Now 18 months following surgery & I have discovered that if I do not control this I can put on weight! That is SCARY!! I have only lost 50% of what I need to lose but I try & keep at it & am losing gradually and am now able to exercise. Remember how bad it was there & STOP bad habits now before you end up back there. Just because you can graze it does not make it a sensible choice!

I am 9 months out and have realized like so many before me warned: the hunger returns. Grazing is a killer, as is drinking my calories in say fancy iced coffees.

I find using MFP for accountability super helpful. I also “fluid load”. Fluid loading is a win win. Sticking to the no eating and drinking within 30 – 60 is also key.

I am sure you have all heard that RNY is just a tool. This is so true. Use the tool and it will serve you well.

Although I had surgery 5months ago, I have days where I can eat continuously...especially right before TOM. Anyone else experience this....I don't usually eat a lot at once, but it's continuous grazing. On these days I can eat as many as 1500 calories. It's scary when I think of how easily I could put back on the lbs!

Yes, I have this too. Some days I find I can just eat and eat and eat and eat alld ay and never really feel "full" - though I'm not eating, say, an entire bag of chips at a time. Other days, I can go without eating and feel like I have to force myself to eat. I say to myself, "In the end, it will all balance out."

The past few days I've been really hard on myself, having "fat" days.... I bought a pair of jeans 2 weeks ago that fit great. I put them on this morning and felt fat and like they didn't fit. I think it's because I AM retaining fluids AND my period is due next week so I am bloating.

My boyfriend says he can still notice my weightloss even though I don't feel it as much anymore. And some days, he's even shocked at how much food I can eat, though it's normally veggies, beans, hummus, pita/tortilla.

The urge to "crunch and snack" is very hard to deal with sometimes. I have found that snacking on some sliced seedless cucumber works for me. Very low cal and nice and crunchy. Sometimes I will have a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese and use cucumber slices as my crackers. Nice little crunchy snack that is lo cal and has some protein too! Yum.