Hi there. I am a new member also this is my first post. My RNY BYPASS was July 2015. Since November I have put on 15 pounds after maintaining my set weight. I am completely freaking out. This is the only place I know where I can go and say I know that 15 pounds can turn into 50 in a heartbeat. My greatest fear right this second is that I will trade away this second chance for a healthy life, a better body image and a happier life in general and not be able to seemingly have any be any control over my food addiction. Obesity is an illness I have to keep remembering that obesity is an illness and I come from a long line of it like most of us. My food choices are really good for the most part. Preop I had to do a nutritional diary and nutritional classes which were pretty much a repeat of all the things that I’ve learned over the years. I had to do the classes for six months before my surgery as per my insurance. During that time I gave up all grains except occasional brown rice and some rice flour items. I completely let go of that fat flour sugar combination Because it is my worst trigger. That, I believe, has been the main reason I have been able to maintain my weight I’ve not had a bite not one bite of anything even remotely related to bread, crackers, pancakes, cake, cereal,nothing that is made with flour. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. Now I find that I am grazing. I cannot seem to get a handle on the frequency that I am eating. And of course whatever you focus on gets larger. So the panic that I’m feeling around not being able to control this is only making it worse. Over the last month or so it’s gotten better and I’m not so crazy over it. My number one greatest fear is that I’m going to be changing my setpoint. I hovered at or near 160 for the better part of time since July 2015 and now with this 15 to 18 pounds that I have put on I am really scared that I’m going to reset that set point. This is a very real thing. Set points are not a myth and they can change if I’m not paying attention. So this is also a place for me to come and talk. I recently moved from California and one of the best bariatric groups in the state to Tennessee. I have yet to see one other person that’s had a gastric bypass in my part of the country most all of the people that I’ve had surgery have had the sleeve. The bariatric support groups out in this part of the country are useless. They talk about stuff that should’ve already been addressed Preop and that Absolute solutions like which vitamins to take. That’s completely handle with a sheet of paper and recommendations. Has nothing to do with the real problems of maintaining weight loss. My start weight was 244, my set / desired weight is 160 Currently it’s 178.
