Old bypasser - new poster

[deepend7]

Hi,

I know you all very well as I'm a silent reader of all your posts! Time to post myself now.

I had the bypass 8 years ago and easily maintained for a few years. Slowly started 'forgetting' the rules and have now paid the consequences and have around 2/3 stone to lose again to feel good- I'll see how I am when I get there if I want to lose more.

After only a few days of following the rules again I can safely say with some relief my bypass is still there for me and I need to stop leaving it on the shelf and work with it and remember what a gift it is. It has been ridiculously easy for me to take it for granted. Putting a serious stop to such a damaging mentality before it gets any worse.

So.... Here I go again. Pass me the protein!

 

[Bally]

Hi,

I know you all very well as I'm a silent reader of all your posts! Time to post myself now.

I had the bypass 8 years ago and easily maintained for a few years. Slowly started 'forgetting' the rules and have now paid the consequences and have around 2/3 stone to lose again to feel good- I'll see how I am when I get there if I want to lose more.

After only a few days of following the rules again I can safely say with some relief my bypass is still there for me and I need to stop leaving it on the shelf and work with it and remember what a gift it is. It has been ridiculously easy for me to take it for granted. Putting a serious stop to such a damaging mentality before it gets any worse.

So.... Here I go again. Pass me the protein!

Thanks for sharing your long term experience.
Long term weight maintenance is the one thing that scares me the most.

 

[ThinnerJemima]

Thanks for sharing.

Long term maintenance is one of the things that scares me to. Since my first and second wls, I've put in place some changes that I hope will help me in the years to come.

Knowing that it can/will happen to so many people that I'm hoping that I can keep my eye on the prize in the years to come.

 

[deepend7]

I had it done at 19 years old and although a blessing i was so young and so didn't get any bigger- I took becoming slim for granted and thought the hard work was done..... Apparently I was wrong! When the bypass is doing the majority of the hard work for you it is easy to become complacent. In the later years seeing it as a tool that can only help you if you use it correctly is so important. There wasn't really any long term advice or aftercare when I had it done so sharing my experience I hope helps.

Thank you for the welcomes

 

[femfrankie]

Thank you for your honest post deepend. Its good to hear from a maintainers point of experience. The good thing is that you recognised that the old habits were creeping back in but that you were able to draw back on reigns before it got too out of control & as a complete nwbie to the bypass I have found that to be so reassuring :thankyou:

 

[JoJoTGirl]

Good luck, bet you'll be back where you want to be in no time. Great post to remind us all that we should never take our eye of the ball and that if we do occasionally, to regain that control before too much damage is done. Thanks. x

 

[Ines4C]

Thanks for this honest post. Good luck with getting back to the weight you want to be.

 

[deepend7]

Thanks everyone, really appreciate the kind words. Good luck to all of you whatever stage you're at.

 

[Danielle <3]

Thanks for sharing, good luck on ur weight loss x