Brent701

I did manage to lose 7lbs the first week and I didnt do anything drastic. For me the key to it all is sustainability. I am contemplating going back on the Unjury Protein Shakes to atleast have on hand. I really liked them and they were effective Meal Replacements.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

I hear you and I have also gained weight this year. I will be 4 years post-op from my sleeve in Dec. I have gained about 25 lbs and I am working on losing it. My stomach still has portion resistance, however I now have the hunger pains and want to graze. I am doing Water when that occurs and have upped my Protein and am eliminating all the processed foods and junk that has creeped into my life.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

thanks for the encouragement. My post op weight loss experience was too easy. The weight fell off and I had no interest in food for around a year. My plan to get back on track is to cut out the last things I reintroduced. I fully expect it to be much more difficult this time from the physical aspect but I dont have the same mental attachment to food that I did so the mental side should be easy.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

thanks for the encouragement. My post op weight loss experience was too easy. The weight fell off and I had no interest in food for around a year. My plan to get back on track is to cut out the last things I reintroduced. I fully expect it to be much more difficult this time from the physical aspect but I dont have the same mental attachment to food that I did so the mental side should be easy.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

I am a little over 3 years post op now. The past year I put no effort in to maintain or monitor and only this week got back on the scale for the first time and the results are what you would expect. I gained back 40lbs. The biggest difference in year 2 vs year 3 is the return of hunger. The sleeve prevents me from overeating at meals but it will not stop grazing and if you eat calorie dense highly processed foods you will not get restriction. This is a frustrating setback and I have no one to blame but myself.
The honeymoon doesnt last forever and when it does wear off you will have a battle if you did not form good habits.

To Mikey’s credit he has been consistent with his attitude for a year now. Always a bit self centered and very matter a fact. Very much his way is right yours is wrong. A bit of a narcissist. He went from an awkward fat man to a confident skinny man. Outside of the WLS community this behavior is called being a d**k.

Protein fills me up. I dont have many carbs with meals usually those are for Snacks. Favorite exercise is trail hiking.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from Proteins and Snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.
My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

My point is its not easy to cut out 500 calories a day if you are anywhere near following the plan. This is not like non bariatrics that are eating 2500 calories a day and want to cut to 2000. Its MUCH harder to cut 500 calories when you are eating substantially less.
Ive been on the same routine since around mid July.

I have good news for you. I was sleeved on April 29th and I hit a low on November 4. I spent 2 months in a sideways range and only recently broke it. See the chart below what a 2 month stall 6 months out looks like! What am i doing differently, absolutely nothing I think my body just needed to consolidate after months of such rapid loss.
@Fatboyslim1 while true that cutting 500 calories a day will result in 1lb/week of loss I highly doubt anyone 9 months out has the ability to cut out 500 calories a day unless they are somehow over say 1700 a day (unlikely)

I chart my progress in a spreadsheet. For me it helps to visualize the rate of loss better. Weight fell off for the first 6 months without me even having to try I lost right at 100lbs. The next 7 months I have lost an additional 18 lbs and am now just 18 lbs from the goal weight. Expect the rate of loss to slow down as you lose weight as your body becomes more efficient. Its all about the amount of deficit you are putting your body into. When you are 120lbs overweight its easier to create that deficit compared to only 20lbs overweight. Its not realistic to expect the rate of change to remain constant.
You have to work harder and harder to lose at a constant rate the closer you approach your goal. So either work that much harder or be prepared to take the small losses and inch toward the goal. I hope this perspective helps.

I had a friends wedding earlier this month and it was my first time drinking since surgery. I stuck with the Champagne and had zero issue. I was a bit nervous how it would go given its bubbly. I drank a lot that night and had a great time. I lost 1lb that week. I had planned on posting more about the experience as weddings can be challenge for recent WLS patients but decided not to.
Yes what they say about the effects kicking in quicker are true it metabolizes much more quickly.

There are some fantastic people on this thread that have helped so many people along their journey including me when I was still visiting the site daily last year. There is the a right way and a wrong way and Mikey let the response you got here prove that this is not the right way.

Ive been to 2 weddings since surgery. First one was at 3 months then the next at 6 months. I drank a lot at both and very much enjoyed how quickly it metabolized. I only drink on special occasions and at nicer restaurants. 1 bad night of choices doesnt make or break things as long as it doesnt turn into a pattern. Of course most of us ended up needing this surgery because it became patterns but hopefully with the weight loss and retraining we make better choices.