Regain After Weight Loss Surgery

Needing some information and support...I am about to hit my 5 year after gastric sleeve surgery and the last year has been hard. My weight at surgery was 210 and my lowest was 160. The last year I am hovering around 178 sometimes hitting 180. Feeling anxious that I am on a up hill slide. Any suggestions on how to start back down the hill does resetting the pouch work???

I am wondering the same! Day of surgery I was 243....my lowest was 137....now 4 years post-op and I am at 154 and climbing and very afraid, frustrated, and depressed that I am failing miserably

I'm in the same boat as you all. Bariatric surgery was the best decision for weight loss and improved health. Four years ago, my surgery weight was 365 and lowest was 215 now I creeped up to 240. What I'm learning is that my gastric sleeve surgery has helped me eat small portions but my challenge is grazing. ChooseMyPlate.com & LoseIt.com are tools that are helping me modify my eating behavior. The issue is eating behavior not the pouch.

I think you all need to add more cardio to start and add more weights as you progress to lose the extra weight and keep it up.

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Needing some information and support...I am about to hit my 5 year after gastric sleeve surgery and the last year has been hard. My weight at surgery was 210 and my lowest was 160. The last year I am hovering around 178 sometimes hitting 180. Feeling anxious that I am on a up hill slide. Any suggestions on how to start back down the hill does resetting the pouch work???

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Hi I'm Theresa and I'm going into my eighth year and I'm now gaining weight but I know I haven't stretch my stomach do you have in suggestions to get back on track.

Do anyone have a suggestion for getting back on track after eight years I've gained 47 pounds.

Back to the basics eat every 2 hrs small portions wait 30 min before drinking liquid,
protein shakes 20g or heigher Bars soup walk 20-30 mins twice a day no food after 6 pm
healthy grains we know what to do it is the discipline that is make it impossible once your pouch has extended a lil more remember no carbonation sure way to extend your pouch for sure.... Trying to help

Thank you... I think this is good solid advice and I really need to remember my disciplines.... Anything else that will help would be appreciated. I have to remember that it is a tool but I have to do the work...

I am 67 years old and 15 years out from my roux-en-y surgery. I initially lost 165 lbs. Over the years I have had great success and incredible lows. My battle for self-mastery over emotional eating has been a part of my post surgery journey. However, over the last 3 years I have gained 50 pounds and developed sensitivity to the proteins in milk, eggs, wheat, corn, soy, and to tomatoes, chocolate, and yeast. My metabolism has slowed over the years which makes losing weight nearly impossible. I am also losing my hair. My hairline has receded almost 3 inches in the last 5 years. I am very concerned about what is happening to my body. It is easy to tell people that they must eat less and exercise more; however, I am finding it is advice that no longer works. I am now at my wits end because I have been suffering from near constant fatigue and weight gain for so long. I wonder if I must now accept my body as it is and stop trying to battle the incessant weight gain. Am I alone with these symptoms? If you have had similar issues how are you dealing with them?

I am 19 years post op. I had the bypass. I am 63 years young. I had lost 140 lbs. and kept it off for years.
In the last year I gained back 40 lbs. I have just joined this forum in hopes of help.
I started the pouch reset 3 days ago. It is the Post Op plan only you are on it 10 days. I am in day 3. Feeling good and the scales show a 6 lb. drop. Maybe this can help someone else get back on track too.
WE HAVE WORKED TOO HARD TO BETTER OUR HEALTH. KEEP POSITIVE.

Keep up the hard work and think about why you've regained. I drained most of my weight from 16+ year old rny and greatly regret it. I'm starting over and you can too! Good luck

That should be regained not drained my weigt.

I’m new to the group and part way through the pre-surgery checklist for bypass. I did really well on the initial pre-surgery diet recognizing my biggest fault was too large of portions and too many carbs. I lost 24#s in 8 weeks and then I’ve reverted back to old habits gaining back 6#s. I am observing this happening to others years after surgery, and it worries me. I’m 66 with severe neuropathy & femoral nerve damage, so exercising is limited to a stationary bike. Am I just fooling myself that this surgery will work for me? Am I too old to change my ways?

No to both questions. I am about your age and am considering revision to my gastric bypass to help extend my life and let me do more activities that I love to do. You don't have to regain the lost weight unless you, like me originally, think of surgery and wls as a temporary fix all and not learn how to use your new tools. I made that mistake and wish I could start all over...If I get the revision of will help but not cure.

Join in and never think of giving up or that you're too old...it's very possible to lose the excess weight and keep most of it off if you work at it. Think about walking? Swimming or water walking?

Good luck and thinking of you!

Just came here to see any info on bypass to DS. I’ve regained most of lost weight. I’d love a DS ! Age and insurance may be big blocks.

Does anyone know how many calories we should be looking at when we regain and want to do some sort of diet? We can’t use the standard for height and weight, I wouldn’t think.

I am having major dental problems, from a normal healthy mouth. 16 years out. Anyone else had this problem

Does anyone know of any problems with bariatric patient say greater that 20 years out and the person up in years. I have already had the lap band waiting on approval for removal and conversion to Gastric bypass.

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Does anyone know of any problems with bariatric patient say greater that 20 years out and the person up in years. I have already had the lap band waiting on approval for removal and conversion to Gastric bypass.

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I also had a lap band procedure back in 2009 with no results and had it removed and had the sleeve done in 2020....i did great for the 1st year, now im struggling but am also following u for any comments ppl may have to offer