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Help! 3yrs post op and gaining weight!!!!!!!!
17 March will be my 3 year mark. In the past 6 months I have been gaining weight. I have went from a size 3/4 to almost an 8. I don't get on the scale because it's too upsetting. I have been battling depression, and fatique. I have been on celexa for years so I don't think that is the problem. When I started gaining weight, (a couple pounds) i cut back on eating....could that be the problem? Am I just not eating enough and my body is fighting back by packing on pounds??? I need help.... It's hard enough for me to battle depression because of my own personal demons, but to loose soooo much weight only to be gaining it back it sinking me deeper. Any thoughts??? Anyone?? — Jillisa R. (posted on March 1, 2007)
March 1, 2007
Jillisa, I just made my 3yr mark in december, and what I think helps me
keep my weight under control is exercise. I try to do 45-50 min of cardio
3x a week. I dont know if you exercise but it releases those things called
endorphines which may help you in your depression. Are you able to join a
gym? If not even getting outside to walk will do wonders. Are you still
taking your protein shakes? I find that helps with appitite control.I tryy
to do 2 daily, but sometimes that doesnt workout I definately get one in.
Also drinking water is essential, I find that if I drink pure water at
least a liter a day, it helps me with my appitite as well. Dont get
depressed, try to watch what you eat, everything should be healthy, try to
eliminate the bread, pastas, the bad carbs, and sodas, if you havent
already, and continue with your vitamin supplements. I wish you the
best..trust me your not alone, we are all in the struggle together..Stacey
— msstacey
March 1, 2007
Do a google search on "celexa and weight gain". You can find
some helpful info on the internet but remember it is not necessarily true
just because it is on the 'net.
— ** Judy **
March 2, 2007
Jillisa, thanks for writing. I am 3 years out on the 16th of March, so
congratulations. I also understand your issues with fatigue and
depression. I have had a year of "death" in my family, and it
has been difficult. I agree 100% though with the prior post that you
received. Obesity, Jillisa is a head issue with a body consequence. You
have to battle the head issue. The best way to do that is diet, exercise,
water and protein. These things will put you in check. I am feeling my
clothes, for the first time, not be so loose. I know that this issue is
coming my way as well. Don't wait for another size to pass you by without
fighting for it. You fought to get this far, don't lose your benefit.
Even though I am a size 4/6, I am still an obese person in my head. I
still lust for food, I still desire to fight against what I should eat. I
still face those issues every day. I think that is not unusual. This will
seem like a harsh statement, but I really liked it. I was watching the
program "Numbers" with my family, and one of the detectives was
visiting with a counselor. The counselor said to him "If you want to
feel good, take a pill, if you want to get right, face the truth".
Gruff, but true. As you face the truths in your life, you can battle to
get past them. Whether it is obesity issues, or personal issues, you can
face them and work to get past them. I mean this tenderly. I know that
some people really need medication for depression, please understand that
is NOT what I am saying. I am saying, for anything in your life, if you
face it, you can battle it, no matter what tools you use. You don't need
to sink another day. I am sorry you feel you have to be content with
"personal demons". I am a Christian, and even though I do
believe that the enemy chasing after me with issues and problems, I don't
have to be content with them. As a child of God, I stand behind Him and He
rebukes the enemy in my life. The Bible says "Submit to God, resist
the devil and he will flee from you". I am working hard at submitting
to God so that very thing will happen. If you have an interest in knowing
the love of Christ and Salvation in Him, I would be glad to share with you.
Just ask. I wish you well, and hope that you get the help you need. It
sounds like you worked really hard to get where you are. I really hate to
see you lose that success. Take care, Patricia P.
— Patricia P
March 2, 2007
i have not had my wls yet, still in the working progress, but i surely do
know about the depression, i have started counseling and it has made a
world of difference, i have started with a weight loss counselor someone
who knows the struggles we go through with this obese stuff, and man has
she helped me alot, i also find that if i have at least one protein bar a
day that i get the "feel good" feelings, not that its got a lift
me up drug in it or anything but i feel good because i just chose a healthy
thing for me, maybe if you do like the other poster have said and up your
protein intake with water and if you arent going to a councelor now see if
there are any in your area that specialise in weightloss, i know that in
our town the place i go to has a sliding scale fee if you qualify you may
not even have to pay anything...
please know that your in my prayers and you have done an awsome job getting
down to wear you are, some of us are still at the 300 mark :(
God bless you
Paula
— japaad
March 2, 2007
This happened to me at about 3 years post op. I was so successful in
taking off the weight...and maintaining it for that period of time, then,
all of a sudden, out of the blue....I started gaining. I wasn't eating
enough to gain....nor was I eating the wrong things. Try to convince
others of that...it just took me back to the years before surgery that I
wasn't believed. Anyway...I digress.....I put on about 40 lbs....went from
a size 4 to a 12. I was scared out of my wits. But, as suddenly as the
weight came on...it stopped coming on. I began eating a bit more, and to
date..nearly 7 years post op...I have lost about 15 of that...am into a
size 10...which is a livable place for me...and I'm maintaining. I'm not
as nazi like with my eating as I was...but I'm still careful. It appears
that every time I get on the scale....which is about once a month or
so....yes, I even stopped obsessing about the scale...it appears that I am
losing like 1/8 lb per month...but I have never gone back up. So that is
my experience for what it's worth. I think our bodies realize what we have
done to it after about 3 years....call it the WALL....and it frantically
tries to store up what it thinks it's been missing. Once I started being a
little less strict..and I mean...a very little less....and it has turned
around...almost. I wouldn't be surprised if after a year or two...I'll be
back into my 8s....I'm not giving all my clothes away like I did. But if I
never get down to that...I'm happy. My friends that were around me when I
lost the initial weight....said to me after I had gained that I looked
better. Between you and me....they were right! I looked skeletal, and not
nearly as healthy as I appear today. I can't tell you not to worry....but
it might help to not obsess...as that's what helped me. Regards~ Jacque
— Statuesque
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