possible to gain back weight

I just  wanted to know can you gain back all your weight ? I did'nt think it was possible but have read alot of people gain alot of weight back. I know your stomach will stretch over time but I never thought it could go back to what it was before surgery. I don't know for sure if anyone has gained back all weight after surgery. Maybe it has to do with the type of weight loss surgery you have. I'm just researching because I want weight loss surgery.

Yes Carnie Wilson Is a perfect public figure that gained back all her weight after surgery. Google her story . Hope it helps 

 

There have been a few who have posted here about regaining all of their weight (and sometimes then some). 

A lot of us gain back some weight.

You might want to have a look at the "Failed Weight Loss Surgery" and "Regrets and Revisions" Forums.  Sometimes the regain is due to mechanical failure, but most (including my own) is operator error.  In other words, we learn to eat around our surgeries.  Or we don't change our habits sufficiently to hold on to all of the loss that resulted from our surgery.

Many are fine with a little (as defined by the individual in question) re gain.  I was fine until my "little" re-gain reached 30lbs.  I still have my "tool" so I have an advantage in losing the excess again.  But it's definitely harder to lose now than it was immediate post-op.

Best of luck in your research and in your journey.=)

 

Yes. It is definitely possible to gain all of your weight back if you do not learn healthy habits during the losing phase and learn to deal with any demons you may have. The stomach does hold more as time goes by and if you graze all day long you can consume a lot of calories. The surgery itself is not "magic". You have to work hard to lose the weight and keep it off.

Your stomach cannot go back to its pre-op size.  However, if you eat very high calorie foods, you don't need to eat a huge volume of them to get a lot of calories and gain weight.

For instance, I maintain my weight eating about 1500 calories a day.  If I added a cup of Ben and Jerry's ice cream for dessert every day, and didn't cut back anywhere else and didn't increase my exercise, I would probably gain about a pound a week.  In three years, I would have gained all my weight back.

It most certainly is possible. The surgery is on our guts but the biggest problem is between our ears. If you don't ajust to a new life in the two years after WLS you might very well gain it back.

 

Four out of five people that I know who had this surgery gained all their weight plus. They went back to old eating habits and thought it was a fix-all. They did not change themselves, their lifestyle, or their eating habits. I guess that is why I am so driven to lose what I have gained and keep my weight under control. I refuse for my surgery, suffering, and cir****tances to be in vain.  It is a personal choice.  

It is wholly possible and actually (statistically)  likely/probable that someone will regain some weight back - regardless of what WLS they have!  

None of the four types are miracles - they are just a tool for you to lose your excess weight - after that it is entirely up to you whether you are a long term success or not.

It is possible and that is my biggest fear is that I will lose all this weight and gain much of it back. That is why I plan on going to the support group meetings each month. They seem to keep me motivated to continue to eat correctly. I also am working really hard to develop good eating habits now while it is real easy to do so. Hopefully as I progress in years my old habits will be gone for good.

Before surgery, your stomach is about the size of a 2-liter bottle of soda.  It holds a lot of food.  After RNY surgery, your stomach is the size of a large egg, after the sleeve, about the size of a banana.  You can still get a lot of food in there and it is very easy to regain.  Many lose about 100 pounds and gain back about 50 of that.  Others gain back more than 100. 

The only way to keep the weight off is to change what you eat.   Surgery makes it easier, especially during the first year or two.  If you use your tool properly, then you can lose and maintain the weight loss.  But it is still a lifetime of work to keep the weight off.  No magic at all.  Slip up a little and you gain a little, slip up a lot and you gain a lot.