Question:
Weight loss pills, diets or methods post op gastric bypass?

Are there are safe weight loss pills, diets or aids to use 3yrs post op to assist in a boost in re-starting weight loss after I have started to gain?    — kristikat82 (posted on December 20, 2009)

December 20, 2009
If you have successfully lost weight post surgery, try going back to a week or two of how you did things back then. A little liquid diet and soft food diet to get things restarted.
   — postalmoose

December 20, 2009
I didn't take pills to lose weight before RNY due to side effects. The surgery is a tool for helping you lose weight and keep it off, but you must use the tool wisely. Healthy eating and exercise is the key to losing and maintaining. I suggest rather than looking for pills or diet aids, you go back to eating like you probably did after WLS. Stay away from those foods that made you gain weight before surgery. Track your food here at OH or the daily plate.
   — JB1114

December 21, 2009
I agree with above. The purpose of WLS is to help in learning to eat properly. I am 3 years post RNY and just weigh myself every week. If I gain anything two weeks in a row I'm back on my diet and try to pump up exercise. Using diet pills, etc. is just getting into the rut that got us in this mess in the first place. Hope this doesn't sound too "lectury".
   — Muggs

December 23, 2009
I have to flip the coin to the other side here. I don't know your circumstances. If you had effective weight loss after your rny, they I agree... working out and eating right is the best way to beat that plateau. However... there are some of us who have endocrine, metabolic, and or hormonal issues. In the first two months after my rny, eating very carefully and exercising quite a bit, I lost a grand total of 15 lbs. Far below the average. In such cases, it is best to talk to your surgeon or an endocrinologist to figure out why you aren't losing weight... but pills and diets do SOMETIMES come into play. Best of luck!
   — Jeanette Hagar