How do you know if you've truly

Hi. I came to the Q&A board today because I'm really struggling. I'm 9 months post-op and had great weight-loss up-front (70 pounds @ 4 months), although I remember wishing it was more back then! Then, I hit a wall. My wall was self-made as I do not dump and, therefore, slowly allowed junk food back into my diet until my calorie intake no longer allowed for weight loss. My quanitity of eating slowly increased too and I'm just sick that I'm one of the people we all refer to when we say "I'm afraid I'm going to be one of those people who re-gain their weight or who this just doesn't work for" back when we first have or are thinking about the surgery. I can't believe I've done this. I can't believe I've sabatogged myself. But now, I don't know what to do about it. Can their still be benefits derived from having had the surgery? If I have, indeed, stretched my stomach out, am I "screwed?" I am not re-gaining per se (well, I had gotten down lower than this but bounced right back up a few days later) but I'm terrified that I will. The surgeon that my insurance sent me to was a general surgeon who has had absolutely no follow-up care. Nada. Nothing. I haven't seen him since he took out my staples. I feel that if I had been able to be a part of a support group I might have been able to stay on-track and I'm very sad about this. Is there anything I can do at this point to correct my mistakes? I don't want to fail. Thanks, in advance, for your input. Amy

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