4 years out today!

Well, 4 years ago I had my RNY.

I weighed over 255 pounds and I had failed at every diet I had ever tried (for a combination of reasons that mostly came back to insatiable hunger and hardly no will-power).

Today, my weight stays right at 132 - 133 pounds.  (I never really fluctuate at all - it stays pretty constant the way it used to in high school.) 

I still don't get hungry - ever.  When I go too long w/out eating, I get a physically empty feeling - but never hunger.

I still measure my food (at least what I can't eyeball).  I will still have to stick to my 1/2 - 3/4 cup range for a meal or I'll get sick.  (On the advice of my surgeon, I "maxed out" my meal size at approximately 1/2 cup.  I go over occassionally if it's something I know I can go over on beause it "chews down" well.  So since I've always done that, the integrity of my pouch is still intact.  I didn't gradually eat a little more and more as time went on, so I never stretched my pouch out.  I "maxed out" and stopped.  So I still have total restriction which I'm eternally grateful for.)

I hardly ever go to support group anymore although I know I should.  I just can't and sometimes honestly just DON'T make the time.  I should go regularly but I don't.  I do go whenever I feel I need the support.  I just honestly don't need it much as far out as I am I guess?

In any event, 4 years out, life is great.  I still have binge eating desires which the healthy-minded half of me keeps at bay.  And I don't think that side of me will ever go away.  But I win that battle daily. 

Good luck to all of you.  I miss each of you and will try to post more often than I have been.

Wen

Congrats on your continued success!

Thanks!

 Congrats to you!!  Please do come back more. I don't think anyone can ever not have enough support! 

Thanks!  (And you're right!)

Thank you so much for hope and inspiration! That's taken a lot of intention and hard work! Thank you for posting- it helps a lot.
May I be in your shoes in another three years...

Thanks!

You can totally do it!