I had VSG in 2019. I went from 230 to 125 and now I am 195. I just feel SUPER defeated and worried I’ll never get the weight back off.

Kind of difficult to respond to this without details. Have you completely abandoned exercise and food tracking? Did you decide to start eating foods that were not in your post surgical food recommendations?

Both.

Been there, done that, still there. I gained 30 pounds back during COVID but the good news is I just recently re-lost them. So there IS hope and the WLS still is a tool to use. Don't feel defeated.

Start from ground zero and get back to your post surgical processes. They worked then, they can work again. You have to get the discipline back and stick to it. We all fall back from time to time.

Thank you. I guess I just need encouragement. I feel like the worst person ever and am so mad at myself

It happens. I am only a year post op. Didn’t quite get to my goal weight and gained ten pounds back to boot. We are all just human. Try not to beat yourself up.

I went through the same thing as you - In Dec 2016 I got the sleeve and lost about 120 lbs in about 6 months. Then over the next few years for various reasons I stopped following the plan and put almost all of it back on. I had revision surgery to a bypass this past November and am down about 75 lbs so far and still losing, best thing I ever did for myself.