I had my RNY on sept 10th 2003 and I was so happy I just knew this was it for me, I would never see that weight again , I went from 288 the day of surgery to 148 in 7 months, I was so happy and a size 8 for the first time in my life . I stayed that way for 5 years then I broke my ankle and had surgery , ended up having to take steroids for it and gained 20 pounds seemingly overnight, I was up to a size ten and 170 , not so happy but still not a size 26, didn't change much of how I ate and stayed 170 for awhile then my youngest sister was murdered and I ended up having to fight for custody of her baby which I won but the stress had me going back to bad eating habits for comfort and I slowly gained 40 more pounds which is about half of what I lost. To say I'm disappointed in myself is an understatement , I'm not the only one unhappy with this, my husband has voiced his disapproval many times. I'm ready to get back on track and I saw a add for this group on Facebook this morning so here I am.