thinoneday

Hello all. I’ve been away a very long time. I had my surgery in 2009. The journey has been very interesting. I kept it off for 9 years. Then it started to creep up again. So heartbreaking BUT on April 27, 2022 I got on the scale and noticed I was up to 291 lbs. I had gained 91 lbs! I started a 1200 calorie diet and exercise plan that day and have been on it ever since. To date I’ve lost 51 lbs. it’s so hard but with determination and wanting to get back to where I was I’m getting there. What I want to throw out there, don’t take your tool as a magic wand. Really work to chance your habits and lifestyle and it’ll be all worth it. I’m glad to be back if y’all will have this old chicken

thank you and i just want to say that it is so easy to fall into old habits and fail. but as long as we continue the fight, we will never fail. . . i refuse to fail . . that's why i'm back!

I'm doing it right now. the first two days are hell, but i'm hanging in there. just tell yourself it's only temporary and you'll be done it after 5 days. yesterday i almost past out. i'm doing it because i'm out going onto 5 years and have regained about 30 lbs and now need to loose it. i am doing the pouch test to shrink my "tube" and then will go back to basics of Proteins first, then veggies, etc. i let my comfort with the sleeve get the best of me and because of that, i gained weight. It's going to be a continuous battle for me all my life.

hi all, I'm an oldie, haven't been here for a long time, but now i'm back for support. It's a bitter/sweet tale. I'm out now 5 years lost about 200 lbs and had the sleeve. I'm now gaining weight back pretty quickly, in the past year or so I'd say i've gained back about 25 - 30 lbs. Sad isn't it? And it's that darn head hunger, sliders, stress, and boredom. So I started back to basics. I must remember that i didn't spend 15,000.00 to regain all this darn weight. I started the 5 day pouch test yesterday and it's really tough, nearly past out yesterday, but am hanging in there. I tell myself it's only til wednesday and then it's Protein first, then veggies and if there is room, then some starch. . good starch. (LOL) Please all, just remember this is not easy, you will gain weight very easily if you don't watch out. . .it's hard and we will struggle for all our lives. . . i used to preach how the sleeve is a tool to help us lose the weight. Now it's time for me to practice what i preached. . . ugh. . . well good luck all and i'll be here for your support. Even us old ones need help!

hi all, I'm an oldie, haven't been here for a long time, but now i'm back for support. I'm out now 5 years and have the sleeve. I'm now gaining weight back pretty quickly, in the past year or so I'd say i've gained back about 25 - 30 lbs. Sad isn't it? And it's that darn head hunger, sliders, stress, and boredom. So I started back to basics. I must remember that i didn't spend 15,000.00 to regain all this darn weight. I started the 5 day pouch test yesterday and it's really tough, nearly past out yesterday, but am hanging in there. I tell myself it's only til wednesday and then it's Protein first, then veggies and if there is room, then some starch. . good starch. (LOL) Please all, just remember this is not easy, you will gain weight very easily if you don't watch out. . .it's hard and we will struggle for all our lives. . . i used to preach how the sleeve is a tool to help us lose the weight. Now it's time for me to practice what i preached. . . ugh. . . well good luck all and i'll be here for your support. Even us old ones need help!

well nothing about my surgery was/has been ugly. I was/am just grateful i had it done and lost all that UGLY fat.

Naww, you look good gman . . . i understand the turkey gobble though, have it myself as well as major loose skin on tummy and legs. . . but hey nothing duck tape can't cure right! hahahaha. . . like yourself, as long as my hubbie loves me how i am, i'm happy as a clam. . . . yuuuuummmmm claaammmmsssss..... runs out for lunch

No clue, Weighed 360 pre surgery lost 160 lbs but gained 10 lbs and now am at 210. Body won't budge no matter what i do. . . so thats' that.

Thank you guys! I'm just upset because going onto my 4th year, I just wanted to live like a normal person and not always just watch what I eat. . . guess not. I'm back on the wagon. I've been following the Atkins plan for nearly 1 year. It works well and when I went off and added some carbs which i wasn't supposed to yet, i guess my body retaliated and i did feel badly. Nausea, bloaty, swelling, weight gain. . etc. But I'm back on it now and won't be coming off it. Protein good, carbs bad. . . water good, soda bad! lol. . . . thanks again, i really feel better knowing that you all understood. . . blessings and pleasant journey (it's a damn long one)

It really ticks me off when we get this surgery, do so well cause we're watching every single morsel that fits into our new tummies cause our Nut and Doc's say so, and then one day we go off our "diets" for a bit and bang we gain almost 10 - 15 lbs in less then 1 week! WTF! Kill yourself for nearly 4 years and then go off for just one week and HALLALooya@! Back to the "flippin" drawing board. . . this will never end! Ummm, yes it will one day. . . . Thank you for listen, now I'll shut up. . . .

6'0 tall, very large bone structure, highest weight every recorded 385 lbs. Pre surgery weight 360 lbs. in 2009. Now am 198-205 lbs wear size 14/16 tall. Have met my doctors goal for me but now am trying very hard to meet my own personal goal of 170 lbs. . . I don't think I've EVER weighed that. . . (at 12 years old I weighed 222 hahaha, so this is going to be interesting journey)

Bravo! Totally love your post cheri! Well done. This is exactly why I very rarely post on VST anymore because hey, you can only say something so many times and then it's REALLY boring! Good for you!

always, and i'm 3 + years out. Keep warm!

You CAN beat this thing! Together we can win the battle. Just fight with all your might, and when you think you can't go anymore, just fight more.