Weird question...

So...this is more for you ppl that are further out..... How do you STOP losing??  I mean...I still have about 30 lbs to go....but eventually I do want to stop losing weight.  Don't wanna lose too much (a problem I NEVER thought I'd have).... I'm kinda confused bout that really....

Typically your body will hit a point where it will stop on its own... usually with the surgery you hit a low point and then you will regain some (the typical amount is 10% of what you lost).  When you reach your goal weight where you no longer want to lose you should see your NUT to learn about maintenance eating... typically at that point you will add more calories and carbs to maintain your weightloss and stop losing.  I just saw my NUT about this is November... she said its not really an exact science but usually a few tweaks and you can get it figured out. The closer I got to goal the weight loss really started to slow down... she set me a new goal of 145 so I havent changed my eating yet and the pounds keep going 1 here and 1 there and I am not even really trying.  The changes she wants me to make when I hit 145 are very small... I eat 900-1100 calories now, she wanted it upped to 1000-1200, and I eat 90-100g carbs which consists of fruits, veggies and 2 servings from bread/starch... she said to add an additional serving from bread/starch so that would put me in the 100-120g carb range... my fat (30g) and protein (60g) stays the same. She said the max I would ever eat would be a high of 1500, typically most of my surgeons patients fall in the 1100-1400 calorie range.

Thank you SO much for taking the time to write me and type all that out....that does make more sense...though I really dunno how on EARTH I'm gonna fit MORE food into my schedule lol...but I'm sure I'll figure something out. I really appreciate your help!  You rock!

Sometimes it doesnt have to be more food... but what foods you are eating. Small changes like eating light instead of fat free, or using full fat instead of fat free will easily bump up your calories/fat/carbs.... I was eating very little fat and undereating calories... to up it some I started using light dressing instead of FF... dairy with a little more fat in it etc... or something small like a palmful of almonds can give you a good 100+ calories in just a few nuts (which are soooo easy to keep eating!!). Adding in another serving of carbs is an easy way... like a simple slice of bread/toast... you are getting calories/carbs and very little fat (in most cases when it comes to the good carbs we should be eating)... or a few crackers with your cheese... thatll bump you right up!

Thanks :-)  You're awesome

I think it sounds more simple then it really is. Yes, despite not being an exact science it is not that hard to stabilize by employing the calories in = calories out guidance - but...I know that for me and many other people I have talked to who have reached goal, that this is the point in the journey where just when you think you've made it, something else happens. You can start to struggle with things again. In my case, I'm at a point where you go; "wow that was fun, and it wasn't too hard, all I had to do was stop eating when I felt stuffed and the weight fell off, but now that my body has adapted, my pouch while not growing neccessarily has certainly relaxed and the stoma (connection from the pouch to the bypass) isn't as narrow and tight anymore (kind of like a lapband that isn't as full as before, allowing food to pass through more rapidly - which means I can keep eating and eating as food passes through before my pouch ever gets stuffed triggering the "full" feeling....So now it worries me. I'm a worrier to begin with, so this isn't healthy. All of a suddend with that initial enthusiasm long-since faded, I'm faced with the reality that I'm going to really have to conciously think about what and how I eat - with a required dose of that nasty d- word: discipline - for the rest of my life - that's a long damn time. Have I volunteered myself for a life-term in "food prison." I've been working on how to feel like I haven't (see my long post about continued struggles from two weeks ago) but for now the whole concept is still evolving and is still a struggle. Just thought I would bring that up as you transition into that phase it will probably make more sense...any thoughts? anyone?

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer...and for taking the time to explain what's going on in your mind while the physical stuff is happening as well.... I'm probably  just overthinking it way too much...but that's my OCD coming out.....

I would say 9/10 your body just stops - your pouch "relaxes" over time so you are able to eat more per sitting, your body adjusts to the lesser amounts of food so it learns to function on less, your intestine develope more fagilla (or whatever it is they are called) so you start absorbing more - among other things - so your weight loss slows down and stops (unless you decide you want to lose more so you actively try to lose more by cutting calories, exercising more and so on).   My body stopped around 160 pounds, which is about what my surgeon thought would be a good weight.  I actively tried to lose more - then I had that complication and I dropped down to 117 which was a bad weight for me (I looked like death) - so I upped my carbs to gain back up to 130-135 and I have been maintaining here for 3-4 months now.   I don't think you need to worry just yet, if you start to be within 5-10 pounds of your goal and you're afraid of going overboard, talk to your nutritionist and he/she should be able to help you come up with an eating plan to help you maintain.   

lol it's the OCD in me that's making me worry WAY ahead of schedule....but I'll try not to....I just don't like the "unknown" lol