Will be 3 Years Out in April. I Have Gained 20 Pounds and am Freaking Out!

I'm so ashamed for this post. I had felt like such a success with my VBG-to-RNY revision and subsequent abdominoplasty, but now I am experiencing the same issues I had with the VBG failure in 1986. Last fall I started fluctuating 10 lbs. Then my clothes became too tight and I knew the fluctuation was a gain. I have avoided the scales for fear of the truth, only to find this morning that I have gained 20 lbs! I am devastated! I feel like such a failure! My clothes don't fit, I don't have the energy that I did, I feel like I weigh 355 again, and the ultiamte fear is that I eventually will. I don't eat very much and have changed my diet to reflect high protein and low carbs since January 1, but nothing is coming off. I do not get the exercise in that I used to, I know, but I do not eat poorly. Once again food and weight has become the focus of my life and I hate it. I miss the mainteance days where I was a normal person and not food-centered. I feel like I would have to do a liquid protein diet to lose anything. I am very depressed about this. Any advice is appreciated!

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