I am researching the DS. I have gained backed 38lbs. I cannot gain another pound. I am struggling big time. I am gaining weight eating less than 1500 cals a day at this point. Eating 900 cals a day for so long must have ruined my metabolism. My restriction is ok, but I need more help.

I am not looking for people to tell me to eat Protein first then veggies.

I am looking for people with experience with the DS, or people that know people. Thanks!

Oh, I'm sad because I missed drama. Laura, why didn't you PM me?!

OP - I think you got some great advice a few pages back. Shaving 10-20% off your current maintenance calorie count might be what you need. The window we can safely eat in post op isn't always as high as we'd like and it's certainly not as high as the window we ate in before surgery. That 2,000 calorie diet isn't going to fly for the majority of us here.

Nobody expects you to cut back down to 900 calories a day at this point. But slowly adjusting downward might jump start loss again, always assuming you don't have something hormonal/physiological going on that is affecting your weight.

The DS is something I'd say you should seriously consider IF you had never gotten close to or reached your goal. But you did reach your goal, you're just having issues in maintenance. It's not uncommon. Regain isn't uncommon. You certainly shouldn't be made to feel like a failure. There really are a number of people that post about it, but most often they're ignored and if they aren't, they're immediately lambasted, made to feel like failures and told to eat a specific way to get back on track. We don't often see them return.

And no wonder.

Bounce is common but you did bounce more than you should have - so I really think that instead of trying to play this the way you did immediately post op you should consider what Laura is saying or tracking your intake and cutting that number to see if it helps.

It is absolutely possible to lose this weight without another surgery, but if you feel like you need DS you're probably going to get better feedback on OH because they at least have a forum for that surgery.

Good luck,

~Cheri

Gosh I totally missed it. I love Cheri's and Laura's response It is possible to get back down to maintainence by reducing calories. Several members on here are eating 500 calories 2 days per week and it had been very effective on weight loss. I hope the OP will consider trying this