Healthy_life

What does a day of food look like for you? If you are on real food stage, have you stopped drinking shakes/meal bars? Are you eating real whole foods to hit your Protein goals? Have carbs/sugar snuck back into your diet? Once you eat them you crave them more.

500-900 is not lifelong calories...They will increase as you progress.How far out from surgery? Were the extra calories due to bad food choices?
I'm a sleeve . My calories increased to 900 to 1100 of healthy foods. Sleeves have less surgery restriction as you progress. This is why it's important to log and keep within your weight loss calories and macros for the day.

@scarlett63
I'm sure you are frustrated. Reality , Any one of us can gain.
Have you contacted your surgeons office/dieticain? They may have some good advice on getting back on track and ruling out medical issues. Counseloing/therapy is an option to fight the mental side of weight loss.
You already know your baraitric plan. Time to put it into acction before 210 becomes 240, 260 or 300
Get rid of temptation food and go shoping for healthy whole foods. Get healthy options for sweet and salty cravings. Being off plan your body is used to the extra calories carbs and sugars. You will feel crappy as you detox off them and get your body back in to weight loss mode. Embrace the suck! it will get better once you are consistant and back in your weight loss zone Log and weigh your food, hydrate and exercise. We also have a group weight loss challenge. Its a good way to support each other as we lose weight
https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/422620-❤-february-2019-challenge-❤/?page=10&tab=comments#comment-4743640

This is just an observation talking with people over the years. Many of us have eatting disorders pre surgery. It's not suprising to find some have them post surgery.

Going back to basics, Keto and weight watchers did not work for you. It may be time to seek counseling.

Your not the first person that has experienced a gain.

@scarlett63
I'm sure you are frustrated. Reality , Any one of us can gain.
Have you contacted your surgeons office/dieticain? They may have some good advice on getting back on track and ruling out medical issues. Counseloing/therapy is an option to fight the mental side of weight loss.
You already know your baraitric plan. Time to put it into acction before 210 becomes 240, 260 or 300
Get rid of temptation food and go shoping for healthy whole foods. Get healthy options for sweet and salty cravings. Being off plan your body is used to the extra calories carbs and sugars. You will feel crappy as you detox off them and get your body back in to weight loss mode. Embrace the suck! it will get better once you are consistant and back in your weight loss zone Log and weigh your food, hydrate and exercise. We also have a group weight loss challenge. Its a good way to support each other as we lose weight
https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/422620-❤-february-2019-challenge-❤/?page=10&tab=comments#comment-4743640

Had RNY August of 2007. Maintained well until 2013. Slow and steadily gaining all of my weight back. I am so frustrated! Day of surgery weight 260, lowest weight 144, back to 210. Help

In the past year, I have been on weight watchers, Keto and lose it. Lost maybe 5 pounds then promptly gained it back.

Lose excesses belly fat. I had no contrl of where I lost weight on my body.Started with my face, then my arms/legs and my belly was last. I followrd my plan and exercised. I do cardio and lifting.

A while back I did but they were saying the same thing. “Just go back to eating like you did when you were losing “. Right🙄

@Bluebird_
NEVER EVER EVER!! 🤣
you are 3 months PO - in that time i know i didn't experiment with much/hardly anything. I was
"pretty " good, strict with myself! i had to be! By 1 year GOAL/maintenance - i had definitely strayed
a bit. if/when i fluctuated - i got back on board, and lost the few lbs i gained
my first 58 years of my life, i have been the "fat kid". These past years, i've looked and felt great!!
i still look like my "after" pic in my profile. (actually better!! LOL) i'm bad with posting pics with
computer - but i'll try and get a new pic up. Don't be scared of my eventual new pic - i am officially

i remember where i was and where i am now, can't and will never go back!!moral of my story
watch everything you eat/drink - be careful what you eat- bad things that taste great are around
each corner - beware!!! why/how have i stuck to eating right/quantities etc??
i am scared to death of becoming fat again!!!
been there, done that!!
7 years older- but i feel 7+++ years younger (still look as cute as a button!!) 105 lbs less
I am 5'3 tall, but i feel 6' tall!!
kathy

@Walter.Sobchak
i've watched your journey, you starting as a newbie -- going to success - now acknowledging you haven't always made the best choices/quantities
knowing the prob is half the solution - staying on this board is great for you (and OP) too, gets/keeps you motivated!! start to get back on board,
eat and drink right - you/I know what to do - you CAN/will be successful again!!
you lost 110 lbs total - the weight you put back on - done and over with. don't look back - only look forward, straight ahead. You can do it. You don't want a 20 lb regain to go up to 30, 40, 50 lb etc - nip it in the bud NOW!!!
i know you are aces, and you will be a success again!!☺️
my fingers and toes are crossed for you
good luck
kathy

To be strict or to be lax in this process is a personal choice. We are all adults and make are own food choices. The only one that has to be happy with your weight loss is you.
Maintaining : I indulge once in a while. If it causes weight gain, I go back to bariatric food plan to get the weight off. Weight loss mode: I was consistent not perfect. I had slips and got right back on plan.
We do have a cheats thread that shows you Yes, people eat foods that are off plan. I'm a bit conflicted about the thread.
https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/417492-confessional-lets-post-our-cheatsconfessionsetc-so-others-can-see-that-we-are-all-human/?tab=comments#comment-4667931
Things to think about in going off plan or indulging once in a while:
Adding carbohydrates and sugar makes you crave them more. It takes time to detox and get back on plan your first few months is your best weight loss. You also have your golden year. Weight loss is harder after your first year( still can be done) Monitor if indulging is slowing your weight loss down. Will it make getting to your goal take more time? WIll indulging become habit? Every weekend? Every month? How solid are you in behavior change? Going off plan can be a slippery slope for some. With the sleeve, you will get to a point that you noticeably can consume more food as your restriction becomes less. What has made people successful 2 years + out

Lose excesses belly fat. I had no contrl of where I lost weight on my body.Started with my face, then my arms/legs and my belly was last. I followrd my plan and exercised. I do cardio and lifting.

February 4th
sleeve 2014 - Maintaining, Start of challenge 136 todays weight 138 Ugh! up two pounds - Goal weight 130
#Self love #4 What I feel guilt for and forgive yourself - keeping this to myself # photo of me laughing Skip # No junk food fail - Super Bowl party now back on track

Lose excesses belly fat. I had no contrl of where I lost weight on my body.Started with my face, then my arms/legs and my belly was last. I followrd my plan and exercised. I do cardio and lifting.

Lose excesses belly fat. I had no contrl of where I lost weight on my body.Started with my face, then my arms/legs and my belly was last. I followrd my plan and exercised. I do cardio and lifting.

Could be a stall. if you work your plan it will break.
Do you log your food? You need to know if you are hitting your calorie and macro goals.

Planning to eBay my way through spring/summer on a kind of rotating buy/sell cycle :-) Don't expect to break even, but you never know.

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Could be a stall. if you work your plan it will break.
Do you log your food? You need to know if you are hitting your calorie and macro goals.

@NH1
Congrats on your surgery date. This is exciting, You will be on the other side of your sleeve and losing weight in days!
Sounds like the standard diet progression. 48 hour liquids to shrink the liver pre surgery. Liquids, puree,soft foods, as you heal from surgery. Then onto real foods. You can do this!

It's hard. But you let them go.
Oh yes, I wore black as my everyday uniform. 🙂 Soon you will be filling your closet with new clothing and new colors for spring/summer. Your sizes will be dropping quickly. Buy at discount stores and thrift stores until your weight settles.

Could be a stall. if you work your plan it will break.
Do you log your food? You need to know if you are hitting your calorie and macro goals.

Failed hard at the super bowl shindigs--have a hand full of chips and a Hershey kiss. The shame! 😭 Oh, well tomorrow is another day!
So catch up time--
#1 New selfie-pass (I try at least to keep my identity "questionable"). About me: Old. cranky. administrator, new yorker, wife, mom, tall, fat, atheist, irreverent, kind
#2 My favorite facial feature - my lips. My favorite physical characteristic: My neck and shoulders; no matter how fat I was I always had a beautiful long neck and statuesque shoulders.
#3 Mah neck -behold! (Man those baby hairs are too much). My favorite personality trait: empathy/kindness, for all my gruffness, I truly don't like to see people hurt.
#4 laughing pic- I laugh at this PASS. I need to forgive myself for allowing myself to get so fat and waiting too long to pull the trigger and have the sleeve. I don't know if I can just snap my fingers and forgive myself, but that is what therapy is for, I suppose.