Anyone out there in the same place? Have some regain, about 20 lbs, and struggling to get it off. Feel like my pouch is stretched. Any help/suggestions are appreciated.

your pouch is probably fine. Supposedly it takes work to stretch it - as in chronic overstuffing. You're probably just used to eating more, and it's hard to cut back once you've been eating at a higher calorie level. Regain is pretty common - but I know a lot of people who've managed to lose it. Some have gone to Weight Watchers, some start counting calories again, some do Keto, some do Intermittent Fasting - whatever works. But I would get on it now before it really gets out of control. It'll be a lot easier to lose 20 lbs than 50...

If you're a calorie counter (I am...), then track your intake for a week or two to figure out what your current average calorie intake is. I find it hard to drastically cut mine, so I just try to cut it by 100-ish calories at first, then after a week or two, I'll cut another 100 calories - and so on

if you hate calorie counting, then go back to following the rules we all followed the first year - protein first, then non-starchy veggies, and then if you have room, a small serving of fruit or whole grain carb. Or find a program that you like and can stick with for awhile (like Keto or WW), and try that...

At some point, you've just gotta commit to a plan, have a strategy, and realize it's for life. Most effective thing I ever did for maintenance, maybe even more effective than the surgery....was going to the bariatric therapist and starting to address why I'm always trying to sabotage myself with food. We never talk about the WHY behind the disordered eating. It's important to get to the bottom of it.

On 3/17/2021 at 4:57 PM, fransmom said:

Anyone out there in the same place? Have some regain, about 20 lbs, and struggling to get it off. Feel like my pouch is stretched. Any help/suggestions are appreciated.

@fransmom Check out Dr. Duc Vuong's YouTube series "real talk". He has some great videos and resources on weight regain post surgery. I wish you the best of luck and believe that you can get back on track!

I love dr. V!! I haven’t had surgery yet (june30)but I’ve been watching also reset your pouch protein shakes/ videos dr. Wiener is another good one to watch. Take it back to the basics and imagine u just first having surgery and your in honey moon phase and drink protein shakes maybe some walking for exercise.