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Dee951 I think u are,doing great. Who set that goal for u? Maybe it's not realistic?

Jstachic Thank you! I sent the info to the card. Maybe he doesn't know abt it

Dee...did u have that much to lose?

Does anyone responding here have experience with going back to wt loss drugs like phentermine and metformin? I did not do well with metformin before surgery but i did lose 100 on phentermine before surgery. Now that i am gaining again, i asked for newer meds. The cardio wants me to go back on metformin and phentermine. When i said i do not want metformin [in an email) he cautioned me not to make any decisions before we discuss it. I feel boxed in. I would love to give him the name of a newer drug i might try. Thanks

Good lord...i dont understand this at all but i do wish you the best and PLEASE keep us "postererd"

Hi love tennis, Im sorry u gained so much. I hope ur not too uncomfortable. I do think there is some connection btwn before and after surgery BMI and wt gain. But i think u r the first to say u didnt have too far to go after surgery. Thanks for sharing and good luck.

Helpless.. I guess you have the right attitude for your limitations but i am wondering why you sign in as 'helpless'. Do you need noodle lashing too?

Girly girly...i was 4 to 6 times a week but dont have the stamina for it now. I almost fell up another step just before..y foot did not clear the top of the step. Wouldve re fractured my patella. Guess thats good!

New susie...u do get it. It does stink. Yesterday i was 204. Today i am 205.6. Fluctuations sure but not up! Kathy is right...gotta get out of the doldrums. Hangeth in there!

Kathy...hugs But the moment my scale moves up i feel like i failed. I need to work that idea out of my head. I feel ugly. I cant look at myself. I spent all the years before surgery not looking. I just was astounded to realize i look pretty good. Now i cant stand to see my body or face.

Newsusie...what insight? There is a point of diminishing returns: we can neither starve ourselves or increase exercise output past a certain point. The emotional component that makes us begin to feel unattractive and unwieldy and unable to be comforable with iur body as it gains even a minimum amt makes the battle even more daunting. We also are not getting any younger and our aging bodies cannot perform the rigorous moves needed to up exercise output. [Calorie expenditure ]. This defeatest mindset combined with physical realities [i get dizzy when doing lateral moves requiring coninued head motion...my lower back hurts when doing lateral stretches, my ankles prohibit specific postures etc.] Years of self enforced lack of movement and eating uncontrollably and carrying excessive (300-400 lb) wt also take a toll on our bodies. I dont THINK we LACK insight. Im going to see the cardiologist who first suggested wt loss surgery back in the early 2000's and we are going to look at resuming drugs. Clearly, this is an illness that requires its own war base with funding and support. I do wish that the various centers of barriatric excellence would combine their expertise and open dialogue with those of us who have completed these trials and begin AT THE VERY LEAST TO indenify the commonalities and various strategies and tabulate successes and failures of each.

I went on a 3.4 mi wslk sunday [took me 2 hrs] and totally stunned myself...destroyed ankles again...practcally was shuffling along..barely able to walk. Couldn't sleep all of sunday, part of monday,last nite snd tonite too. Lost 2 lbs. Gotta find a happy medium.

Hope u really know where i live. Needed that!

Agreed re pouch test. You lose and regain. This sucks

Nomore...ME! Many of us here. What'll the pouch test tell u? What s7rgery did u have?

Con con...that's normal. Nice cat!

Goal is what u and your doc think is right weight for your stats and then if/when u reach it, how u feel at that point. Don't worry abt it.

@proud grammy...i am not so confident when i gain weight that i will get rid of it.im back over 200...was 207. Today: 205. Have no idea what helps at this point. Feels like I'm back to square one. Surgery does not consider these issues years out. i was sleeved 2011. My lowest was 185. Held onto 193 for a long stretch. Now 205. I feel like i need another surgery

Jessbowling...first off i am SO sorry for your predicament. Are you recovered from the stroke now? Secon, after a blow like that, why the ONLY way to go is "onward and upward". You are young and there are technologies and medical advances to help with your future. Assemble a support team, lean on them with all your might, and go for it! With your attitude, weight is a piffle problem. You got bigger fish to fry!

I'm on the 4th year. I am trying like mad to lose the 5 lbs i gained with my knee fractured. Now my other foot is acting up because the brace made me favor one foot and put pressure on other. Where does this all end? I lost 4 oz since yesterday. Big whoop. Laying in bed with foot on ice. Wish i could go without food forever

Erp...how long ago was your surgerym

Zzombrie...tnx...good article. Sounds innocuous...shrink asked "what have you got to lose?" And that makes me feel like part of an experiment. I don't KNOW what i have to lose by trying. There isn't any negative data. Is that real life?

Are those snacks better than berries? Apple? Nuts, carrots, cheese sticks? I ll buy them...but would probably eat whole box

Right. Fairly new. Some good , some not so positive but not a heck of a lot of evaluative studies out there.

Ive done all but transcranial...chicken