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At three years out, it gets real. Lots of people fall back into bad habits and start to gain by the 3 year mark. Get it under control before you gain more. 15 pounds is easy. It's harder when it gets 50+. Maintenance is much harder than losing for most of us. You have to believe you are worth the effort.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Yes, be concerned. But also be grateful. If you want to get back to 175, that would be a 15 lb loss - and you can lose 15 lbs. But if you bury your head in the sand and just think "I don't need to worry," the scale will creep up even higher.
Ditch the carbs, eat your protein, get some exercise....and watch what happens!
Nice to see you too Lady Tazz. I do agree that reading and posting here helped me remain mindful.
Tomorrow I'm going to have an Upper GI just to check out the pouch. One rule that I always maintained was not drinking with meals. I still have good restriction when I eat what I'm supposed to. I would be happy to answer any questions a person with kidney disease. It was a difficult balancing act between the heavy protein and the renal diet. Also vitamin supplementation was different. I'm so grateful to have a nice working kidney!
See you around.
Deb
well actually 175 was a healthy weight I stayed there for a year just over the last year satarted eating more carbs and relaxing on protein I would be happy if I can get back to 175
Here is the link to the thread I was talking about. Apparently it wasn't the person but a friend who posted the question.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
I am so happy to see you! I was just telling someone about you, a new person looking into WLS who also had kidney disease. I will look and see if I can find the post. I am sure they would appreciate your input.
I know you can get the weight off again. You have a tool that you didn't have before, not to mention all the experience you have gained.
Please not leave again. I have found that sticking around and participating in the groups is one of the keys to my ability to maintain as long as I have.
If I find the post I was talking about I will send you a message.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
I would guess it depends. Was 160 lbs a healthy weight for you? Why are you gaining. Is it from bad eating habits? That would concern me more then the excess weight. Work on the eating and the weight will take care of it's self.
If you feel good about how you are eating then it may be "bounce back". They say that many WLS patients regain a certain amount of lost weight over time. Is your weight currently stable or is continuing to go up? If you are easily maintaining this weight and eating in a comfortable way for yourself then this may just be your new normal.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
I just started back on my loss diet plain of three protein shakes a day and ok so my low weight was 160 from my surgery weight of 275lbs I am 3 yrs gastric bypass I am back up to 190 should I be concered
I had Rny 12/08. I weighed 380 and I was dying of renal disease. They only was to lose the 130 pounds I needed to lose to get on the kidney transplant list was to have WLS. It took me a year to convince my nephrologist to get RnY..she thought it would kill me.She was wrong! I got down to 199 for one day and then settled between 200-215 for about 2 years. For me it was the first time in my life that my weight was not going up or down. To me it was amazing. I still think that!
On Jan 17 2012 the long awaited call came. I got my kidney. I just passed my 3 year anniversary. The nutritionist warned me after transplant that everyone gains weight. I said I wouldn't. I was wrong. High dose steroids and the ability to eat food I hadn't eaten in years was a deadly combo. The weight steadily crept back on. 4 months after transplant my mother died. This summer my sister died. For me grief has not been conducive to weight loss.
Right now I weigh 322. I've weighed this weight for about a year. I've worked hard working through big losses..one of the greatest one was the loss of the ability to go back to nursing which I loved. Huge transition. Do you know what helped me? Toast. Crackers. Fritos.
So here I'm back. Went back to the PA in the weight loss clinic and the nutritionist. Both incredibly supportive and not a bit of shaming. The nutritionist and I worked out a plan that's based on what I eat but twisted around to make it more protein centered. My iron level is very bad *8* so I'm going to get some IV iron. This will help bring me back from the this dark fatigue.
I always felt support on this board. I learned a lot good and bad. It's time for me to work on food and exercise again. I have absolutely no remorse or regret for the weight gain. I did what I did to survive. I got through hellish times but I did not shame myself. I never will.
Time to be mindful.
I look forward to seeing some old friends and sharing the journey together.
Deb
