1+ yr(s) Post Sleeve Accountability Thread

[brentymac]

It has been just over 18 months since my sleeve. I felt like a super star! I did everything right and never cheated for quite a while. I went from 238 to 150 and then it happened. I have been "white knuckling" it for too long. Every day is a struggle. At first it was 5 pounds. I chalked that up to muscle (at 150 I was super thin with no muscle tone) from working out. Then it was 10. My body was filling out again in the right places and I just kept telling myself it was okay. I was still hoping to get down to 138, but the scale started moving in the other direction. I am now 172 pounds, 34 pounds from my goal, and tired of the battle. Every single day is like before my surgery. I think about my weight. Obsess about my pant size. Overeat. Eat too much junk. Feel guilty. Swear tomorrow will be different. Yesterday I saw a picture of myself and I might as well weigh 238 again because all I saw was a fat girl.

I have come too far to go back. I know I need to get my head on straight and remember why I had the sleeve in the first place, but like before, I'm not even sure where to start. Do I go back on Weight Watchers? Do I start my christian-based Lose It for Life book study? Do I go back and do my pre-op diet for 2 weeks again? Cut out cards? Exercise more? I have no idea.

This is a wonderful thread. Thank you for posting. I will check back often to see how everyone else is managing.

[tinman]

It has been just over 18 months since my sleeve. I felt like a super star! I did everything right and never cheated for quite a while. I went from 238 to 150 and then it happened. I have been "white knuckling" it for too long. Every day is a struggle. At first it was 5 pounds. I chalked that up to muscle (at 150 I was super thin with no muscle tone) from working out. Then it was 10. My body was filling out again in the right places and I just kept telling myself it was okay. I was still hoping to get down to 138, but the scale started moving in the other direction. I am now 172 pounds, 34 pounds from my goal, and tired of the battle. Every single day is like before my surgery. I think about my weight. Obsess about my pant size. Overeat. Eat too much junk. Feel guilty. Swear tomorrow will be different. Yesterday I saw a picture of myself and I might as well weigh 238 again because all I saw was a fat girl.

I have come too far to go back. I know I need to get my head on straight and remember why I had the sleeve in the first place, but like before, I'm not even sure where to start. Do I go back on Weight Watchers? Do I start my christian-based Lose It for Life book study? Do I go back and do my pre-op diet for 2 weeks again? Cut out cards? Exercise more? I have no idea.

This is a wonderful thread. Thank you for posting. I will check back often to see how everyone else is managing.

First off...I am sorry you are struggling. Please keep in mind that you succeeded once, so you can succeed twice. You listed several methods of losing weight in your post. Did you try all of those post op? I ask only because if you used some or all of them to succeed initially, then you should go back to the mother ship. Do what worked the first time. Successes can be repeated if you follow the steps.

I'm not going to tell you that any of those methods is wrong. You lost your weight your way. As you said, you are a super star. So, go back to basics. Go back to the beginning. Your sleeve will not let you down. You may have let it down, but it'll be there for you.

Please pm me or keep us up to speed with your progress. I am incredibly interested in how you do and what you are doing.

Good Luck.

Peace

[Tara McGee Jackson]

This is my fear,,,pre op (sorry but I am looking at life down the line) Do you still have restriction?

Oh yes! BUT certain foods(junk) slide right down easier and dont really get me full.

[Tara McGee Jackson]

I have been doing pretty well. I am loosing but slow. Its ok though, at least the scale is going the right direction. I went out of town this weekend and was SOOO worried that the 5 pounds that took me 3 weeks to lose was going to come back in 4 days. We ate out every meal but I made good choices and still got in my evening walk most nights. I came home and had LOST a pound!!! And it is my TOM so major victory! I feel super guilty now when I dont get my evening 3 miles in. I am super scared to break routine because then its just that much harder to start again. For this interested I am trying to just eat clean. Lean meat first then fruits and veggies. I snack on a lot of fruit( apples with peanut butter, cantaloupe, and LOTS of watermelon!)

[Skinnymini]

Hi i am 14 months out. Start weight 217lbs current weight 110. I eat carefully but do notice if i eat fat combined with protein eg macadamia nuts, atkins bars i loose a little! Weight loss v slow now not sure I will drop much more. Dr never gave me a goal weight. Ultimate personal goal was 115 but now 5lbs under. Im only 5ft1 though so look in proportion. I wear a uk 6-8 now. Started at uk size 18-20. I have so much energy! I do wonder i will continue to loose. Some sites say you loose for first yr others say for first 2yrs? If i dont get enough protein my hair still falls out!

[Mbenson5]

Just curious, why do u want to lose more? Seems like 110 is on the smaller size. Best to you!!

[lornadoone629]

I celebrated my 1 yesr surgiversary yesterday, so I guess I can be inducted into this exclusive and successful "club" now. lol I am not where I intend to be in the end, but I am well on my way. I've lost between 95-97 pounds (fluctuating) and dang, if I didn't want that 100! lol it will come. I'm not doing badly on the eating, although i do sometimes eat things that I probably shouldn't. I decided going into this that I wouldn't have a restriction lists of foods....too much like the decades of restrictive, punishing diets that never worked. I need to tighten up my routine and clean up my options so that I'm not as tempted. My exercise has stopped due to a stress fracture and in a boot for the last 1+ month.....although my arthritis limits my activity most days anyway. however, I can move now, once the boot is off I'm heading back to the dance floor and I'm ready to hit my goal. I've lost 95-97 pounds, am I really going to let the last 40 do me in? heck no!!!!!!

[vegasneon]

I am 14 months post op and I too really hoped to lose 100 in the first year and didn't. I lost 78 lbs and I am so happy with all the positive changes that I guess its taken the "fight" out of me. After I hit 188 in Feb I stalled and after a month or so started eating more and more crap. Not that I eat it all the time but I probably have fast food once a week, chocolate twice a month and 1 or 2 real cokes per month. I'm also having a problem with eating until I am full instead of stopping at enough. I plan to go on just protein and veggies until I get back under control. The problem is I have been planning to do that for weeks and I keep falling off the wagon! The fact that I can eat "cheat foods" and not gain is both good and bad. If I never lost another lb this surgery would have been worth it but I am determined to get down to a healthy, not overweight, size!

[terrora]

I am 14 months post op and I too really hoped to lose 100 in the first year and didn't. I lost 78 lbs and I am so happy with all the positive changes that I guess its taken the "fight" out of me. After I hit 188 in Feb I stalled and after a month or so started eating more and more crap. Not that I eat it all the time but I probably have fast food once a week, chocolate twice a month and 1 or 2 real cokes per month. I'm also having a problem with eating until I am full instead of stopping at enough. I plan to go on just protein and veggies until I get back under control. The problem is I have been planning to do that for weeks and I keep falling off the wagon! The fact that I can eat "cheat foods" and not gain is both good and bad. If I never lost another lb this surgery would have been worth it but I am determined to get down to a healthy, not overweight, size!

Congrats on your weight loss!! Your cheats sound pretty tame to me Keep going, you can get there!

[Mbshil]

I am also thrilled to have found this thread. I am two years out and starting to struggle for the last year. Old habits have crept back in , and I am starting to gain it back. Scared- and not sure where to start. Liquid diet again ? AT times still feel the restrictions but making poor choices a Lot of the times.

[Mbshil]

I know exactly how you feel. Been sabotaging myself for the past year , and trying to tell myself that I am happy with the result. In a way I am but I am only there half-way. After the first year I started slacking of big time. Making the same old bad choices, and I keep trying to tell myself that I will get a handle on it. even read a few posts about sleeves that are just not tight enough trying to find excuses.
But I know it is me , and I need to get back on track. I actually started walking again today, which is a start. Will do a one week liquid diet to get back into the groove.
Wish me luck!

[Mbshil]

It has been just over 18 months since my sleeve. I felt like a super star! I did everything right and never cheated for quite a while. I went from 238 to 150 and then it happened. I have been "white knuckling" it for too long. Every day is a struggle. At first it was 5 pounds. I chalked that up to muscle (at 150 I was super thin with no muscle tone) from working out. Then it was 10. My body was filling out again in the right places and I just kept telling myself it was okay. I was still hoping to get down to 138, but the scale started moving in the other direction. I am now 172 pounds, 34 pounds from my goal, and tired of the battle. Every single day is like before my surgery. I think about my weight. Obsess about my pant size. Overeat. Eat too much junk. Feel guilty. Swear tomorrow will be different. Yesterday I saw a picture of myself and I might as well weigh 238 again because all I saw was a fat girl.

I have come too far to go back. I know I need to get my head on straight and remember why I had the sleeve in the first place, but like before, I'm not even sure where to start. Do I go back on Weight Watchers? Do I start my christian-based Lose It for Life book study? Do I go back and do my pre-op diet for 2 weeks again? Cut out cards? Exercise more? I have no idea.

This is a wonderful thread. Thank you for posting. I will check back often to see how everyone else is managing.

I am exactly where you are not knowing what to do. Struggling with the thought I messed it all up. My son is jokingly saying that if I dont make any changes I will need another sleeve!
What have you decided to do? Anyone else has any suggestions? Do we go back to the pre-op diet?

[Tara McGee Jackson]

I am still doing pretty well being "back on the wagon" I walk at least 3 miles a day(usually 5+) and do pretty good with my food. Its gotten a LOT easier the last week or two also. I dont even want to cheat. I am in the ZONE! I am back down 9lbs. I am pretty ok with that. I really want to lose 10 more pounds and would LOVE to lose 12 lbs and put me in a new decade that i haven't been in since i was 17!!!

[LtWeight]

I am glad to have found this thread, I am about 13 1/2 months out. I am a little over 5' 3" tall and have lost about 80 lbs total (including one week pre-op diet. After my six month weigh in, probably around 7 to 8 months I got down to 122 lbs and became worried I would get too thin. I didn't have any fat on me and all I really had was loose skin. I thought if I lost any more I'd start looking anorexic or something. So I started adding more calories. The easiest one for me to add was my dark chocolate. I've maintained my 122, some days it's up to 125 and some around 121 but most days are 122 - 123. I'm worried that I'll get to a point that I'll start gaining. I had been going to physical therapy in addition to my twice a week swimming class and 3 times a week water aerobics. I completed physical therapy and this six week session I didn't enroll in my Tues/Thurs water aerobics due to a hectic schedule but will resume in about 3 more weeks. Has anyone on here lost too much weight. I get between 60 - 80 grams of protein most days so I think that is really helping me a lot. I can tell that even though I weigh the same I have a little more fat under that loose skin. I have an appointment scheduled with the nutricianist for the 22nd to see what I can swap out my chocolate for that will up my calories a little. Before the chocolate I averaged around 700 - 800 per day. Anyone have any tips they can share?

[lil_lisa]

I stopped losing at about 6 months in. Only things I can change are mostly more water and more exercise. I read an article the other night about this subject and someone said that we need to keep the four things in mind, they are 1) WATER 2) EXERCISE 3) DO NOT DRINK WITH MEALS 4) PROTEIN ALWAYS FIRST. I understand when you stall or maintain that you tend to say what the heck I can have a soda or fast food, or junk or whatever and I have been doing that. So far, if I do that and gain 2 or 3 pounds I have gone back to protein, vegies, fruit and alittle carb and I can lose back down those few pounds. I think the secret is to catch it right away. But the desires for foods is still something to deal with. And my lack of motivation is hurting me. You look pretty either way but I'm sure you are happier smaller from what I can tell. So give it another shot, go back to good foods if you can. good luck.