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I have noticed the same trend. Pooping daily makes a big difference in terms of loss. If I don't poop, I don't lose.

At times, I have regretted it. I am six months out and feeling pretty good now. Not so tired and most of the drama is done. Weight loss has slowed and that is ok with me. i love the new body, but it comes with a price. This really isn't for everyone.

I wonder if anyone who had WLS eats like I do? I eat until full (which doesn't take much), but what I want. I don't worry about good fats like avocado and olive oil. I don't eat bread because there is no nutritional value and it takes up too much space. I am generally eating what feels the best which is fish and vegetable with occasional sweet potato. I feel like the return to looking at my food as nutrition rather than living to eat has really changed. I know that there will be hugs pitfalls if I don't follow a healthy diet and supplement plan. What I see and often do is such an emphasis and worry about fats and if a food is safe. I am wondering out loud if the focus would not get so off track after the "honeymoon" period if the focus was always to eat a healthy diet. I don't feel that I need worry about amount or calories and maybe? this is how smaller normal people eat?

I enjoyed the bantering in this line of posts and wish that this site had more like this. I found it informative to say the least.

I doubt very highly that there is any one reason that any one person regains. It is probably a combination of not paying attention to what and how much a person is eating. I am only six months out and still very restricted in the amount I can eat. I would not call this a honeymoon in any way. It has been damn difficult since surgery. Eating mostly hurts to some degree and I rarely enjoy food. At this point, I don't really miss it. I accept that this is the new normal.

My biggest regret was not knowing exactly how my pouch would react and how much time I would spend thinking about what to eat. The surgery itself was a piece of cake for me. The after, not so much. I really struggled with how small an amount I could eat at first. At six months, it is the new normal and it is ok. What isn't ok is the sometimes upset that happens if food is eaten too fast or too much and every day is different. I really miss being able to take a big glass of Water and gulp it down, especially in the heat. Oddly enough, I still forget and then suffer with the contractions afterward. Biggest non regret-weight loss and improved health conditions.

Great article. I do wonder, where you came up with 100lb weight loss. All the predictors I have looked at say I would lose 70-80% excess weight. I feel like I am on the right track, but have fallen prey to some of the thoughts described in the article.

I am always surprised by the strictness in eating from bariatric patients. Being all or nothing is what has gotten me where I was. I eat until I feel full using the guidelines. Protein first, veg and a bite or two of carb foods. I don't rule anything good or bad and just eat until I feel that feeling that says I am done. I eat three meals and don't do protein supplements. I am hopeful that eating like this will help me not to go back to the way I was.

I do think that they cancel if you gain. They take a no nonsense approach. I had to go through the holidays and not gain and that was really a challenge for sure.

Try journaling your thoughts. It really helped me a lot. I can look back now and really see how far I have come. I kept track of the weight loss each entry and how I was feeling. I seriously regretted the surgery. Now, 4 months later, I don't feel like that. I have lost 74 lbs and that feels wonderful. I am glad now as I know this tool really will help keep me on the straight and narrow!

Great article. I do think there is an aspect that is often overlooked. Recovery is also accepting that you are never going to be the same again. Your insides are changed. Eating is different and changed forever. Yes, you can eat around the surgery, but you have to try hard.

Awesome work!

I do think that people treat you differently. They look at you in a different way. I tell most people who ask me how I have lost the weight. It isn't anything I am ashamed of and it feels more authentic to me. I am not judging any one who does not tell, it is mine and yours to tell if you wish.

It took me an entire year for surgery and that is with me pushing as fast as I could. The big wait was for a surgery date as I completed the program in October and had to wait until January 8 for the date. It was worth the wait and frankly, if you really work the program, it helps you to prepare. In the end, the first three months really sucked. After you lose the first 50, its all good.

I had Dr Kim at Kaiser and I would highly recommend him. He did a fabulous job and I had zero complications.