15 years out

[BarbaraCK]

My surgery was June of 2009. I started at 250 and lost 147 lbs. I actually lost too much weight and ended up malnourished. Got up to 120 and finally settled at 150. That was a great weight for me. My health was great and I was able to get off of all of the meds from the health issues I had prior to surgery.

Now that I am 15 years out, my weight is now 180 and I am fearful of it going up higher.
Any suggestions from those of you several years out would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Hector]

"Wow, it's been 15 years and now you're 180 pounds, that's great! My wish is to not exceed 200 pounds, I'm scared of getting there. Five months ago, I weighed 247 pounds when I had surgery, and now I weigh 197 pounds. I was never overweight before, but in the last 20 years, I gained a lot of weight. I hope I learned my lesson and understand that the surgery is just a tool. I will fight hard to stay under 200 pounds for my own sake. Thank you for sharing!"

 

[Carmen_70]

My surgery was June of 2009. I started at 250 and lost 147 lbs. I actually lost too much weight and ended up malnourished. Got up to 120 and finally settled at 150. That was a great weight for me. My health was great and I was able to get off of all of the meds from the health issues I had prior to surgery.

Now that I am 15 years out, my weight is now 180 and I am fearful of it going up higher.
Any suggestions from those of you several years out would be greatly appreciated!

Hi! I had my surgery in 2011. I started at 239 and my lowest was 157. I didn’t stay that low for very long. I held steady at about 175 for a long time. The last few years I kept creeping up to that 200 mark and I told myself not to hit that 200 number again. I got to 206. 5 weeks ago I joined a bariatric boot camp with my surgery office. I’m down 14lbs so far. The best thing I’m learning is that I was eating all wrong. For so many years after surgery I would use weight watchers to try and lose weight. Now that I’m back to eating the bariatric way again I realize I was eating way to much on WW. I’m all about the protein now. It’s keeping me full and I am eating about a 1000 calories a day. Best thing I could have done for myself.