I never “reset”. The only thing I did was change. I realized that I wasn’t going to keep the weight off by eating the same foods I ate before I had surgery. The food that made me obese before would make me obese again if I allowed them to. So, I changed what I eat.

I eliminated processed foods (stuff from boxes and bags) and began to eat real food yet leaving out white potatoes, rice, and bread. I focus on protein first, and veggies second which doesn’t leave room for anything else. I don’t feel hungry and I don’t feel like I’m missing anything by not eating those things.

I think the biggest mistake that weight loss surgery patients make is allowing themselves to continue eating the same foods they did before surgery! They fool themselves by thinking that since they aren’t able to eat much of it , and are losing weight while doing so, during the first year that it’s okay to eat whatever they want to. Then they begin to gain weight and haven’t changed their relationship with food at all. Which leads to more gains and feelings of failure.

We’re told that it’s just a tool to use for weight loss, but so many of us don’t truly understand what that means. We hear it, but we just want the surgery so bad that we don’t consider what it really means! That we will still have to watch what we eat forever, or we will regain the weight is what they were sort of saying but we had our rose colored glasses on. We believed the surgery would be our magic fix.

I hate that there isn’t a way to get back the magic of the first year post op where we lost weight effortlessly (and ate what we wanted), but there isn’t. Or someone would be out there selling that too!

The only way is to change, and its up to you to do that.

Sorry for the dissertation! I have a mother, sister, and niece who have regained their weight for this very reason! They’re almost hostile to me because I haven’t regained my weight (total 150 pounds lost and maintained).