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The first step is to get a good scale and weigh daily. A smart scale helps a lot because you can tell if you have regain from water or muscle gain.
You have to figure out how much you can eat and then stick to that figure. Allow 10 calories for every pound you want to maintain. Like for 130 pounds, eat 1300 a day.
Subtract 500 calories a day to lose a pound a week.
Weigh****chers is a great way to lose the regain.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Your success is all owed to YOU ;-)
but thanks so much for the kind words!
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni
Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
Thank you Dawn,
I will always be thankful for your advise, guidane and inspiration . My success is owed to you. I remember how helpful and full of informative information that you wholeheartedly provided me. You are what prepared me for my journey. Thank you for all you did for me and the inspiration you are for others. You are amazing!!!
Thanks everyone.
I try and visit here at least once a year so people know there's life long out. Not too many conversations like there used to be since it seems to be more about Facebook or
instagram.
take care :-)
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
Dawn... you truly are an inspiration to all.... thank you for a great post!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! 
and I have had the pleasure of meeting Dawn... an awesome person!!
I agree with Diminishing Dawn... there's a person on a Hamilton facebook group "Hamilton Bariatric Surgery Support Group and she also is a member of this forum; and she started with an RNY, then Sleeve and is now waiting for a DS... so I'd think you'd be a great candidate for a revision. There are also other RNYer's that have taken saxenda..not all successful mind you after they stopped taking saxenda... but myself I've tried Weigh****chers and have been successful until covid. Not sure where you live but something to think about! Good luck!!!
What weight did you start at? What did you get to? Where are you?
have you thought of revision? If not I'd recommend if you have coverage seeing about a prescription for saxenda. I'd also consider weigh****chers. I found it helpful with regain.
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
I did everything right for two years then the challenges came. I experienced some hardships and became very depressed. My bipolar disorder had been well controlled but when a trauma happens, every healthy coping strategy can fall away. I was in hospital because I was suicidal. My doctors and I agreed that we had to stabilize my mental health and then focus on being a bariatric patient. Unfortunately, my father got ill, then worse, and worse, and he died on Christmas Eve last year.
at this point, I'm so upset with myself for undoing all of that hard work that I had done. I don't have a clue how to get back on track. Has anyone else been in a situation of heavy weight gain after surgery? If so, we're you able to turn things around?
Congratulations, Dawn! You've been so helpful with sharing your stories with others on this forum. I'm struggling wit regain. LW was 161. I'm at 196. I too have to refocus :(
RNY Oct. 27/17. HW 289; SW 285; GW 144; LW: 161 CW: 196 FML: Fighting regain :(
Wow such an inspiration! Congrats on your 14 years You look amazing and I'm excited to meet you some day once this COVID is over.
Keep up the great work... the smiling suits you so much better!
