This surgery is a wonderful tool. But just that, If we don't follow our plan we can and will gain weight. You can stretch your pouch. And you can eat the wrong things, graze or several diffent things.

Yes, it is very possible to re-gain weight after gastric bypass. People can (and do) "eat around" the pouch. The most common ways to re-gain(not in any sort of scientific order) 1. Grazing 2. Drinking calories 3. Returning to eating simple carbs (usually done in conjunction with grazing).

From what I've seen over the past 4 years, most people experience a 10-20 lb "bounce" from their lowest post RNY weight (which is still considered a success when you consider that most of us lose over 100 lbs). However, some people regain most of the excess weight. From my point of view these were people who were not emotionally ready to live life as a healthy person. They still need food emotionallynot as nutrition, but as a way to cope with life.

Food is fuel. Emotions are meant to be felt, not fed.

Maintaining a healthy weight is just as much work as losing it (sometimes harder).

Totally worth it!!

JJ

Yeah.... gotta fix the "WHY WE OVERATE" in the first place or those old, ugly habits will come back full force! The head work for me is truly the hardest part... I've had a couple days where I ate WAY TOO MUCH since my surgery... and it is easy to see I could gain wt back later on when its even easier to eat too much.

And take what JJ says as gospel :) She knows! :)

Yuppers. JJ's got it right...again ;) you can gain! Simple, just forget the rules, bypass your bypass, and lose sight of your "why". For me, I make a rule of each morning to remember how life was, how my actions caused my physical and emotional decline and how good and simple things are now. Not willing to give that up for a bite or a craving or any action that will put me right back where I came from. That being said, my own mindset when at the beginning of this incredible journey was if my surgeon had told me that for this surgery to work for me, I'd need to drink mud, I would have said yes sir, how many times a day and how thick do I make it. Make no mistake, had I not had my head in the right place, I would die before age 70.

That's what keeps me from gaining. I would invite you to give your reasons serious thought and devise something to help you remember your resolve when the going gets tough.

Blessings!
Spotz

Ditto to what JJ said. Take care of the head stuff. Your new tummy is a tool but you still have to do work.
Shelley :o)

Great question...and great answers. I had to write down the "Emotions are to be felt, not fed" line. I love that and hadn't heard it before.

One of my co-workers told me today that a friend of hers not only gained all of her weight back but ultimately died...from alcohol usage. So sad. I thought we weren't able to drink alcohol but evidently there is a lot we CAN do to sabotage meeting our goals. I simply don't intend to test out any of the ramifications of cheating. The surgery is a gift and I want to capitalize on it.

Tonya
RNY 11/19/2013