Question:
If you are at your surgeon's goal weigh and have stopped losing...

Can you still lose more? I'm 20 months post op and at my surgeon's goal weight, but would like to lose about ten more pounds. I haven't lost any in the past 6 months or so, mostly because I haven't TRIED, like using the pouch rules, but I'm ready to now - is it possible to lose down some more? If anyone has, what did you do? Thanks!    — michelle T. (posted on November 22, 2003)

November 21, 2003
It is always possible. How much you lose is directly related to how much you try. Same as pre-op. You weigh much less now so it will take longer for the weight to come off and be more difficult. But it is possible. You have been given this tool to use for life....it's just a matter of using it. Give it a try and see what happens, even if you don't lose the 10 lbs....wow!!! look what you have done so far. Becky 10/01 265/135
   — RebeccaP

November 21, 2003
Hi Michele, you are saying what so many of us think about ourselves, but never admit. I think most of us are food addicts or we wouldn't be in our situations. We are come with different pass etc, but when it comes down to food for some reasons that it what we use as drug of choice. I have fought this battle for 60 years till I had the wls oct 01 started at 278, now right around 150-153 5 5 1/2 It is a choice every single day, sometimes every minute. One thing that helped me was when I heard someone say don't keep things in the house that hurt you, I don't have any children at home, but a husband that loves sweets. I buy him granola bars, sf pies etc which I don't thankfully care for, but I can't have crackers, cheese its, chips carbs like that in the house or I could eat a whole box of them at a time. I even was going to bed with a box of crackers or other carbs telling myself that's ok I haven't ate that much today, and my husband who hardly notices anything about my eating said are you sneaking food in the bedroom? Wow, did that wake me up, I gave away all my carbs to work, and try and keep fruits, protein drinks, and low carb bars on hand. I know we will never have it made as some folks who don't battle this problem, but we can just work it day by day, and never give up, try on those clothes everyday till they get looser. I even hang a smaller size up in my room for encourgement. I never want to go back, thin does feel good, and when our clothes, not just the scale tell us we had better do a reality check, hope this helps, thank you for being so honest, and saying what I couldn't say out loud before, God Bless you, and have a wonderful cruise, you are a beautiful girl, Suzie
   — lostitall