yes i have gained weight about 5 to 10 lbs because of alot of depression i am going through. i am at 6 ccs and still doesn't seem enough. my head still telling me i am hungry i cant turn it off. i try to keep myself busy my excercising sucks its like i try and get exhausted too fast. i dont know what to do anymore.my husband is in the military and he will be leaving to Iraq again for the 4th time. you would think i would be used to it but i cant i have seperation anxiety from him. i guess i am reaching out for some friends. i have no friends where i live. so i am at my house 24/7 unless i have to go to the grocery store.

I understand completely. I found the time between surgery and restriction VERY depressing. But then, like magic, I got pretty good restriction at 7.5 CCs (Very good at 8.5). That made all the difference in the world. The hunger is much less and the amount I can eat is much less.

It's still a challenge at times to eat healthy and get to the gym, but it's MUCH MUCH MUCH easier than it used to be.

Don't give up till you have proper restriction. It's like the difference between night and day. Hang in there -- it will get better!

Hang in there! As a military wife of another generation gone by...I understand how you feel...It is hard when you face times like these. give yourself a little forgiveness with the endurance to exercise. It took me forever to build up to where I am today and that is not saying much compared to some, but then my point is that you have to start somewhere. Before I could hardly walk around the block without becoming short of breath and to look at the elliptical was to go into a sweat. I think my start time was a whopping 3 minutes. keep at it alittle at a time. It is good to have you back and know that we are here for you!

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Aww I'm sorry! Just try to focus your energy off food and on to something else? I know the head hunger is the worse. If your body isn't hungry though, you don't need more fluid. It'll just make everything will just get stuck. Just pay attention, and stick with it, you can do it. Just think about how skinny you can be when your husband gets back home

thanks everyone for the support. i found out i am at the starting of being diabetic i thought that when i had lost 30 lbs it would have gone away. i guess the pcos doesnt help in that matter. my exerciseing sucks. its like i can do 10 min and then i am exhausted or dizzy. i have a treadmil. maybe i am going to fast. i have a dr apt ment today for a fill i am so embrassed to go in there cause i have gained weight. i hate letting my doctor down, myself, and my husband.

Leslie Sansone has a dvd out that is 5 days to a slimmer you. You start out at 15 minutes a day which is a mile, and you work yourself up to 5 miles. I do 2 miles a day doing this usually. The dvd is fantastic, and it gets you slowly into exercising. Anything is better than nothing.

As far as the deployment thing, I've been there and done that twice now. Hubby got home last April after being in Iraq for a year. They are starting to gear up for another go at the end of 2012. We have a pretty fast tempo for a reserve unit. All I can tell you is to get involved with the FRG. (not sure what the Army calls it. We are Navy.) I've made some wonderful friends through ours. You can hopefully find somebody that you can connect with.

If you need anything at all, a shoulder to cry on, a pep talk, or somebody that knows what you are going through, just pm me. I will send you my email and phone number.

Hang in there. This journey isn't easy, but it is doable.