Hi everyone, I will be celebrating 3 yrs post op this May 1st. My sleeve has been thee greatest thing in my life. I haven't been here in quite some time and am "turning myself in" to the group for accountability and mutual support.

None of us can do this alone and for me I know it is something I will have to work with for the rest of my life. The sleeve does not miraculously give us weight loss that will last. The sleeve does not get rid of our emotional response to outside lilfe situations and stress. The sleeve does not bring us a miracle mental change in attitudes and habits...
BUT...what the sleeve does is give us the tool to make all this possible that I just mentioned.

I am feeling and looking good and lilfe itself is very blessed. I am, however struggling with my own mental attitudes and habits at the moment. I have let old habits slip in, am snacking and have let my nemesis "SWEETS" and "CARBS" become part of my diet with more than a taste here and there.

So, I have regained weight. On the bright side however, I will say with 3 yrs post op my weight regain is very minimal compared to the 95 lbs I lost initially. Normally I would have regained 95 lbs plus....as you all know it is so very easy to do.

I have regained 15 lbs and am now going back to basics and have added exercise back into my life along with writing my food diary each day. I'm just tracking basic calories, proteins and fluids in ounces I'm consuming. I've never really taken in the amount of water or liquids I'm supposed to each day, not because I can't but that I never really liked water much. Now, I'm working with that too.

So, long story short...I'm basically still in my size 12 clothes but have had to, with the weight gain buy a few size 14 pants/capris because I carry my weight in the lower half of my body. This does not make me happy and I'm trying to not let it get me down.

I'm working with myself each day...some days are better than others but here I am...this is me...and I love me for better or worse.

I look forward to reconnecting with everyone, reading your own experiences and moving on from here.
Thanks for reading and being there. We need one another, always!