2 years post op RNY, had baby...gaining weight (cross posted)

 I am a little over 2 years post op.  I have a 6mth old baby.  I was doing great on my diet prior to getting pregnant, not eating any carbs.  When I was pregnant the doctor told me to add some carbs (I forgot how good they were) I only gained 21 lbs while pregnant, 2 weeks after I had her I was back down to my regular weight.  Now I have gained 23 lbs.  I feel hungry all the time and I know my portions are bigger.  How do I get back on track without being hungry all of the time.  I know a lot of my hunger is boredom, I need to get active, but I have a bone disease and having issues right now and cant really be active.  Please help.  I need it.   

Kudos to you if you have an infant and have time to be bored! I felt like a crazy person at points and would have paid good money for 'bored'!

I think you know the answer to the question you posed.

Stop eating the carbs. Get back to protein, measured meals, hydration, vitamins and really if you are able to care for an infant, I am sure there is a form of exercise you can do. Work with a physical therapist to come up with something that is right for you. Isometrics maybe? 

One thing I know a lady in my in person support group did was go back on the pre-op diet for about 10 days when she got 'off kilter' and reset her brain as well as her belly. She said it helped her a LOT and got her away from the carbs completely. 

Good luck to you!!

thanks.  I was thinking of going back to presurgery diet.  But do you think the full liquid diet or just no carbs, high protein, no sugar, lots of water is good?  I just didnt know if I could hang with the all liquid again.  My husband is starting the process for the surgery, so I figured that would help me keep on track too.  

Oh yes...if it were me, I'd do the pre-op diet right alongside him, unless he's still a ways out from that.  Personally, I'd want the full liquids with a low carb component. If you are nursing, you might want to first check with the nutritionist and see what he/she says about that.  I bet by the 3rd day you'll be in the swing of things on liquids and then able to get through two weeks and feel 'restarted' on good habits once again.

LOVE that your husband is doing this too! My husband and I have many times said how thankful we are that we both wanted to do this and can share our individual journey so fully with one another. 

Oh he still at least 3-4 months away.  He sees the dietician Monday.  He was so against the surgery when I had it, now he sees the difference it has made in my life.  

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do NOT go back to a liquid diet.   What the heck did we all have this surgery for if we are going to go back to stupid fad diets that got us fat in the first place?  Sheesh!

You need a protein forward diet with good fats and nutritional carbs (dairy, beans, vegetables) combined with plenty of fluids, vitamins and exercise.

This is not rocket science, it's the lifestyle we signed up for when we let a surgeon rearrange our digestive systems!

There are plenty of people (vets) who have regained significant amounts and lost it by adhering to the prescribed lifestyle.  Fad liquid diets will just put you back on the deprivation cycle that we all suffered for so many years - it's not sustainable for the length of time you need to lose the weight and will make you feel a failure like it probably did in the past.   If these stupid diets worked, none of us would need WLS - however we try to portray how perfect we are!!!!

You didn't gain this weight quickly and you won't lose it quickly - use your restriction and do this the sensible way!

I agree.  I am hoping once I get my health under control I can feel ok to be more active and that will help me actually lose and not just maintain the weight I am.  I thought going totally liquid again even for a week would be torture for me and extreme.  

If you look at PetHairMagnet's daily diet, you'll see why, at only 6 months out,  she doesn't understand maintenance or regain  ...  

Her time of normalcy WILL come but for the time being, you should consider the poster when taking advice about what to do to get back on track when you are 2+ year out !   You know what you need to do and you'll do fine once you do it 

I did not, and do not, consider my pre-op or post-op diet a fad diet. Returning to 2 weeks of shakes to be back to starting point and off carbs, which the OP stated was an issue/challenge for herself, is certainly NOT a fad diet.

I find your comment to discount my opinion because I am only 6 months out insulting, at best. Nor was I implying the loss would be quick, rather that she could start over and get back on track which I continue to stand by and have seen many longer term people recommend as a way to lose regain. 

Did I empirically state that was the only option? No. I said it is what I would do if in her shoe.

You tend to post as if you have the answer to everything and I'm sorry but you don't.    You certainly do NOT have any clue about maintenance or regain or what it's like to live this surgery for any length of time.    Someone 6 months out is NOT the same as someone who has been maintaining for 2, 3, 4 or 5 years (and only then are you a vet) because you have an idea of what this rollercoaster journey is like.   At 6 months, you have little to no idea what it is like to actually LIVE with this surgery.

You are entitled to post whatever you like just as I'm entited to tell you, you don't have a clue!   As I said to the OP, consider the poster!  If my honesty offends you, then so be it.

The goal of this surgery is for us to lose the weight and then live a healthy, functional life.   All liquid diets are neither healthy nor functional in the long term!