I am 5 years post-op with my gastric sleeve surgery. I have lost over 220 pounds. I give all the credit and honor to God for this great blessing. Now, in the past couple months, I have gained 15 pounds. This to me is very scary - I do not want to go back up the scales. I am trying so very hard to never take advantage of this blessing. I have try also to stick very closely to my plan that I have used since the surgery, yet still I have gained this weight. I have read about taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with water can curve your appetite and help cleanse your system. Is this true or is it too hard on the stomach? Help! I cannot and will not go back up the scales.

9 minutes ago, Healthy_life said:

You are six weeks in to this and never experienced a regain? or are you a revision?

Nope.... weight loss is weight loss. A sleeve is just a great tool to help you along your journey--but it's just a tool. The science behind good nutritional habits applies to everyone regardless of where you are along your journey. As I said, I am not able to do intermittent fasting or even follow a true therapeutic keto diet because I am only 6 weeks post-op, but if I were 5 years post op and experienced modest weight regain like OP, I would be following a true therapeutic keto diet with intermittent fasting. At that point, if you can consume enough calories to experience weight regain, you can consume enough calories to do keto right and incorporate IF. The science behind keto is there--it's just a matter of whether it's something the OP can comfortably follow.

1 hour ago, SteveT74 said:

I beg to differ. If you put two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (with the mother) [the real thing, not some premixed drink) into 8oz of Water, add a teaspoon of lemon juice, some sea salt and a little cinnamon--then drink it all--you will feel those hunger pangs subside immediately. Also, ACV is great for controlling insulin responses and blood insulin levels (not just blood glucose levels). There are plenty of studies on this on the NPI. Problem, apple cider vinegar isn't very tasty--so, you have to take it like it's medicine. Give it a shot and see if it doesn't make a difference.

Hm, interesting. Have you personally tried it? Simply curious. I have nothing against wanting to try it, that is just what I personally had read on it, so I never really gave it another thought. I am all for anything helping with that hunger pang, as long as it is healthy/not harmful.