long termer weight gain help please

Hi folks. I am nearly 4 years post op and over the last year I have gained just short of 2 stone. I have tried shakes, no carbs and cut out rubbish. I have yo-yo back and forward but just dont stick to anything. Last week I joined slimming world in the hope I would get some guidance and help to get on track.

My brain is honestly set to explode between overload on info for the bypass and slimming world. For those of you that know slimming world - this eating as much as you want just isnt sitting right with me. Then I think I,ve had a bypass so my portions should be smaller and eating less. I read up on malabsorbion and now worry that if I,m not eating enough then I,m into starvation mode.

I,m confused - how much calories should I be consuming now to get a weight loss and why have we got to restrict our carbs?

I am at the stage that food is controlling my life again and I should be the one in control of it.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

HI hon,

I still do have restriction, but can eat more than many bypassers. I actually follow the slimming world plan, but instead of 1/3 superfree I go for half of a plate of protein, quarter veg, and quarter carbs. My understanding is that its not that carbs are bad for us, rather that to little protein is bad for us due to malabsorption.

I am still losing well at 23 months out and in all honesty I think its more the slimming world thats making me lose. I don't calorie count

hi yve, I think I do still have restriction. day to day is different. some days I feel really full quickly other days I could eat and eat. I have paid for 6 weeks for sw so will give it a serious go. I really don,t feel like i,ve lost this week though however it,s early days. I think I will up my protein and lose the carbs just to try and kick start things.

I am the same hon, I have tight days and loose days. I think its normal. In all seriousness, give it the week - don't change anything yet and see how weigh in goes. You might be surprised - I was.

oH DEAR I find it quite alarming and am concerned as you know about gaining weight have gained a little over the last few months but has stabilised again. WE are always going to have to strive for it and it is always going to be a struggle. I hope you get it sorted and find your happy place again. The maddening thing for me is I couldn't even get under 14st I am now just over 15st. xx

I too am concerned about weight gain not that ive had any ive just stuck where I am cant seem to shift anymore .......which really is frustrating .....im finding this harder than before I had surgery

drylaw said:

I too am concerned about weight gain not that ive had any ive just stuck where I am cant seem to shift anymore .......which really is frustrating .....im finding this harder than before I had surgery

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Hi drylaw. I wld agree with u. Its so much harder after surgery. From my experience old habits just creep back before you know it. I've now joined sw and knowing im getting weighed is definitely helping me keep on track though never thought I would see the day that I had to join a slimming club again.

I was in a similar boat! I'm in a good 'place' at the moment and eating well, but I do struggle with balance. I guess as none of us had a head transplant as well as WLS we are prone to the same old stuff that got us into our use or abuse of food.
Just as others have mentioned, I find a high protein diet useful as it keeps me full for longer. I tend to eat a lot of omelettes with various fillings. I also look to include fibre too but I'll spare you the gory details as to why!
A biggy for me was also not to trying and restrict my food intake after a blow-out as to offset any damage/weight gain. When I go down that road I always get stuck in the yo yo, feast or famine cycle – at best this method only ever served to prolong the downward spiral. Also, I have a habit of talking to myself in a most brutal fashion, putting myself down and calling myself worse than the very stuff fibre helps to soften. I really need to draw a line under critical and negative self-talk – again it only served to keep the grey cloud of doom above my head. …Until I get my head transplant, being a friend to myself, especially when I need a friend, seems to work.

Having just come from a bad place re. my own eating I now feel back on track mentally, and having changed my attitude towards myself and my food choices afterwards, I believe this to be an important ‘learning curve’ in order to stay healthy in mind as well as body. …I love to come here often too and grab some tips for you guys!