This week is my 2 year anniversary. I am at 255lbs now which is down 110lbs from where I started my journey. Off my dead lows which was 243 but very stable 250-257 area. The 2nd year was very different from the first year. My portion sizing has stabilized. I generally eat what I want with the very firm reminder every time I forget about my surgery. I still get the most restriction from proteins and snacks offer little to no restriction. I never made it to my initial goal weight wise but my quality of life dramatically improved. I am able to move around and do things I wasnt before. I bought an ATV just before the pandemic hit and that kept me very busy last year when the world shut down. I cant imagine riding at my old weight.

My current goal remains to exercise more while maintaining my eating regimen. Exercising is seasonal for me more likely to do it in the spring/ early summer and fall than I am during hottest parts of summer and winter when its cold but thats just me. Unfortunately I did stop updating the weight chart spreadsheet I was using but I do get on the scale but its more like 2x a month at most now and thats just to make sure I am on track. I will check this thread for a few days so feel free to ask me anything.

nice to see you back, Brent!

Thanks for the opportunity to ask some questions! Do you still separate drinking and eating? Do you drink any alcohol and how does it affect you now? Overall have you created enough healthy change that you’ll be able to maintain your loss? How do your portion sizes compare to the first year?

I dont separate eating and drinking, that really only lasted for me the first 3-4 months. I drink about as much as I used to which isnt very often but its rarely ever beer as it really fills me up. Alcohol still hits fairly quickly when I do drink. Portion sizes stabilized at around 12 months and has remained the same.

As a whole I feel I have made sustainable changes for the long term and largely retrained my brain on portion sizing.

Do you eat high protein/low carb or the types of foods you were eating before surgery? Not sure what that was... Do you do strength training? What sorts of exercises do you enjoy? Thanks!

Protein fills me up. I dont have many carbs with meals usually those are for snacks. Favorite exercise is trail hiking.