SanDiego Girl

HW 333 LW 170 CW 220 Surgery date was 6/2000 i am 21 yrs out and a daily exerciser. My step are always over 10k a day. Very active. My pouch has stretched for sure. In July 2020 I had a stomach ablation done where they go down the throat and zap the pouch to try to create some scar tissue to try to shrink the pouch to give you a feeling of fullness as if he just had surgery. I was on liquids for two weeks and lost 12 pounds. I went crazy not having solid foods. I’ve gained six of those pounds back over the holidays. I’m currently sitting in about 221 I want to be at least 180. My biggest challenge is I can’t seem to stick to any food plan. After the ablation the doctor had me doing 800 g of fruits and vegetables a day. No he’s a gastroenterologist and he supposed to know that we are to eat protein first. He disagrees. I’m in a major metro of San Diego so it’s not like he’s a fly-by-night doctor. About 10 years ago I had a metabolism study done at Scripps hospital in la Jolla and they said metabolism had really slowed and my resting metabolism was about 1486 cal a day. I’m not sure what that equates to but they said I should eat under 1200 cal a day. I’m just really struggling getting this weight off I keep starting the five day restart pouch thing and then I’ll eat pizza… Chocolate seems to be in the mix every night. I am extremely frustrated and can’t seem to get any of this weight off on my own. About five years out from my by pass I turned alcohol and became an alcoholic. That was crazy! I am 8 yrs sober and 59 yrs old! Help please! I wish I could get the surgery all over again !

I am 5'6' and I Jazzercise 6 days a week which is 35 min of cardio and 20 minutes of weights and toning. Here is a typical day Brkfst - Fairlife protein shake Snack - tangerine Lunch - 230 salad snack - nuts and string cheese or protein shake Starbuck skinny Carmel Machiatto Dinner ; Meat and Veggies - Soup or Tacos - Zoodles and turkey spagetti sause snack - Skinny cow and 5 dove dark chocolates. My metabolism study I weighed 233. They put on Contrave and then I was on a low dose of Bufrofren and something else that made my hair fall out. I got down over 3 yrs to 195. I'm so tired of working so hard to be overweight. My Doc wants to do an ablation again. I'm really at a loss.