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I'm 7 years out. I had one period of small regain - 8 pounds, after my dad died and while I was suffering postpartum depression. It was solely due to poor eating habits. Regain is due to not overcoming the initial causes of our obesity. Eating around the sleeve. Yes, injury, illness or medication can be responsible - I don't want to rule that out. But most often, when you see regain, it's slider foods, not eating by the hierarchy so you feel full faster and you eat more, and just plain eating crap. Binges and grazing, emotional or mindless eating - if you don't fix this, you don't get long term success. Period. It becomes a struggle to stay at goal. I fought hard for my new habits. I think every time I put food in my mouth. My diet is carefully selected to be balanced and nutritious; I avoid binges, I don't graze. With this, I maintain successfully and have for years now. I had therapy. I firmly believe that many of us need to deal with what's under the fat and causing us to overeat in order to achieve this level of success and to stop looking at food for solace. Cheri

Surgery was yesterday and I was scheduled a gastric bypass , but because of the scar tissue from my C-section 24 years ago . After my Dr.removed as much scar tissue as possible he was unable to perform the bypass. The sleeve was done and I feel 😊 hopefully I hold the water down so I can get to go home😜😂

So my surgery was on 8/21. I am doing well physically-currently on full fluids. My concern is that i am able to drink a full cup of lets say tea within less than an hour-with out having any issue. Is that customary of this surgery. Im worried that my surgeon didnt take out enough. seems everyone else can barely take on 4oz's. I know we are all different so I cant really compare but in generalizing what i have read here its seems to be the norm. Im hoping I am also not doing anything wrong??

that's where I'm going! Excited! Sent from my SM-S907VL using BariatricPal mobile app

Ok, so you are right about getting full. I do too, and so I don't combine my food, I eat one thing at a time for the most part. Since the scale is a problem for you, it IS a good idea to get rid of it for daily use. Taking a day to do some reorganizing prep work will pay off. My main dish I use all the time is an 8oz bowl. See if you have a container that size. Use your scale for this. You want the container to hold 8oz of water comfortably; full, but not right up to the brim. You can practice putting 4oz of various foods into this container to learn what 4oz looks like. Then put the scale away. If you usually eat out of this container, then you will always know how much to eat. If it is a little less or more than 4oz, it doesn't matter. Your stomach will tell you when you are done. If you want help creating a meal plan, PM me and I'll be happy to go over some ideas.

Fluids goes straight though. After surgery, you probably had to do a leak test. If you paid attention, you could see the fluids pass quickly through the stomach. And as long as you sip sip ( later larger amount at once won't be a problem) there should be no reason it shouldn't pass through quickly.

if your insurance covers it and you meet all the requirements, you should be fine

I am 4 years out and I have maintained my 124# loss for 3 and 1/2 years. Yes I use Splenda all the time. I don't drink pops at all, I haven't since before my RNY. I like the SF Orange Crush you add to water, Diet Peach Tea, Lipton mixed Berry green tea. All of which have Sweetners in them. I really don't think they increase my desire for sweets at all. Everyone has to pick their poison LOL Mine is my coffee and my drinks. God Luck on whatever you choose.

I am 2 days pre-surgury and on the 2 week liquid diet. I would say buy as you go. I bought several different flavors of sugar free jell-o, and after the first 3 days (when I was detoxing from sugar) some of them don't taste that great, and some taste even better. That is weird, I know.... I can say that Liptons noodle soup has saved me! I drain out all the noodles, but that broth tastes so much better to me than just plain broth. You guys got this!!!

I probably go through 20+ packets of Equal and Sweet-N-Low per day. I add it to my coffee, iced tea, herbal teas, and plain yogurt. I don't get intense cravings and have maintained my body weight with precision since entering maintenance one year ago.