Having trouble losing after baby is born.....

[Guest guest]

Hi! I am 2 years post op and I have a 3 month old baby boy. I

breast fed for the first 2 months but because my son wasn't gaining

any weight I had to stop and go to formula. I thought I was doing

really well coming home from the hospital and being able to put all

my size 7's back on but now that my son is 3 months old I am

noticing that my clothes are fitting pretty snug. I went to my 2

year check up with my surgeon and he told me that I am moderatley

overweight... I weigh 162 lbs and wear a 7 to a 9. How do I lose

the 17 pounds that I need to? Any suggestions an a diet or anything

that will help??? I have a problem eating, it is almost like I

never even had the gastric bypass, I can eat ANYTHING! Not Good!!!

Any input would be greatly appreciated!! Thank You! Dori Hinkle

[Guest guest]

Hello Dori!

I am now 27 weeks pregnant but in April 2003 I joined Weight Watchers. I had my

RNY 11/7/00 and shortly after my 2 yr. anniversary exprienced a bounce back

where it seemed the weight " appeared " over night! The lowest I had gotten down

to was 133 pounds (my 1 yr anniversary) but by April 2003 I had gotten back up

to 158 pounds. I cried, I was irritated and I was so pissed at myslef that I

had to go back to WW as I thought I wouldn't have to " diet " ever again. I soon

got over that because I realized that WW is about healthy eating which is one of

the reasons why I had WLS in the first place-- to get healthy and change my

lifestyle!! I decided that I had gone through way too much to get to this point

and I wasn't going to let the scale climb any higher. I lost the 20 pounds

but it took my from the end of April 2003 to Christmas 2003 to do it (8 LONG

months)! It was a slow process but well worth it. Side note here-- I got to

138 pounds which was 3 pounds from my goal 4 days prior to learning I was

pregnant!! I did attend the WW meetings but only for the first 12 weeks to get

all the books and info & then joined an on-line support group WW had on their

message boards and that way worked for me. I never told them I had WLS, I just

didn't feel they needed to know that but everyone has their own opinion about

that.

So, that is just MY own personal exprience and I wanted to share. I know that

after I am done nursing my baby I will try to shed some pounds if I haven't

already lost the baby weight on my own with the obvious methods (cutting back on

snacks, eating less sugar, watching portions, etc.) but I will go back to WW if

need be-- I has worked for me in the past.

Take care Dori and let us know how the battle goes!!

Ivy Kennedy

RNY 11/7/00

EDD 8/22/04-- another boy! Big brother Jake is going to be 10 yrs old 9/25/04.