So, I went and did some digging here and I was starting to get frustrated seeing all the "diets" people have tried to do lose a few to several pounds, whether it came from a regain or just trying to get the last few pounds off to hit goal. Isn't that how yo-yo dieting starts? Isn't that where many gain weight? Why would you do a fad diet? What happened to a LIFESTYLE change? I've noticed that the successful long-term WLS patients are the ones who are committed to staying on a lifestyle diet. So, what is your lifestyle diet? What will you do to get those last few pounds off or any weight that might be regained? ....my hope is to just make small adjustments to your lifestyle diet.

can I say lifestyle diet, again? LOL

Well, people get frustrated because when you near your goal your weight loss slows down or even stops. I'm only 10 lbs from my goal and it's hard. So people will try different things to lose those last stubborn pounds. It's okay to experiment with things. For me, the way you lose the weight is unconnected to the sleeve. I view the sleeve more as a tool to help prevent regain. I was eating crap for months and only gained 6 lbs because of my restriction from the sleeve. If I didn't have the sleeve I'm sure that would have been closer to 50 lbs gained.

13 hours ago, Proud2BMe said:

Well, people get frustrated because when you near your goal your weight loss slows down or even stops. I'm only 10 lbs from my goal and it's hard. So people will try different things to lose those last stubborn pounds. It's okay to experiment with things. For me, the way you lose the weight is unconnected to the sleeve. I view the sleeve more as a tool to help prevent regain. I was eating crap for months and only gained 6 lbs because of my restriction from the sleeve. If I didn't have the sleeve I'm sure that would have been closer to 50 lbs gained.

You've got a point there, about the restriction and it helping you to not gain as much as if you didn't have it. I was thinking though, about the goal weight. I have one set, but I don't think I'll be paying attention to the numbers so much anyhow. I don't weigh myself, even now, so the numbers I can throw out will be entirely what was and is taken at the doctor's office. With that said, the whole number thing is a good indication of where we should be, right? But it really shouldn't be the driving factor to do whatever you can do (diet wise) just to get them off. That's just my opinion.

There seems to be a new "set point ". Hard for me to get much lower. No fad diets. Tried too many times. Just sensible eating and water and some work outs and walking.
Works for many. Hopeful

Yes, no more diets for me. That got me into trouble in the first place.

I had these thoughts before surgery. The reality is the surgery is on your stomach not your brain. So just like with any weight loss plan, there comes a point when every thing stops. Then what? If you have made that complete lifestyle change after taking a leap and having wls and you still cant get where you want to be??????????? Some may try different things to shake it up.Get it moving again. Whether its a change in eating or changing their work out. Its the same thought process as before surgery. You want to meet your goals and when you are actually doing everything right and its not happening.....HERE COMES THE DIETS

The 5 day pouch test is basically a fad diet and people push it all the time.

If people just ate dense Protein first, they could avoid all these issues.

9 hours ago, Julie norton said:

There seems to be a new "set point ". Hard for me to get much lower. No fad diets. Tried too many times. Just sensible eating and Water and some work outs and walking.
Works for many. Hopeful

Sounds a lot less stressful too. This is what I will be doing. Strolling along and stopping to smell the flowers ? not thinking of the last 5 lbs. ? I will be rested.

Edited February 28, 20179 yr by Newme17

I had these thoughts before surgery. The reality is the surgery is on your stomach not your brain. So just like with any weight loss plan, there comes a point when every thing stops. Then what? If you have made that complete lifestyle change after taking a leap and having wls and you still cant get where you want to be??????????? Some may try different things to shake it up.Get it moving again. Whether its a change in eating or changing their work out. Its the same thought process as before surgery. You want to meet your goals and when you are actually doing everything right and its not happening.....HERE COMES THE DIETS

I couldn't have said it better myself..

It will always be something I think about.
Food being something we need to survive and want for pleasure. It is always in the back of my mind no matter how full I am from " just eating" I'm already looking forward to eating again.
I feel like I'm more focused on food now then I ever was before. I can't win lol

7 hours ago, erica_ozzy73 said:

It will always be something I think about.
food being something we need to survive and want for pleasure. It is always in the back of my mind no matter how full I am from " just eating" I'm already looking forward to eating again.
I feel like I'm more focused on food now then I ever was before. I can't win lol

Food is fuel and also meant for pleasure (while we get together and socialize); but our current western diet is problematic with the quality of food and sometimes we don't when to stop. I never liked the full sensation or being "stuffed" so I steer away from that...it's the quality that's my problem. It's true, once you pop you can't stop (Pringles). LOL Those pesky terrible simple carbs. I'm convinced that the big wig brand companies put chemicals in the products to create addictions. But while they're doing that, we have to go to war with how we eat and what we eat. It's a forever battle, but one that I intend to be victorious in always.

@erica_ozzy73 and you can win too.

Edited February 28, 20179 yr by Newme17

You can implement a life style change without wls and regain is possible after wls.

18 hours ago, OutsideMatchInside said:

If people just ate dense Protein first, they could avoid all these issues.

Yes, and if they just ate less and moved more WLS would have been unnecessary...

4 hours ago, AnneElliot said:

You can implement a life style change without wls and regain is possible after wls.

This.

However, if you fail with WLS you're the true miserable loser. Of course diets don't work, but WLS does always. And if it doesn't, it's your fault alone.

How I hate this attitude! The irony about this is that patients who had WLS are the worst when it comes to this and they don't seem to be able to realize that they're acting and thinking like the people who told them to "just put down the fork and move more". As if years and years of dieting and dealing with ignorant people wouldn't have taught us a lesson or two about weight loss and success.

Doctors pretty much promise that if we follow the plan, that we'll lose weight. We trust them at their word, and pass it along.

The occasional person will have an unusual metabolism or hormone imbalance that would cause wls to fail. Those individuals need specialized care to see if their underlying problem can be fixed.

The general wls community can't be expected to know whether they are talking to that rare bird, or the typical patient that is falling off the wagon.

23 hours ago, Berry78 said:

The general wls community can't be expected to know whether they are talking to that rare bird, or the typical patient that is falling off the wagon.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. It's the typical vocabulary people use when talking about dieting ("falling of the wagon").