Weight Gained Since Having Gastric Sleeve Surgery

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I'm also pretty sure that the maintenance "diet" (calories, Proteins, carbs, etc.) that work for Person X may not work equally well for Person Y.

So serious experimentation really is required to maintain well.

"Get WLS surgery and never have a weight problem again" is not the way it goes for almost anyone. I think you just have to keep figuring out what works for you -- food wise and behavior wise.

I'm sorry you think therapy couldn't help you or that it rings "hollow" to you. Just for the record (and the benefit of others reading this), my therapist has been quite helpful to me during the last 13-14 months. I started seeing him a few months before my own WLS (in August 2014).

I'll also say in response to your inferred question ("If eating less is the solution, why did we have the surgery?") that WLS gave me the opportunity to lose weight quickly and get back my ability to move my body a LOT more than I could pre-op. That extra movement alone adds hundreds of calories to my daily maintenance diet and gives me a much better fighting chance to maintain my weight than I could pre-op.

At the end of the day, no matter how we do it, weight loss and weight maintenance are not easy-peasy.

[reallyrosy 161]

Vsgann2014...um "magic wand"?

[reallyrosy 161]

We know its not easy peasy. My question was to laurak when she said "every diet works".

And I dont think therapy doesn't work. In fact, my life is proof that IT IS working. I'm responding to an angry tone o sense in your message. Did i misread it?

[laurak712 52]

Boy I sure didn't intend to start a shitstorm, sorry ladies and gents. And I never accused anyone of eating crap. I simply asked a question. Are people eating bad to gain back lots of weight? Well looking at my friends who have gained back all their weight, yes they have reverted back to the standard American poor diet. I was lucky in that I didn't have to go to therapy. But I do have an type A personality and am anal about food and exercise. And i've been a heavy exerciser for 27 years. I just needed the restriction in my case. I know it's not the same for all. And my vegan diet allows for more food volume which helps even more. I only wanted to offer a possible eating alternative that has helped me.

[laurak712 52]

For me, the sleeve has helped ME to stay on my diet of choice and maintain my loses. I never said it was easy but it is possible. I also think some people need malabsorption for metabolic issues.

[samelton68 64]

@@laurak712 you actually did say crap look back

[laurak712 52]

But I didn't accuse anyone. You look back.

[laurak712 52]

And I'm on vacation right now and my whole family is sitting around me eating fattening tacos for Breakfast. Hell yes I want them but I'm having a bowl of oatmeal instead. That's my reality.

[reallyrosy 161]

Laurak...oatmeal...droool! Are u familiar with emily Dickenson's poem "will there really be a morning?" Google it. The last 4 lines are what i mean by blue print. I need hope!

[samelton68 64]

What are you people eating? Are you just eating crap all the time or what. I'm lucky to get 1500 calories a day!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Vsgann2014...um "magic wand"?

Not sure what you mean by this comment ... ? Who said "magic wand"?

I'm responding to an angry tone o sense in your message. Did i misread it?

LOL ... yeah, I think you did.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I am 3.5 years out and yes, I have gained about 15 lbs in the last year.....eating empty calories and sugar. I work hard to get back on track but fail 90 percent of the time. Did good yesturday and hubby brought home some mexican pastries which I love. My bad, i couldn't leave them alone. I'm having a lot of emotional turmoil going on in my house and reckonize that I am an emotional eater......So this is hard work. Just doing Protein Shakes and Protein Bars doesn't cut it any more. I can eat a lot more now......I'm going to pull my hair out.........urggggg

[reallyrosy 161]

Vsg ann u asked me what i meant by blueprint. I responded "magic wand". Then later on msj to laurak cited the emily Dickenson poem abt a plilgrim looking for a path toward....whatever!

[reallyrosy 161]

Ms skinniness...why? hair doesn’t weigh much. .

[reallyrosy 161]

Hey...we should all saddle up Rocinante and ride after a skinny quest! Im changing my handle to Donna Quixote...(rocinante was the name of his horse)