do you want to be friends ? i tried to find your profile but it's set as private. smiles.. kristin

Oh yes things do creep back into the diet so does emotional eating. I work on it everyday that is all I can do.

I am overweight on the chart too - Forget about that chart.

My friends that haven't had this surgery strugle everyday to loose weight. I couldn't barely lose 10 lbs with out this surgery and keeping it off was almost impossible. To lose 60 lbs and keeping it off is fantastic.

Everyone one I know at my age is trying to lose weight and stay healthy. I will have to work on it as well - day by day one day at a time. Some days are better than others. I won't beat myself up.

I try to eat good protein.

I try not to over eat. My mouth always wants more that my stomach needs.

I try not to have things in the house I have no control over. Even though that is hard for me and food. I can over eat just about anything. It is my addiction.

I just decided last week to try and come back here more often. I need the support of the people here. I see people that are the most successful and they follow the plan. I like you I'm trying to get the carbs back out of my diet - though I don't think all carbs are bad. They just don't fill me up. I never feel full and then I have a carb crash.

Keep checking in Kristin. We can try and help each other. Just remember though - you are not bad and don't beat yourself up. Just do a little better tomorrow than the day before.

 Hello Heidi,
  I am post op out almost two years myself, gastric bypass july 07.
 I am a light weight to start. Started at bout 210, now down to 150pounds.
 Have been feeling a bit discouraged though because i had jumped back onto the carb wagon and chocolate to pacify some winter blues. went up about ten , and taking back control. I recently started the 5daypouchtest and am on my first day for the third time, i refuse to let the carb monster take me down. smiles. I am still in the obese to over weight range and that's not acceptable to me. BMI of 31.
 Just trying to get back to basics  of high protein and high water,lower carbs.
  Have you had any struggles lately? How have you changed your view of yourself physically and emotionally?kristin

I haven't been on our surgery month site in ages.  I wanted to second the opinion of the other poster -- You are NOT a flunky!  100 pounds is an awesome loss.  It does get really, really easy to eat a lot after a year or so.  Do your best to spend a few days drinking protein shakes if you can stand it.  Maybe have some yogurt in the middle if you get really hungry.  I'll bet that you'll begin to feel the restriction again.  The tool never really goes away, we just pu****s limits.  Consciously cut back on your food, stick to liquid protein for a bit, then cut out the carbs and eat sensible meals.  You'll get back down there.  I know you can do it!

Linda

I wrote a lot on this forum after my surgery but haven't really been on in many months
I'm a year and a half out of surgery and I feel like I should have done so much better than
this.  Before surgery I weighed 292 now I weight 192
I did get down to 185 but I'm slowly creeping back up
I feel like I can eat WAY to much I can almost eat like a normal person
why did I do this to myself
I'm thinking about going to my doctor for a revision or maybe seeing if I
can do the Switch but i don'.t know if that is possible
I'm nervous about telling my Doctor I'm a failure
shortly after I had surgery I became pregant with my fifth child I don't know
if being pregnant effected the outcome of the surgery b/c I was
encouraged by my OBGYN to make sure I got in plenty of calories to
support the babies growth so I guess I must have fought myself to train myself
to eat again   :(    Don't get me wrong my little Garrison is the love of my life and
I wouldn't trade him for the world I just wish his birth would have come before my surgery.
Does anyone have any advice or does anyone else feel like they've stopped loosing weight and have now hit their new "normal" weight