Not having regain issues (yet?), I don't know what my surgeon's recommendations for managing it would be. I may ask when I see him as a hypothetical. Rich had regained up to 267 and is now back down to 260 and he saw our surgeon recently. Our surgeon said that was actually a fine weight for him (still down 190 lbs) and that it sounded like Rich already knew what to do to get the weight off or keep it in check (basically watch what you are eating in particular the carbohydrates). For me, with blood sugar issues past, I never miss a meal. I must eat every 3-4 hours to keep my sugars level and even. After surgery, I ate based on the clock and still continue to do so. More often now than not, I'm probably hungry before it is the next time to eat something anyway. Sheesh, what's up with that? LOL! I cannot say I've heard of going back to liquids. My original surgeon would put the pre-ops on a "liquid" diet for 2 weeks consisting of 2-3 protein shakes a day and 1 meal with a piece of protein and non-starchy vegetable. That's it. This was to downsize the liver. Definitely a carb detoxing. Is that a bad thing for us to do? Probably not. Is it unhealthy? Probably not. Just wouldn't try to live on that intake for long periods of time. I read the original post earlier today. I did feel so bad for the person but it sounded like she truly knew what her problem was and it was grazing. She let old habits come right back in full force. She was looking for information on revisions. Revisions are for when there is a mechanical failure for the surgery. Unfortunately revisions cannot fix the brain. If she got someone to surgically downsize things to early post-op sizes (since pouches do stretch naturally and expectedly) she is more prone to complications because it is a second surgery. Plus, if she goes right back to grazing in the long run... the revision might have been for naught. There is someone that posts on the main board that tells people that if they eat less, work harder and exercise a ton - they WILL get to goal. That really bothers me. I honestly feel that is not the case at all. I think many will get to goal but for so many others no matter how much they cut back their dietary intake and exercise... their body gets to a certain weight and it wants to stay there - period. I do not believe it is right to expect everyone to be able to exercise 2-3 hours a day, ya know? Some folks can do that - so be it. I think folks need to be realistic when figuring out how much exercise they can fit into their daily lives. I think some folks set unrealistic goals based on weights of their teenhood or young adulthood and don't factor in extra skin weight, extra bone density from being overweight for long periods of time and the fact that weight tends to go up with age. Then there are those that set very reasonable goal weights... but their body just won't let them get there. The body seems to have setpoints where it is comfortable and it likes to stay. Getting the body to move away from those setpoints can be near impossible. Whew, I've types alot, eh? Kathy

One really touching story of a woman who has regained. I just felt for her, she was sooooooooo crying out for help. The responses she received were enlightening as well, like I heard about an EGD revision, and I noticed that two people said that they were instructed by their doctors to go back to liquids if they started regaining? Have you guys ever heard this. I'm also struggling beacause I'm really getting in touch with my sense of fullness and satisfaction and I've noticed that if I really, really, really pay attention to it, I am sooo not hungry. For instance, I already have about 64 oz of fluids, about 3 oz of nuts and a 1/2 cup of roasted potatoes. Lets just say I'm not hungry at dinner time? Do I eat? Even though I'm sure that I could fit something in but do I have to?

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My client came while I was mid-thought that's why my one sentence is cut in the middle. LOL! I think having seen dramatic jumps in weight when eating a certain food or dumping on a certain food keeps me easily far from that food. Kathy

Hi Laurie, They passed this recipe out at Weigh****chers a couple wks ago and I hadn't tried it yet. Glad to get the feedback from you that it was AWESOME !! I have my 4 little red-heads coming back into town this wknd again and I think I will make this. My younger grandson is absolutely the biggest fan of apples. My oldest dtr , their mom, is so good at giving them ALOT of fruit and veggies - always and everywhere available. Wish I had have been so good at that when mine were young. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Mary