Question:
I have regained 50lbs that i lost and haven'nt been mis behaving help me desperate

   — hiswife0223 (posted on July 24, 2009)

July 24, 2009
Dia, you didn't tell us when you had your surgery, and how long it has taken you to start re-gaining your weight and how quickly you put the weight back on. Try to get more protein in and what your carbs, cut out white carbs, and how many fats are you getting. No drinking 30-60 after you eat and stop drinking 15-30 minutes before you eat, try to do what you did in the begining. go to your doctor and have blood work done, you may need something else,maybe more vitamins, the nurses are there for questions, just call, call your dietitian also.hope you get it under control, you can!:)
   — Leatha B.

July 24, 2009
One thing WLS did for me (us) is shrink the size of my stomach. I just can't sit and scarf down a huge meal like I used to do. That's a GREAT thing! What it didn't do (after all is healed) is take away the appetite. Infact, my appetite seems more evident now than ever before. Probably because I eat so little at a meal, my brain tells me, in a very short time, I'm hungary again. How I deal with this is the issue. It's OK to eat all day, throughout the day. Good for the metabolism! However, it's what I eat. I found when I eat carbs like crackers, chips, cookies (even small amounts) to satisfy my hungar, the lbs stacked up. I felt frustrated to think I have to deal with this eating thing all over again. I thought the WLS was to end that part of my life. But Noooooooo! Once your body heals, many of the same old sensations, thoughts, emotions, habits return. You must use this time to establish new ways of dealing with the problem. For me, it does seem simpler than before the surgery. To satisfy the hunger, I eat a piece of sharp cheddar cheese (they come individually wrapped), a peice of baked or grilled chicken or lean meat (cook,freeze & heat for snacks), small amount of nuts, a piece of fruit or anything but white carbs. The weight does fall off & faster than I used to remember. I think the absorption factor also works more in our favor, after surgery, but I am not totally sure about that. Trust me, eating all day long is not the problem, It is what you eat and the number of total calories you consume by the end of the day. Finally, when you were extremely overweight, your fatness needed calories to sustain life. That was a freeby when losing weight in the beginning. Once that weight is shed, you no longer have that 'freeby' working for you any longer, so you must do that awful word -EXERCISE! I hate to exercise, but I love to walk, or ride my bike, or walk all the aisles at Walmart. Just don't call it exercise. By having the surgery, I now feel empowered to make decisions on what to do with my body. WLS was HUGE! I no longer feel guilty when leaving food on my plate or throwing it out, if I can't eat it. I feel great when I can only eat a small portion of my entree when dining out. I used to scarf down mine and everyone else's leftovers. What an accomplishment that one is! I do try to pay attention to whether I am really hungry or if it is just head hunger, boredom, emotional, etc. Look where you've come from and be proud. Empower yourself to move forward and don't dwell on what you might perceive as failure. It is not failure. It is life and we make all the decisions! I had my surgery on August 21, 2007 and have lost a 100 pounds. I, too, started the upward trend and that scared me to death. I can't ever go back to where I was. My life was awful, so the things I have suggested to you keep me on track! I don't know if any of this will help you, but Good luck. If you want to email me, to chat occasionally, my email address is [email protected].
   — BonnieP

July 25, 2009
Hi Dia - Please do not take this as criticism or an attack, because I in no way feel critical of you (that will be clear in a moment, I hope), but you are not being honest with yourself. There is no way you can regain 50 lbs without engaging in eating behaviors that are destructive and bad for you. I've regained 25 lbs in the past year, and I want to deny that I've gained this much, and say, oh, but I'm hardly eating anything. But that is just not true - while I may not be eating huge amounts of food, I have been eating the wrong things and I've not been eating 3 meals a day, so I'm setting myself up to eat too much when I eat, or to graze on the wrong things when they are present because it is easier than fixing something healthy when I'm craving food and need sustenance. Please seek out a WLS support group in your area and talk to your program nutritionist/dietician. Also, one tool any nutritionist will recommend that you use is to write everything down that you eat, when you eat, and what you are feeling every time you eat for one or two weeks. Write without judgment or editing . . . the purpose of this is to come face to face with exactly what you are doing - in other words to make the choices you are making conscious and real to your self, in case you are denying or engaging in unconscious or aimless eating behaviors and are not fully aware of how often and how much this happens and when it happens. If you are able to eat more than you should and your WLS was RNY, then you should see your surgeon to have your pouch tested to make sure your staples haven't been blown so that you effectively no longer have a small pouch and are back to square one. This happens in a small percentage of cases through no fault of the WLS patient. But in order to know, you need to non-critically assess exactly what you are consuming on a daily basis. One way or another, you need to honestly review exactly what is going in your mouth (without judgment) so that you can figure out how you got here and what it will take to get back on track with your weight loss.
   — rebalspirit

July 27, 2009
I fyou are not eating differant have you started any new medications? are you exercising enough? have you had your thyroid checked? You may have to increase your exercise to overcome the problem even if you feel you are exerciseing now. If you can get a trainer for a couple sessions to help you set uyp a good routine to help you build muscle which helps you keep the weight off.
   — trible

July 27, 2009
Hi Dia, I'm 6 1/2 years out from have the DS surgery. I've gained 25 lbs back after losing 90 lbs. I've found that my food choices are the problem (surgar drinks and carb foods). I've gone back to the basics by tracking my foods and making healthier choices. I lost 7 lbs my first week. Setting a goal weight of 145. My point is some of us will struggle and it's great to stop and focus when the weight gain is 25 lbs and not back to where you started. Hang in there. Working on it with you. Sharie
   — Sharie