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Actually it's not very hard lol. I am nearly 5 years out and I regained 4.5 stone over 2 close pregnancies. You'll be surprised how much you can eat at 2+ years out. It's not the pouch stretching, it's that you no longer have any swelling from the surgery. You also learn to adapt your eating, so...

I used post on this religiously lol. The forum seems so much quieter than our day. I only swing by once in a blue moon. I'm doing WW and lost 11lb in 4 weeks, really enjoying it as quite bariatric diet friendly. But above all it's the accountability that I need. I hope you are well.

Went to see endocrinologist today, was expecting him to give me a talking too about my weight. But he didn't. He told me to get the implant out ASAP as he thinks that is causing some of my problems with weight not budging. He also says my PCOS is effectly cured! No sign of it. Combo of Weight...

A thought popped into my head as I was cooking dinner tonight - the hospital discharged me so quick so their stats would be fantastic. They'll never know that I've had a 3 Stone regain! Yep still at my post pregnancy weight 10 months later, endocrinologist cheesed off with me because of it...

B: Allbran with seeds and dried fruit, dollop of peanut butter and milk. L: Left over spag bol. S: 3 crackerbreads with cream cheese. D: Homemade sweet and sour chicken with rice noodles and bean sprouts. P: Strawberries. Put 6lbs on last night, lol.

Why not - it what we always used to use this thread for. B: Apple and cherry porridge and white coffee from McDs. L: Chicken goujons and blue cheese salad. S: 100g Cherries. Nectarine. D: Chicken a la fungi with spaghetti. P: 2 blocks 80% chocolate.

Nobody been on this thread since March! Used to be so active :(. B: 2 egg mushroom and cheese omelette. S: 30g all bran and probiotic yogurt. L: Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea curry with 2 spoons greek yogurt. S: Small apple 30g cheddar. D: Homemade chicken strips with salad. P: 100G cherries.

Nice to see you too. I got discharged after 10 months, i didn't stop losing until i got pregnant at 16 months post op. Feel quite abandoned too. They font even check my bloods are up to date.There is no support about making surgery work long term. Its like we're expected to have learned all our...

Hiya. Me dropping in. Someone else from the past :). Not feeling like contributing much, post op life, has just become life. Still massively struggling with baby weight. Actually I gained after William was born. So I'm hardly the poster girl for bariatric surgery. Feel like I'm back at square...

I forgot to add that i was quite shockingly discharged at 10 months out. They felt because i was a nurse i could manage myself. But getting anything out of GPs tends to be met with blank stares. I had a near screaming match with a receptionist 6 months ago when i asked for a blood form for my 6...

I'm so sorry to hear of your news. Can i ask - how do we define a long termer? I'm 2 years out, and i don't usually post on long termer threads because I simply don't know if i can define myself as such. I am however well over the honeymoon period (that was 7 months for me), past the hard...

So, today is my SECOND surgiversary! Another year of change. I now have a 19 day old son. After my surgery, i got pregnant without the fertility treatment that we all assumed i would need. I am 2 and a half stone heavier than I was a year ago - but i had a baby less than 3 weeks ago, so I'm...

Your on puree stage? So I'm assuming that you have whizzed them up. My post op instructions were very similar to yours, and i can quite happily say that that was roughly what i was eating at the same point. As long as you have ensured the consistency is correct, then that looks like a nice...

When i had my booking in bloods, i got them to do my post op ones too. Folate and ferritin are part of them, they only do hb with booking in and it doesn't really give a full picture. It's definitely work asking for a full post op blood test.

I can't see any benefits to having a trial run. Chances are that knowing its not 'real' will mean that you are more likely to give up, and give you a false impression of the experience. The only pitfall is actually giving yourself permission to fail or cheat. Don't do that :). My advice for...

I can't see the pics :(. But happy surgiversary! What a year!

I only took the test this evening. Yep, as suspected 72% constant craver. It explains how i used to eat very normal sized meals, and had quite an average capacity. But was never full for long, and was always looking for food. I remember after I was bypassed, I was so overwhelmed with relief...

If it is just the flavour you miss, then soda stream do sugar free syryps including cola varieties. Just add tap water - perfectly flat coke.

Yes! I finding it really fascinating. So glad that science is finally beginning to crack obesity, and it's not about 'morality' anymore (if you know what I mean). Personally i feel like i could have belonged to any of the categories to a certain extent, but more readily identified with the...

It really will depend on your job, but also on your own recovery. I had no complications, and recovered well. But the nature of the surgery is that you aren't just recovering from surgery, you are rapidly losing weight because your intake is minuscule in comparison to before. This can lead to a...