a week; 45 min cardio at gym; 20 minutes of weights and more casual 1/2 hour walks at lunch time 2-3x per week). My problem is I got out of the exercise habit after I had my 2nd plastic surgery and also had to quit working out at all for 8 weeks because my hemoglobin was so low, I developed a heart murmer. After the hemoglobin episode, I never did get back to 6 days a week; more like 3. And I started hating exercise.; then I stopped weights. I haven't gone to the gym in 3 weeks. My eating is worse than it was when I first added sweets to my diet. I'm looking to find others who KNOW what it is like to feel awful because of weight gain and have figured out how to turn it around. I find it frustrating when someone who is within the 2 year window writes about drinking more water; exercise, etc. (whether somewhat smugly or not) because I KNOW all these things and until you've gained weight after this surgery and have managed to turn that around, I don't think you really know how to help. It's too much like hearing all these things before we had surgery - advice from well meaning thin friends who never really battled serious obesity just didn't help us lose weight then, either.