Need help from Veterans

I had my gastric sleeve december 2010....and went from 288 down to the lowest I ever saw was 182, but stayed at 184-185....I feel soo much better and so happy about my decision.
The problem being, is these last few months have been a bit stressful and I have fallen into old habits of eating and have actually gained some of the weight back I am sooo ashamed!!! I had quit weighing myself, but started realizing my clothes were getting a bit snug....so... This morning I actually saw 200 again :( something I thought I would NEVER see again!!!

What I am going to do is go back to my post surgery diet and upping my protien...What has anyone done when/ or if/ this has ever happned to you?

I really need help..... Thanks in advance...

Scroll down through the older threads in this group. there are many which deal with the same issue you have and loads of good advice too extensive to repeat. I suggest starting by food journaling and plan on doing that long term. then develop a plan you think you can live with and follow it. diane

http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/VSGM/discussion/4538261/How -I-got-that-regain-off-with-PIcs/

 Good for you for recognizing that you need to get back on track.  Please do not be too hard on yourself.  At least you stopped at 15 pounds.  Just get back on track and you can get that weight off in no time.  Good luck and keep us posted.  

 Awe this is so hard I know I recently put on 6 lbs not a ton but every lb is so scary I was used to keeping my gain at two but for some reason it just kept climbing and I kept saying ok it is just three the. Four then five then six I started to panick saying here it goes inching its way back up so I went back to basics protein hard boiled eggs chicken fish cottage cheese protein drinks the first week was rough but by the second week I was feeling pretty use to it and actually realized how much better and less bloated . And today finally I got those six off I had my surgery in nov 2008 and I am now deciding to drop another ten I'm sure it can be done I am just going to keep doing what I'm doing and you can do it too best wishes 

Everyone else will have a lot of good advice.

What I want to say to you is to get rid of the shame.  Our society makes weight a shame based issue.  Don't be ashamed.  Stuff happens.

Shame and it's associated behaviors have a way of perpetuating themselves. 

Be annoyed.  Be pissed off.  Be frustrated. 

Be amused, even.  But don't be ashamed.  Your value as a person is not based on your weight.

Shame just might be called for if you were wallowing in denial and self pity, using this as an excuse to eat more and then blaming it on others.  You aren't doing that.

I kind of view food addiction as an emotional disability.  It makes it harder for us to achieve what others do fairly easily. 

My dad's left arm became disabled after he accidentally shot himself with a .44 magnum (Dirty Harry's gun).  It was an accident - long story!

His life was made more difficult by the fact that he could no longer use that arm or hand for much of anything.   He didn't let it stop him from doing anything.  It was more difficult, yes, but he did it anyway.  He needed special tools to help him do somethings, like a special handhold on the steering wheel.

We are in the same boat.  We have terribly debilitating disability.  Most limp around and do what they can to live with this disability.  You have chosen to get a special tool to help you do things better, so right away you are already in a better place.

The only time that you fail is when you fall down and never get back up again.  I don't see you doing that either.

Lastly, you might consider getting some Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, if you haven't already.  It will help you develop coping techniques.  It has helped me tremendously pre-op and I intend to continue post-op as well.

Like alcoholics, I believe that those of us with a food addiction/eating compulsion/whatever would do well to considering ourselves as recovering, rather than cured. 

Best of luck to you!   You can do it!

I recently went up 4 pounds on 2.5 weeks of vacation.  When I got home on June 16th I hit the hiking trails hard.  I kept my food to protein, veggies and fruit (yes, I eat some fruit).  I eat a Premier Nutrition Protein Bar (290 calories, 23 carbs, 30 protein) before hitting the trail for a 5.5 mile hike, then eat lunch and dinner with a snack of 3 mini tricolored peppers that I stuff with a bit of goat cheese/yogurt cilantro mixed.  I do not deprive myself but I log each bite and stay to right around 1000 -1200 calories, keeping an eye on the carbs as well.  I do not count fat grams.

I've been home 12 days and this morning I'm down the 4 that I put on, plus another 1.5.

I weigh every morning and go to weigh****chers once a week to weigh as well.  I need all the accountability and honesty that I can get.

You can do this if it's important to you.