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I had gastric sleeve in April 2014. I lost 60 pounds and still wanted to loose about 20 more. No complications or issues with surgery or recovery. After a year and a half of weight loss my family had a sudden and stressful move. I had to move to a small town and leave the fitness classes that I loved. I had to leave a job I love and suddenly be looking for work. Our small town is 45 minutes from a grocery store so even healthy meals and shopping became a challenge. In the past year and a half I have regained 40 pounds. I have tried doing paleo and primal to get the weight off but have a hard time sticking to it. I have tried just tracking my food intake but get frustrated feeling like it take so much time. I still feel restriction and can't eat as much in one sitting, but I am eating way too often and too much sugar and processed foods and much higher amount than post surgery. I knew people who gained weight after surgery and I always said that wouldn't be me, if I got the chance to loose that weight I would ever gain it back. Now I Now here I m feeling totally defeated and disappointed in myself and lack of motivation or belief in myself. Loosing weight is hard enough but loosing weight that you already lost and looking at post op photos upset me me to the point of depression rather than motivation. I am looking for any advice or tips from this group. Have any of you come back from a huge gain after surgery? I've thought about giving paleo another try or possibly back to a protein shake for breakfast and lunch with a healthy dinner and snacks. Should I track everything or just work on eating healthy foods? AM exercise tips at home. I'm open to everything right now.

Thanks for tips guys. Sometimes I feel like I have to track with My FItness Pal then I read nutritionists talking about don't count calories just eat high quality food and it's hard to choose which path will be the most successful. I also go in between protein shakes or just food. I guess I can just try each idea for a week and see how it goes.

List 70 three yearsI lost 70 three years ago but gained 30 back. I am wondering about the ideal shape plan. It is a meal replacement shake twice a day along with two snacks and a healthy dinner. Just unsure about meal replacement vs Protein drinks and if this plan will work.