Stimpy
So Im clear here, you just paid this quack 40k and he gave you no lesson so to speak. You did not take a 6month class on some basic nutrition as well as what to expect?

Wow, WTF !

Ok, so what was your starting weight, current weight, how much protein daily (average), water daily (average), surgery date etc. I'm sure everyone will jump in here to help but the info is needed.

Also, and I don't know but if you're taking "head" meds make sure you're getting the correct amount . When I see this type of dispare sp, often the meds are out of wack!

BB

Yeah I take head meds, 1000 mg depakote & 100 mg. trazadone at night for sleep, have been for past 15 years. I am 53, 5'7", starting weight 242, I am now 166 lbs. I had gotten down to 150 lbs. I had the surgery in July of 2007, so 2-1/2 years, and I DO ALL THE PROTEIN CRAP, I AM SICK OF PROTEIN, I drink water, count calories, and I AM HUNGRY!!!!!! I don't know if the depression is from the fact the weight is coming back on and I CANNOT CONTROL ANYTHING OR IF IT IS JUST DEPRESSION FROM WHATEVER, EITIOLOGY UNKNOWN I CANNOT CONTROL MY HUNGER, NOT MY FEELING OF BEING HUNGRY, I KNOW IN MY HEART AND MY MIND THAT THEY ARE REAL, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I CAN FEEL MY STOMACH GROWLING, AND THEN ONCE I EAT, I FEEL BETTER AND NOT DEPRESSED. So yeah I went to the same surgical center that Randy Jackson, Etta James and Roseanne Barr had the surgeries, Dr. Mal B. Fobi (inventor of the Fobi Pouch), My dr. was a dr. Naim, I know how to choke down 60-80 grams of protein a day. I don't know I AM TRYING, I REALLY DONT WANT TO BE FAT AGAIN, I AM JUST SCARED, I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME. MAYBE I NEED PSYCHOTHERAPY, BUT IT CANT BE IN THE HEAD, I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS BIOLOGICAL. I kinda feel like when you see everything bad happening to everybody else, and you say, well that will NEVER happen to me, and it DOES. Somebody tell me SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT IS THAT I AM A WORTHY PERSON BEING FAT.

I have been hungry since the day I came out of surgery I told my DR. and he said that was the first he ever heard that I just eat a little at each meal if i get hungry between meals i drink crystal light to give water flavor and eat sugar free jello it helps me to not over eat also i have taken the head meds and most of the side effects for these meds are weight gain because they make your appetite increase discuss these meds with your dr and see if they may be causing the hunger and good luck you are in our prayers

teenasmit - how long have you been out of surgery? what meds do you take, maybe if i switch head meds. although the ones i'm on work. right now i am hungry and i am going to bed, i cannot sleep if i am hungry so i am going to have a glass of milk. i have to live. txs for your reply.

Stimpy Hun,
Sounds like you need some dietry advice to find something other than the protien drinks and slider foods that leave you hungry.
I am quite new to all this so long term I hope I dont go to that place...
I do feel for you and hope you find some answers.
Buzz xx

I am only 4 months out but I do feel your pain and desparation. I have not felt hungry since surgery, yet, but I have told my daughter (an RN) that I am scared to death of slowly losing the weight only to gain it all back next year. Even at this early stage, I gained 3 pounds this week and I feel panic and self doubt. I do know that some meds can stimulate your hunger and cause you to gain weight. Please check with your doc and find out side effects of your meds. Hang in there....you are not alone.

I am only 4 months out but I do feel your pain and desparation. I have not felt hungry since surgery, yet, but I have told my daughter (an RN) that I am scared to death of slowly losing the weight only to gain it all back next year. Even at this early stage, I gained 3 pounds this week and I feel panic and self doubt. I do know that some meds can stimulate your hunger and cause you to gain weight. Please check with your doc and find out side effects of your meds. Hang in there....you are not alone.

Oh thank you, your kind words give me some strength, I don't feel like such a failure. Today I am going to psychiatrist to find out if the meds i am on are causing it, but i already know the answer, he will say "no". I woke up this morning with a god awful headache from hunger, had 2 tblespns. cottage cheese, 2 eggs., 3/4 of an apple. Still feel crappy. Already looking forward to eating. Like I said, it is just like before the surgery, constant vigilance, and feeling not as well as you would having a decent amount of calories in you. I will continue to fight. But I refuse to feel MISIRABLE. THANK YOU EVERYONE

Stimp
You've got a great sense of humor (even a bit caustic)! Do what you've done and you'll be just fine, I can hear it in your voice(words).
BB

Yeah thanks, just got back from doc. he says yeah, depakote can make you gain weight, but last doc said "no", both Harvard grads., so who knows. He prescribed me topamax, for anxiety and says it does not stimulate appetite. So just got home, and I am going to drag the ole man with me up into the mountains to do a 5 mile hike. Then going to stop at Vons and get some healthy choice HIGH PROTEIN meals, maybe it is solid protein I need and not the liquid type. I tend to do liquid because meat kinda grosses me out. I swear to God I am trying! But the amount of effort that needs to be put into this on a daily basis is akin to having a high profile career. Anyways thanks doubleb, if I can get to that place of a sense of humor, (especially caustic) I know I will survive this. I have never had a drug or alcohol problem, but this issue is like working a 12 step program, overeating is cunning and deceptive, oh i dont know. I will continue to fight!

I just want to send some words of encouragement to you. Good luck! You can do it! Just keep trying to do the best you can. That is all you can ask of yourself. Lots of hugs sent your way for a lifetime of success!

Hi my name is jessica and i go to have my surgery on FBE 16th and they tould me to eat 3 meal a day and if i get hungry have 1 protein driken an that will help untill you eat agin
give that a traie that mite help you

jessica198622

stimpy, I think the hunger could be the meds I took depakote once for depression and gained 40 lbs, I was always hungry. The topomax should help I've taken that also, keep on doing what your doing and get on the new meds it will probably help.

Everybody thank you for your kind and supportive words, but......I just picked up People Magazine with Carnie Wilson on it and she originally lost 150 lbs. and has since gained 70 lbs. back, but she is cool with it, I mean she doesn't feel ashamed or guilty. I think that is what I fear most, I fear I am failing (not my mind, but my body) I mean people cannot help it when they get cancer and cannot cure themselves, (this is how I feel about weight) I cannot tell you how SINCERELY hard I try, and I just can't lose it, I feel like my body is starving, along with my mind, I can't think straight and I don't feel good. Then I was reading in the same article, that Dr. Oz (of t.v. fame) said that 1 out of every 7 people that have the gastric bypass surgery will gain all of the weight back. I have to accept the fact that I could be the 1 in 7. And I honestly don't feel I am being melodramatic. I feel ashamed, I feel guilty, I feel people are probably thinking I am lazy, self-indulgent, no-self-discipline. I just have to accept what life has in store for me, and pray that God knows what he is doing. Anyways I would love to hear from anybody out there that is possibly that "one in 7 persons, and how they are/or are not dealing with it. Remember though, most of the people DO NOT GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK, so I don't want to bum anybody out, or make them second guess about getting the surgery. Remember Carnie Wilson was 300 lbs. and now she is 118 lbs. so she is far better off.

Whoops, I mean Carnie Wilson was 300 lbs., and now she is 218 lbs., not 118 lbs., but she is still better off., but she is only 5'3", but I think she looks really good, she carries the weight well.