Jen,

I saw that your were going to do the "Pre Op" Diet!  How did that go for you?  I am as well starting to inch back up!  Need to stop that quick:)

I had surgery in January 2007.  I had my second child in August of 2008!  I felt awesome!  Since then I have had a couple of iron infusions.  I swear everytime  I have one I gain a miniumum of 10lbs! 

Any way.  I started today on the 5 day pouch test!  I think I have let my head get in my way. 

 

Hope you are doing well.

 

Oh weight...So I went from 270, down to 140....Now I am at 175 and this is just in the past month - month in a half!!!

 

I haven't checked this board in years.  I'm sad to admit that.  This board was integral in getting me to choose my VSG, and was crucial to my success in losing 70 pounds.  I went from 263 on surgery day to 193 a year later.  Weight has been slowly creeping up since 2008.  I'm now at 218 and working every day to keep from going any higher.  Most of my gain I attribute to failed fertility treatments in 2009-2010, and the adoption of my son who has a sleep disorder.  I've been sleeping about 6 hours a night for the last 3 years, with very little exercise.   

Trying to get back on a plan that will work.  I don't really feel restriction any more.  I still eat less than most people I know, but not as little as it used to be.  I eat a lot of "slider" foods to get around my sleeve.  Chocolate and chips are probably my worst and most regular vices.  Shameful.

I hate to feel like I'm squandering the gift of my sleeve.  I had a dream surgery and recovery.  Nary a side effect--except a couple of embarrassing dumping and gas incidents in public fairly early on.  Wishing I could get back to that honeymoon phase and really use my sleeve the way it was intended.  Anyone have any advice on that?

So how is everyone doing with their surgery now that we're "oldtimers" with 4 years of experience?

I went from 367 to 206 and now weigh 230. I'm dealing with the death of my Dad and lack of exercise because of putting my children's needs first (and my need for sleep). It's time to quit hi"bear"nating and get moving before I take my kids to school at 6:30 am.

My goal is that by my birthday (May 12th), I'll be down to 205. Yes, that's still "obese", but it's a heck of a lot healthier than I was at 367; especially since I'm only 5'0.5" tall now. My diabetes is starting to creep back (sugars are still only 100 but they've been inching up from the 80s about 2 years ago). My A1c is still only 5.5%, so I'm doing ok in the long-term. My cholesterol and triglycerides are creeping up also. The answer is, of course, get back to exercising and be more careful about what I eat and how I eat.

Susan

I had VSG in September of 2007, I went from 235 to 156, and almost achieved my goal weight. 10 months post op I became pregnant with my beautiful little girl. After I had her in March 2009, I dropped a lot of weight fairly quickly and have put a lot of it on since. I´m now around 180.

I was wondering how any of you deal with setbacks.

Thanks for any comments you might have.
Marisa