I keep hearing about regain. How do folks keep it off long term? Does something else take the place of food as a self soothing mechanism? Exercise, needlepoint, etc.?

I keep hearing about regain. How do folks keep it off long term? Does something else take the place of food as a self soothing mechanism? Exercise, needlepoint, etc.?

Interested to hear some responses.

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Statistically, most people will regain no more than about 10-15% of what they lost. (Obviously there are exceptions)

The typical, average experience for this surgery is to lose about 70% of your excess weight in 18 months, then regain about 12% of that in the next two years.

Say you've got 100 pounds to lose. Most people will actually lose 60-70, and then regain about 12.

That's an average experience. Lots of people do a LOT better than this:) And some do worse.

I'm 17 months post-op. I lost over 100% of my excess weight, got to my goal at 1 year and 4 days post-op, and have been maintaining almost 10 pounds below goal for over 5 months now.

If you eat and drink how you are supposed to eat and drink, you won't regain. I know that a sedentary person at my size (6'0" 173 pounds) needs around 2100 calories per day to maintain his weight; therefore, I keep my calories around 2000 each day. I follow a keto way of eating, so I keep my carbs below 25g per day and my protein around 150g per day. I don't consume sugar, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc.

I had to make food fuel in my life and I changed my relationship with food to embrace an eat to live philosophy. I had to do that after having a destructive relationship with food for 40 years. I understand that neither the keto thing nor the eat to live philosophy is for everyone, but the fact remains that if you eat within the proper parameters, you shouldn't regain weight.

Frankly having an active, healthy social life beats the hell out of any food and drink any day. I am living my 20s in my 40s and having the time of my life!!

Edited March 3, 20188 yr by blizair09
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