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I can understand why you allowed food to comfort you considering all the new things in your life. Think back to when you were losing and got to goal. Remember how wonderful you felt? Go back to what you were doing about 6 months after surgery. Protein first, don't drink while eating or 30-60 minutes after. The boards have many people with the same issues and wanting to get the extra weight off so you are not alone.
One person said they eat every 3 hours and that's what I'm doing. I have a protein each time I eat. Make yourself a priority. Get rid of those foods that aren't appropriate for you. If your husband is able to eat things you can't, ask him to keep them out of your sight.
You can get the weight off and you will feel great about your success. Good luck!!
~Jo~
RNY: July 8, 2008
Dr. John Price
Kansas City, MO
"you can't outrun bad diet".
Exercise can make you happier and fitter, but to lose weight- good diet needs to be followed.
if you are not losing - you eating too much of the wrong foods... not all calories are the same... that's why most of us post op WLS follow rather strict low carb, low processed food diet
Still Believe 'A Calorie Is a Calorie'?
(...) A calorie is a measurement of energy (a matter of physics), not a value judgment on where that energy goes (a matter of biochemistry). As my book Fat Chanceexplains, you get sick from inappropriate energy storage (in your liver and muscle), not defective energy balance (bigger love handles). Nonetheless, "a calorie is a calorie" continues to be promulgated by the food industry as their defense against their culpability for the current epidemic of obesity and chronic metabolic disease. But it is as dishonest as a three-dollar bill. Here are just four examples that refute this dogma:
- Fiber. You eat 160 calories in almonds, but you absorb only 130. The fiber in the almonds delays absorption of calories into the bloodstream, delivering those calories to the bacteria in your intestine, which chew them up. Because a calorie is not a calorie.
- Protein. When it comes to food, you have to put energy in to get energy out. You have to put twice as much energy in to metabolize protein as you do carbohydrate; this is called the thermic effect of food. So protein wastes more energy in its processing. Plus protein reduces hunger better than carbohydrate. Because a calorie is not a calorie.
- Fat. All fats release nine calories per gram when burned. But omega-3 fats are heart-healthy and will save your life, while trans fats clog your arteries, leading to a heart attack. Because a calorie is not a calorie.
- Sugar. This is the "big kahuna" of the "big lie." Sugar is not one chemical. It's two. Glucose is the energy of life. Every cell in every organism on the planet can burn glucose for energy. Glucose is mildly sweet, but not very interesting (think molasses). Fructose is an entirely different animal. Fructose is very sweet, the molecule we seek. Both burn at four calories per gram. If fructose were just like glucose, then sugar or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) would be just like starch. But fructose is not glucose. Because a calorie is not a calorie.
Up until now, scientists have shown that sugar is "associated" or "correlated" with various chronic metabolic diseases. For instance, the increase in sugar consumption over the past 30 years paralleled the increase in obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Areas that drink more soda (e.g., the American Southeast) experience higher prevalences of these diseases. But correlation is not causation.(....)
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Well I've only passed the 1 year mark & sometimes I motivate myself by reminding myself of where I came from. I try to keep up with my walkout routine & keep logging in my foods into the mfp app because it's so easy to fall off track & lose focus.
I keep my goals in mind whenever I feel my enthusiasm start to wane. I remind myself that I want to be off all my diabetes medication, that I want to be more fit, etc, etc. Maybe writing your goals down on a post it note & sticking it on the fridge or the bathroom mirror can serve as a reminder of why you went thru surgery.
I also keep in mind that my calorie count when I first started to lose weight is not the same now. I have to readjust the numbers as I work my way down. 1600 calories is a lot, you might not need that many calories anymore & you might have to cut back, also if you're no logging your food, you might be eating more than you think.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
Had VGS on 8/26/14 so basically I'm still kind of new to this. I hit a plateau a few times and of course was frustrated but as always the weight eventually started coming off again. This forum has been a godsend! This time though I've been at the same weight for over 2 1/2 months. Some of it admittedly because I just got tired of following a protocol everyday, exercising and yet seeing no results. For that no one to blame but myself. The good thing is that I haven't gained back a lot of weight - maybe two lbs. IN THE BEGINNING i WAS SO PSYCHED and encouraged so it was easy to stick to a routine especially when you see the weight falling off, the inches melting and just the feeling of well-being!
Since this forum is for WLS graduates I come to you to ask how did you maintain your enthusiasm? At 8 months I should not be feeling drained, tired or discouraged. Yes, as for all of us-life gets in the way and reality sets in but what do I need to do to get a boost? In the beginning I was so sure, so ****y and assured that I would reach goal by March and here I am still 45 lbs away from it.
I could understand if I was pigging out or inactive completely but I still do go to the gym. I walk when I play golf, and although I do not follow my eating routine as I once did-protein, veggies, fluids, less carbs, I still only eat about 1200-1600 calories a day. Yes. a lot for a VGS but I would think not so much that I should not be able to lose weight? Does our metabolism change that much that a 260 lb guy cannot lose weight eating less than 1600 calories a day with exercise?
Anyway, I know it is a journey and weight loss is not a straight drop down. I just want to get back on the wagon. It just scares me that if at 8 months I am discouraged, how will I feel at 1 year, or two? I never thought of the possibility that weight can be regained after having this surgery. On one hand it is scary, on the other hand I realize that I have to be accountable now and develop good habits and a routine. I've stayed away from this forum for weeks- a habit I've always had when doing bad or not following a routine. I've notice also that I have not recorded my foods into My Fitness Pall App for quite awhile. I guess I am asking: How do you stay motivated? How do you get back on the horse so to speak? I probably answered my own questions but how do we NOT go back to what got us here in the first place? Guess, it just helps knowing other shave been there and can relate. Thanks!
Vertical Gastric Sleeve-(8/26/14)
HW 347lbs SW-328lbs CW-247 lbs GW-212lbs Randolph, 
"LOVE" is knowing someone has the power to hurt you, yet TRUST that they won't" 
"Sing like no one's listening and dance like no one's watching!!"
I have gained 40lbs of my 120lbs lost back and it is making me crazy. I have always just stayed at the same weight after surgery until the last year and now I have found myself 40lbs heavier. I am living in a new state, new job, no friends and my new husband doesn't really understand since he wasn't there when I had the surgery or the first 8 years of time. I struggle with having nobody to talk to and making bad choices when it comes to eating. Any help, support, or friendship that I can find on here would be wonderful. I use to use this site religiously for the first 4 years after surgery and I should have continued.
Michelle
Thank you for responding. It helps to know there is support and solutions.
Thanks for responding. The whole thing is so overwhelming yet I know if I keep hiding it will just continue. I appreciate your reaching out.
Theresa, you took the first step by coming here. Go to a support group, use this site, do whatever you have to to get back on track. It has happened to all of us at one time or another, and YOU CAN lose it again!! Good luck!
JA
I am one of the gaunt ones (I lost about 136 lbs in a year). The best compliment i got was "You look like a Supermodel! Beautiful and hungry!"
Seriously though, I just smile more! Instant facelift! I smile so much more because I finally got the "last laugh" on MO and crazy yo-yo diets that dont work.
Unfortunately my "laugh lines" around my mouth have deepened because I smile so much more!
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
Welcome - you're in good company.
Regain has happened for many of us. I'd suggest you read thru some of the threads over the past month or two (in this forum the traffic is manageable!) and you will find many stories - and a number of solutions. The bottom line answer is this: get back to the basics. Follow the rules. You're right - you've failln into a negative cycle and it has to be broken.
The good news is you realize it at the point you have 25 lbs to lose - not 125.
