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01-25-2012, 05:21 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4
Weight Statistics 8/12/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
255 lb Start Weight:
207 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
48 lb Weight Loss:
57 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.8235294118 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9342838049 BMI Start:
32.4172421475 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi. I am new here and am looking for some advice. I need to get back on track. I had surgery 8/07 and lost 65 lbs but have since gaine 20 lbs back. I so scared and don't know what to do. I got bored after a while with eating the same thing, chicken, protein shakes, eggs and lost my way some how.
I feel like my stomach has stretched and I'm guilty of eating slider foods or grazing. With kids and a husband, the guilty temptations like potato chips, cookies are always around. I feel like I have screwed up everything and don't know if I can get this weight off. I don't want my surgery to have been in vain.
How can I get back on track or am I too far gone??  
PLEASE HELP!!
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01-25-2012, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 3,672
Weight Statistics 7/27/10 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
204 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
53.8258575198 % % Lost:
July 27, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.0480957031 BMI Start:
30.0354003906 BMI Current:
28.3190917969 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi there! Welcome to the group, this is a great place for support and encouragement.
My suggestion would be to go back to the basics you were given when you had your WLS, I have a feeling you'll start seeing some weight loss again. Hang around here and let us how you're doing and how we can help. Good luck to you!
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01-25-2012, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Apple Valley Minnesota
Posts: 2,085
Weight Statistics 2 Feb., 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
252 lb Start Weight:
131 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
121 lb Weight Loss:
-18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.0158730159 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.2509765625 BMI Start:
22.4836425781 BMI Current:
25.5729980469 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi and welcome, we're glad you joined us.
You shouldn't have to eat the same thing all the time unless most foods don't agree with your pouch. Try getting a little more variety and maybe you won't feel like eating the snack foods.
Remember to drink your 64 oz. water every day, eat your protein first then veggies. Fruits and whole grains if you still have room. My program says never more than 1 cup of food per meal. I still measure and weigh everything even after a year.
We're rootin' for you, you can do this!
__________________ Cindy "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon
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01-25-2012, 06:36 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4
Weight Statistics 8/12/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
255 lb Start Weight:
207 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
48 lb Weight Loss:
57 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.8235294118 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9342838049 BMI Start:
32.4172421475 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks for the encouragement but is it possible to stretch your pouch? I don't think a cup of food is enough anymore to fill me up. Maybe it is. Is it possible for it to shrink back?
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01-25-2012, 07:07 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 3,672
Weight Statistics 7/27/10 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
204 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
53.8258575198 % % Lost:
July 27, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.0480957031 BMI Start:
30.0354003906 BMI Current:
28.3190917969 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I'm not really sure, we have a doc on board here and I know she will be able to answer this for you.
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01-25-2012, 07:49 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Posts: 1,633
Weight Statistics June 2011 Start Date:
9-20-2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
272 lb Start Weight:
187 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.25 % % Lost:
9-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.1773746536 BMI Start:
33.1219450743 BMI Current:
25.6827916352 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Doc has said that it is pretty hard to stretch your pouch. Get back to basics and you should be fine. There are lots of recipes on this site to help you not to get bored. See if you can enlist your family's support by not having the chips and cookies in the house. I'll bet they will be happy to help you. Welcome and let us know how you are doing.
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01-25-2012, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S. Jersey
Posts: 2,481
Weight Statistics ?? Most recently Oct. 2010 Start Date:
January 31 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2748538012 % % Lost:
no pressure... 1 year? 1-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4990548204 BMI Start:
28.6456626759 BMI Current:
27.9073724008 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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A girl in support group had surgery 4 years ago and regained 26 lbs.
She said she went to OA and goes every week. She gave up eating
anything white..(sugar, flour). Won't touch a piece of bread- will eat
rice cakes instead. (There are lots of alternatives.)
Anyway, she lost the 26 lbs!!
But I agree with the others, go back to the "Rules"...drink the water, get the protein in, are you walking? moving? do all of that... maybe a cup a meal won't be enough for you, so shoot to eat "less" to begin with... and go from there.
FIGHT FOR IT. Don't give up. You CAN do it. Good luck.
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01-26-2012, 12:08 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Posts: 168
Weight Statistics 12/25/2010 Start Date:
04/12/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
386 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
226 lb Weight Loss:
-15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
58.5492227979 % % Lost:
12/29/2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index56.9960092418 BMI Start:
23.6252888049 BMI Current:
25.8401596303 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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WLS is a tool. If you have stopped using it for a while, that does not mean it will not work for you any longer.
If you set a hammer aside for a year, it will still put a nail into a board when you need it to.
What you need to do is make sure you want to use the tool. Give up the food you know will not work with it, go back to the most basic rules. Sip, Sip, Sip, Sip and Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk.
Eat right and exercise. You will get to your goal weight if you allow yourself to.
I know you can do it, I know you have the ability, you have the tools, you have the knowledge. All you need is to pull the trigger.
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01-26-2012, 01:33 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 550
Weight Statistics 12-26-11 Start Date:
February 27, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
308 lb Start Weight:
222 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
86 lb Weight Loss:
72 lb Lb Left to Lose:
27.9220779221 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index49.7070707071 BMI Start:
35.8278236915 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
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I have not had the surgery yet. But I am on a regulated diet to prepare for it as per the nutritionist. I have found myself really change how I view the food. When I am tempted to eat the cakes and other goodies, I have been asking myself if I really want that food item and reminding myself that it was those food that brought me to this place in my life. It is never too late! Stay positive and get back on track. Do you go to a support group at the local clinic or hospital? What about an accountability partner? I am cheering for you!
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01-26-2012, 02:16 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Lewisville, TX
Posts: 110
Weight Statistics 09/13/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
247 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
37 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.3643724696 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.0984615385 BMI Start:
28.6191715976 BMI Current:
22.4627218935 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Welcome! I have been told that if you go back to the liquid stage (post op diet) for 2-3 weeks that it will help to shrink your pouch and reset your mindset. If you try please let us know if it worked...good luck!!
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