Question:
At 6 mnths out, i've lost 95 lbs. Will i continue to lose if i eat what i want ?

I do not eat wildly. I have however become more relaxed with my food. Im curious that after the first six months if i need to "diet" more to continue losing, or will it just continue like it has? I still have 50 more pounds to go. I have not as yet begun an excercise program.    — darlene N. (posted on May 24, 2002)

May 23, 2002
Dream on!!! Ask any expert...NO MATTER WHAT DIET YOU HAVE OR WHAT SURGERY YOU HAVE if you eat more than you burn off you will gain (or not lose) Try to focus on eating the right things..i NEVER USED TO SNACK now i find myself craving things like trail mix. Its too wierd!!!! Good luck on your journey
   — Jackiis

May 23, 2002
You are walking a slippery slope. I was able to eat pretty much anything I wanted and I still lost weight. I thought WLS was the greatest thing since sliced bread with jam. Now after two years it's caught up with me and I am starting to gain weight with all the random eating I do. I am right back where I was in the beginning but wonder now what? Where this (weight gain) will end is anyone's guess. I didn't learn a thing about eating and what the whole process should be about. I urge you to stop right now and think about the consequences of random eating in one two or three years. I beg you to NOT do what I did which was pretty much think the surgery was going to do it all for me. It's simply not true and I dearly hope you can get with the program early.
   — Mary G.

May 23, 2002
Why haven't you been exercising? Not only will you lose more weight faster, tone up, get more energy, but you will be feeling so much better. Try not to think of this as a diet because we know that diets don't work. If they did, very few of us would have had to have WLS. Although you will probably continue to lose, unless you start making some LIFE LONG changes in your eating and exercising habits, you WILL regain over time.
   — livnliter

May 24, 2002
You will probably continue to lose some, but eventually your eating will equal your activity level, and you will stop losing. I have lost 180 lbs. since my surgery 14.5 months ago. Nowadays, I don't have any "no-no" foods but I still try to be careful and carefully monitor my weight. I still lose approximately 1 lb. per week. I have 36.5 more lbs. to go, so it will probably take me several more months at this rate to reach goal. I think the key is moderation and exercise. You don't have to be insane about avoiding sugar or carbs. You just have to eat them in moderation! I definitely follow the food pyramid and am not an "all protein" type gal. Doesn't seem to have affected my weight loss. As my surgeon said to begin with, "It's far less important what you eat than how much you move your body and how much water you drink."
   — Terissa R.