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I'm on the regain train. I originally had a lap band in 2007. Due to infection had to be revised in 2008. I originally lost 100lbs. In the past year I have regained 20lb. I think a lot of it has to do with my age (42) and the habits I have slid back into. So, I am trying to get off the regain train. I have been reading some of the posts on this site and they are very inspiring. Thank you all for sharing. I need some sort of accountability. Here I am. Please walk with me as I try to get back to the basics. I feel like I have been trying every fad diet lately. I need to remember that I have a tool not many people have. I just need to use it.
Laura
Thank you for posting this. I am 17 months out. I did reach my surgeon's goal of 160, but old habits do slip back. I always said that I would never let that scale creep back up, and it has. From my lowest, I fluctuate between 8-10 pounds. It's not acceptable. I need to get focused. Before, I would never eat bread, rice..I had more willpower to pull away from food when I was satisfied. I find myself grazing and mindlessly eating and I pretty much halted the exercise. Today, I may the re-commitment, not to the "diet" but to the lifestyle that gave me my life back. Again, thank you for posting this and for everyone's responses.
Misery loves company! Good to hear I'm not the only one who still experiences this. I'm 11 months out and this still happens about once a week or so.
As short at 30-45 minutes, and as long as (sorry) a few hours.
For me knowing the rules and following them were two different things. It was about getting myself to the point of believing I COULD do it and wasn't a failure that took all the hard work. I went into surgery thinking I believed I could do it but I realize now there was always a voice in the back of my head that didn't believe it...after all, I had gained and lost weight so many times in the past. It has taken a lot of work (head work) to finally find the belief that I CAN do this and am WORTH doing this.
1) know that you are not along
2) you are human...I think it is a rare bird indeed that doesn't have SOME sort of regain
3) don't give up - the really successful long-termers are often those that have had some regain and have learned from their mistakes
4) Make use of any and all resources/supports around you - every little bit counts
5) take a serious look at your lifestyle - eating/activity/sleep and see where you can start making REALISTIC changes
Wishing you a successful journey!
Andrea.
RNY February 2012
starting BMI 40
Some really amazing posts on this thread. I think one thing I heard in your posts is boredom. Maybe it's time to shake things up a little. Search this site for recipe ideas, go online to sites like pintrest and see what's cooking. Take out your old food journals/MFP and look at what you were eating 5 months ago, buy a recipe book, try a new exercise. You will be surprised how shaking things up can get your body rolling. I think the hardest thing for many of us to do is to stay motivated as this is a LIFELONG process not a short-term contract job with a start and end date. If you are getting de-motivated now you need to try learn what will shake you out of the funk so when it happens again you have learned how to deal with it (BTW am talking to myself here too :) Good luck!
RNY February 2012
starting BMI 40
well that is reassuring! Sounds like you are doing what normal skinny people do, you are eating healthy and listening to your body. I hope you have continued success!
Andrea.
RNY February 2012
starting BMI 40
I'm 3+ years out, am almost 47 years old now and lost 90lbs. I must say, never considered myself a vain person but have found it difficult coming to terms with my new face. I LOVE that I now have cheek bones, a neck, collar bones. Love how I look in clothes (generally). But the saggy skin on my face was (surprisingly) a surprise for me. I didn't realize my neck would get that turkey look and my skin on my face would look so....well...saggy. I feel like in the year of weight loss I watched an age-progression movie advance 15 years :(
I've toyed with the idea of surgery and/or something like botox but over time (and with a little regain) I have come to accept my new face. I figure if I had to choose old-looking face but slimmer, healthier me, I would make the same choice every time. I guess the reality is that nothing (including years of indulgence) comes without a price. We like to trick God/nature but there is no free ride.
Andrea.
RNY February 2012
starting BMI 40
Maybe my post is misleading. I'll give you some history. One of the reasons I was overweight prior to having my RNY, the doctor that recommended me for surgery determined that because I never had a high appetite and would go all day without eating it caused my body to hold on to every every morsel I ate and contributed to my weight gain. So, after it took me over a year to lose the 97 pounds after the surgery I can say that I went back to not eating all day which I believe contributed to the regain. I'm guessing that the one thing that I did differently that helped with this current weight loss is I went back to eating small meals throughout the day...and the nothing special I mentioned refers to I didn't eat any special...I just began to make my self eat something every few hours...such as oatmeal/yogurt in the morning, with snacks of nuts/cheese in between meals, a sandwich/soup for lunch, salad for dinner and plenty of water throughout the day. I didn't pay attention to the calorie counts/protein...I just made sure I ate something...remember I couldn't eat a lot of anything because I would get full fast. Through all of this I must have seen the doctor 3/4 times in the last 4 months and she found nothing wrong...actually my blood test revealed that I'm really healthy...and the 3 lbs a week was an average weight loss per week. I can't explain it and neither could the doctor????
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If you are not doing anything different I would seriously question a 3 lb a week loss consistently. May be worth a check with your doctor to make sure all is ok. Don't mean to alarm or take away from the pleasure of seeing the scale go down but seriously not really normal to be losing weight like that for no apparent reason.
Here's to continued success and good health.
Andrea
RNY February 2012
starting BMI 40
