I Lost My WLS Super Powers

[Lillimint 48]

I really like the idea of having a “red alert” weight. When I regained weight before WLS I would get frustrated and give up because it always felt like starting over. I let it get so far out of hand that it *was* starting over. I never halted myself quickly enough.

[egs93 16]

I'm dealing with my first real instance of feeling this right now. In the first year post-op I lost 110 lbs very easily. I won't say there weren't frustrations and complications - there were - but by and large I didn't have to actually do much besides just listen to my body when it said I was full (which always happened very quickly and after very little food) and stay active.

Then I slowly started getting to a point where I could tolerate more food. My stomach didn't cry out for me to stop as early as it had been. I was aware of it, but not aware enough to stop myself from gaining 20 lbs back seemingly over the course of just a few short weeks and taking a debilitating hit to my ego. I felt like a failure, like I'd betrayed my surgery and my goals, like I was on the path to gaining all 100+ lbs back and being obese again. I started being a little more mindful of my eating and activity levels and have lost 6 of those 20 lbs, but knowing that I've still never been at my original goal weight and have 27 more lbs to lose if I want to get to it, this morning I started getting more serious about it again. Strict calorie counting on weekdays, "cheats"/no counting on weekends for metabolism boosting.

On the surface it seems like I'm ready to buckle down and get back to the work to keep myself from regaining. Inside, though, I'm terrified of the possibility that nothing that I'll do will work, and I'll keep gaining no matter what I do. I'm scared that I've lost my WLS powers too. 😓

[catwoman7 11,221]

1 minute ago, egs93 said:

I'm dealing with my first real instance of feeling this right now. In the first year post-op I lost 110 lbs very easily. I won't say there weren't frustrations and complications - there were - but by and large I didn't have to actually do much besides just listen to my body when it said I was full (which always happened very quickly and after very little food) and stay active.

Then I slowly started getting to a point where I could tolerate more food. My stomach didn't cry out for me to stop as early as it had been. I was aware of it, but not aware enough to stop myself from gaining 20 lbs back seemingly over the course of just a few short weeks and taking a debilitating hit to my ego. I felt like a failure, like I'd betrayed my surgery and my goals, like I was on the path to gaining all 100+ lbs back and being obese again. I started being a little more mindful of my eating and activity levels and have lost 6 of those 20 lbs, but knowing that I've still never been at my original goal weight and have 27 more lbs to lose if I want to get to it, this morning I started getting more serious about it again. Strict calorie counting on weekdays, "cheats"/no counting on weekends for metabolism boosting.

On the surface it seems like I'm ready to buckle down and get back to the work to keep myself from regaining. Inside, though, I'm terrified of the possibility that nothing that I'll do will work, and I'll keep gaining no matter what I do. I'm scared that I've lost my WLS powers too. 😓

keep at it - a lot of people have lost regains. It just takes commitment and closely monitoring yourself. It's way harder to lose weight at this point, but it CAN be done!