Too much??

[Je$$ica36 22]

I had RNY 4 years ago. The past few months it seems I’m easily gaining weight. My weight is still healthy. I’m 135 and 5’1. What can I do to stop the gain before it happens??’

[Arabesque 7,035]

It’s a daily battle isn’t it. Sigh!

I’d go back to tracking & logging what you’re eating. It’s so easy to let things slip into our diet or to increase portion size. We become less vigilant. A treat becomes a regular thing…. There may be things you’ve been eating you haven’t considered for their calorie, carbs, sugar or fat content.

Plus the last 12/18months hasn’t been easy from the perspective of our emotional health either which brings it own set of challenges.

I do random checks of my diet, & I think I always will, to try to keep on top of calorie & portion creep. I’m also the person peering myopically at the nutrition panels (why is the font always so tiny) of products at the supermarket.

Good luck.

[vikingbeast 986]

I'm "takes a photo of the label with his phone and pinches waaaaaaay out" years old... join the club 🤣

[catwoman7 11,176]

I agree with everything Arabesque said. Get on top of this before it gets out of control. Start tracking your food again if you've stopped doing that. I still track mine at over six years out because I know from my past history that once I stop monitoring myself fairly regularly, things can spin out of control quickly. It's much easier to lose five or ten or even twenty pounds than 50. And by the way - regaining is unfortunately VERY common. We stop paying as close attention - we're not as vigilante as we were the first year out of surgery - diet fatigue sets in - bad habits start to creep back in. A 10% regain (10-20 lbs) from our lowest weight is extremely common. I knew that going in and factored it in to my goal. My struggle now (and probably for the rest of my life) is keeping it from going higher than that.

[Tony B - NJ 641]

16 hours ago, Je$$ica36 said:

I had RNY 4 years ago. The past few months it seems I’m easily gaining weight. My weight is still healthy. I’m 135 and 5’1. What can I do to stop the gain before it happens??’

Are you still tracking calories, Protein and exercise?

[Je$$ica36 22]

No. But obviously I need to be.