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Im a little over a month out and ive already stopped loosing weight. Idk whats happeningg

So I am down 20 lbs in a week and 2 days!!!! Yey I'm so excited. However i need advice men and women point of views. Ok so there is a guy at my job, he is prn/on call. He may work once every 5 months or so I rarely see him. Now I think I may have a crush on him just a little, but dunno how to approach him or make it noticeable. He doesn't work my job until may 21..... (I know I'm a little stalkerish to even know that) By that time I should be down more and hopefully he will say something. I was thinking about buying a cute little outfit for that day. Lol Ughh wats a girl to do? HELP!!!!!!!!

This is my little mile stone. I'm so excited since last week I'm down 17lbs. Woot woot. Feeling great. In total since pre op I'm down 36 lbs. Although I'm no way near my goal, some people have noticed a difference and im just getting started. I'm can't believe how excited I am to work out in the am now lol little weird. I remember hearing someone say, " motivation will get you started, habit will keep you going" finally getting more confidence. Thank u God

Hello everyone! My name is Morgan, I currently weigh 339lbs and started my weight loss journey back in January of this year. To be honest its been a lifetime journey.... I've always been the chubby friend in the group...the fat friend with the bubbly personality trying to cover up her lack of self worth. I lost 60 pounds back in 2008 and was below 300lbs. I, by some miracle, became pregnant. Unfortunately it was short lived and my first thing to turn to was food. I gained back the 60, plus another 30 since then. Instead of focusing on my health all I wanted was to get pregnant. I was diagnosed with PCOS back in 2004 and thought that all I would have to do would b…

Have my first appointment the 2nd nervous to find out if I'm approved! I now high blood pressure! I'm hoping that helps me! I'm under 40bmi

**Please excuse my unabashed excitement** I am thrilled to say that I have been approved by insurance for my new Sleevie Wonder! They approved it in 5 business days and I got scheduled so fast! I went today for my final weigh-in & pre-op prep class and I am -check it out- FOUR (4) OUNCES BELOW MY PRE-SURGERY GOAL WEIGHT!! LOL, glad I skipped the Fudgesicle after dinner last night!! I never thought 4 oz would matter this freakin much! I have 4 weeks to keep on losing. Dr. E only requires 2 days of clear liquids prior to surgery, but I might try to start full liquids one week out. Maybe shrink my liver a little more? I don't see how it could hurt. Then again…

I everyone!! I had lapband in June of 2008 and did awesome.. Lost all my weight and up until 6 months ago did great..I even had a tummy tuck, thigh lift and breast lift with augmentation..I am now Having major issues with my band and gained 60 pounds but I am getting my band removed and revision to bypass on May 21! So excited and nervous!!!

Hi! My name is Casie and I'm 31 years old, married for 7.5yrs with 3 beautiful daughters ages 5, 2, & 2. I started my journey back in January by doing lots and lots of research. I finally made an appointment without discussing it with my husband and made the decision to move forward. My insurance required a 3 month supervised diet and my surgeons group also had a plethora of things that needed to be done before surgery could be scheduled. I found out that I have sleep apnea, which I wasn't expecting but all the more reason to keep pushing through. My journey is really just beginning as I am now 4 days post op. But I have no regrets. I can't wait to see how the next 6 …

I have a sugery date of may 14th and I'm undecided if I should do the sleeve or the bypass. I am on the lower bmi and i have read so many conflicting stories about whether or not the sleeve has success with people with lower bmi (30-40). anyone have advice, I like sweets and thought the bypass was a good way to avoid them, but my doc says the sleeve is a safer surgery.

I ate soft scramble egg, and i felt every bite as it went through my stomach is this normal? ?? Will it get better. Yeasterday, i had refried bean it ok.

Hi Everyone. My name is Cindy and I am waiting for my primary insurance to send their denial letter so my surgery can be scheduled. My primary insurance will not pay, but my secondary insurance will pay. Plus secondary insurance does not do pre-authorization letters. So, as soon as the denial letter is received from the primary insurance we can schedule my surgery. My surgeon said it will most likely be mid-May. I have thought of myself as being overweight most of my life. Looking back on it, I was a twig when I graduated from high school. It's just that those who were around me were so petite. I had one successful pregnancy 30 years ago and was never able to lo…

I was sleeved on 4.16.14 today I am 6 days out and down 14lbs. I'm so excited hopefully I can keep this streak going. I try my hardest to workout daily, if I miss a day I don't make a big deal. I am so excited, this has been the best decision ever. Can't wait til the summer. # turn up

Hello all, my lapband surgery is scheduled for 14th May. Feeling so nervous and wonder if im doing the right thing! I just need to loose 25 kg but struggled to do so. I tried everything from diet to exercise but couldnt get ride of my extra weight. I haven't told anyone not even my boyfriend yet, and I might not to tell him but I wonder if its right to hide it from him? What if he finds out? I think if I tell him, he won't let me to do the operation even that he wants me to loose weight. He's a very supportive and caring person but he always follows a healthy diet and procedure. We are seeing each other for 3 years and about to move in together mid year. Any suggestion? I…

I'm sitting in the surgical waiting room waiting to get taken back. Just now getting nervous but everything will be okay. Talk to you soon

Leaving for the hospital in 15 minutes... Gotta be there for 1030!! So excited to start my new life! Updates to come! Please feel free to share your journeys as well!! It's nice when you know you aren't going through it alone!

Hi All, 2.5 weeks out RNY and SMELLS are making me so nauseas. Did this happen to anyone else? I have been nauseated for the last week and my dr. put me back on Stage 1. The smell of most foods, flowers (anything pungent) is making me crazy.

I'M confused on how much I'm to drink , do I mix it with any other ingredients , and is there something that taste good? I will be starting my pre op diet in a week and I want to get my supplies but not sure which one. I hate the vanilla flavour and chocolate smell awful. Help!

I am here at the hospital and am 2 hours away from the surgery. The nerves have kicked in now - it has just been excitement up until this point!! Looking forward to it being over. Jess Xx

Here we go!! I am currently in the hospital and it's not so bad. It's actually pretty easy which scares me because it might just be the wonderful meds they give me. Lol. I go home later today and have been doing lots of walking. I have felt gas pains and I agree with everyone they really suck. overall the drinking water hurts a bit but not as bad as I thought!!! I hope I made sense since writing this half asleep. :-) hope everyone has a blessed!

Do today is day 3 and I am totally confused on how I should be feeling at this point. I'm NOT hungry at all, only able to drink 2 Protein shakes per day and 2 bottles of Water. I've had a few cups of chicken broth, and sugar free popsicles but I'm extrememly full after eating anything. The incisions are healing well and I spoke with the nurse about my eating habits when she made the post-op call and she assured me that everything is okay. I think mentally I feel like I should be eating much more than what I am currently eating now. The only true pain I've felt is from the port site and gas pains in my shoulder area. Having such a great support team here and at home is …

Hi Everyone Got banded last night today facing the reality of it. A bit sore (pain killers helped) looking forward to a hot shower and getting out of here. Miss sleeping in own bed.

Tomorrow I go under the knife to change my life. High blood pressure high cholesterol sleep apnea starting off at 277 hoping to be down to 175 one day. A little nervous about the process and recovery.

An anyone help please!! I'm 5 weeks post op and today I ate a very thin very overbooked Vogel toast slice with cottage cheese..now I have this full ache on my left hand side??? I should mention that I have been having really bad vowel problems!! (Constipated so so bad!! Sorry TMI!)

Was sleeved 4/7, so 2 1/2 weeks post op, whenever I go walking outside my left shoulder starts hurting when I take deep breaths. Could this still be from the surgery??!

Hello everyone! What a wonderful site! My name is Kristi and I am currently in the spiral of waiting for the office to submit to insurance. I started this journey last September. I had to do 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, multiple doctor visits, psych eval, councelling, labs, EGD, xray, EKG, etc. In addition to surgical clearance from PCP and GI doc. All of these steps were completed nearly 6 weeks ago and Surgery office has had all my records for the last 4 weeks. I have called, emailed multiple times with no response until last week when I was told to "be a little more patient", that my file was in a pile of 30 charts waiting to be reviewed by offic…

Hi. My name is Stephanie. I had the vertical gastric sleeve surgery on the 9th of this month. So about a week and a half out today. I feel great. I went on my first real walk today. A little over a mile. It went well, but I did get light headed on the way back and could feel my heart beat in my throat, which I had never felt before. So, that was odd, but I made it and it felt good about 5 minutes after. I live in Lake Tahoe and it's absolutely gorgeous today. Perfect day for my first big walk. My starting weight was 338. I am 28 pounds down from my pre op visit and 11 down since surgery. I started my mushy stage today. Poached egg and grits for breakfast. Was wo…

I was sleeved on march 24th. I am now on puréed stage And I go for my 3 week post op appointment in the morning. I'm just wondering if anyone else out there like me feels like they are insanely thirsty? I can literally drink a whole bottle of water 16.9oz in 30 minutes maybe less. I know they say to drink drink drink but is this normal?? I definitely get my water intake daily, but so far today I've only had one protein shake and I finished that within 20 minutes... Just kinda concerned!

I'm on day 3. I cannot even drink 16 oz through out the day. I still haven't had any pain. Just a very little sore.

I started this journey a little over a year ago. I went down to Ft. Wayne, Indiana to sit in a seminar about weight loss surgery. I had been to two or three seminars in the past but my insurance never covered the surgery. I had checked and found that my new insurance would cover it and that the closest hospital was in Ft. Wayne. While I was there I found out about a new operation they were offering called the Sleeve Gastrectomy. Once I had heard about it, I knew it was the one for me. No band that can slip and no rerouting of the intestines, sign me up. I checked into the insurance end a little further. I needed six months of medically managed weight loss with my Doctor b…

This has been a roller coaster ride so far and I know it's still going to continue. But for the first time in a long time I am finally finding myself and becoming happy. I was the girl who would always go out of my way to please everyone but now I'm finally do things to please me. I have found out who the true friends are and who are the fake ones. I've learned not to be so hard on my self and things take time. I didn't gain it in a day, I won't be losing it in a day either. It's been 3 1/2 months since my surgery and I've lost 60lbs. That's more then I have ever lost before. I weigh less now then I did in the 8th grade (btw I'm 24 now). I put 3 pictures together today an…

I had my Surgical Consult Today and the Doctor and Agreed that VSG is the perfered surgery for me! So I have stared down the sugical path today to become a more health person. My official weight was 360# and lets follow all the steps to potential surgery date around Holloween 2014!

So, I called the doctor office to get the details on pre-op testing for my surgery scheduled for April 25th. It was getting close and I had not heard back! I found out that they did not send the request over to the Hospital on time and could not get the 25th confirmed! I was already 4 days into my pre-op diet and almost adjusted to it. Now I have to stop and restart on the 25th. The new surgery date is May 9th! Everything happens for reason but still I think I have the right to be upset! GRRR!!

It seems like I am always looking for the Stall Whisperer. This last stall was seven weeks, for crying out loud! So......I took my Water from 64 up to 80 ounces, and the Bariatric Physician changed my calories from 800 down to 600 (which is where I was in my pre-op phase). Stall broken and I have lost three pounds in the last week. Man...we knew this was going to be work. Also, I am right on my four month mark, and the doc reminded me that it is my turn for the hair to start falling out. She STRONGLY EMPHASIZED to be dead-on serious about getting my Proteins and fluids in.

Please forgive my lack of grammar and punctuation Hello all, it's Mel in Dallas.. I am getting so anxious. My benefit approval package was submitted to Aetna today. I got on the scale today. my last nutritional meeting and weighed in at 258 .

Was sleeved yesterday and was already home last night.. Slept ok. I'm a stomach sleeper so I couldn't get comfortable. Today I have had very little pain on a scale 1-10 it's a 2. I'm having a hard time getting water and protein drink in...

This has been a roller coaster ride so far and I know it's still going to continue. But for the first time in a long time I am finally finding myself and becoming happy. I was the girl who would always go out of my way to please everyone but now I'm finally do things to please me. I have found out who the true friends are and who are the fake ones. I've learned not to be so hard on my self and things take time. I didn't gain it in a day, I won't be losing it in a day either. It's been 3 1/2 months since my surgery and I've lost 60lbs. That's more then I have ever lost before. I weigh less now then I did in the 8th grade (btw I'm 24 now). I put 3 pictures together today an…

Hello. I had been looking for forums online to share my experience and get views from people going through similar experiences. I am from Pakistan and weight loss surgeries are not too common here. I was the 60th sleeving patient in 3 years for my Surgeon. So i am exactly 4 weeks post sleeve and 8 kgs down from the weight on the day of my surgery. I lost 2 kgs in the first week, 5 in the second week and half a kg each in the 3rd and 4th week. We accidentally discovered that i was hypothyroid and had poly cystic ovaries, 3 to 4 days before the surgery(i decided on having the surgery on a very short notice - only a week before and there were 4 of us who had a sleeving su…

New at this. When I started this journey I was sure that I wanted it get Lap band. Then I had my EGD where all the staff including nurses, anesthesiologist, and surgeon talked me into deciding on the sleeve. So here I am, still 4 appointments left of 6. I know it sounds a long time, but so far it seems to go by quick! Still, I am counting down. Looks like ETA for Gastric Sleeve surgery will be September! Good luck to bring everyone deciding on this journey!

Hey everybody! I thought I would share my journey and keep it all here! I hope y'all don't mind!! I am a pretty laid back lady who has had a love affair with Oreos that just went too damn far. I weighed in at 299 (although my highest was 331 but I was 9 months pregnant. I should count it, huh?) and I had two kiddos as home that needed a fit, healthy momma. So I said "No more!!" to those oreos and signed up for the seminar. That seminar was a funny place. You look at smaller people there and wish you were their size. You are thankful you aren't the biggest one there, but you know it's only a matter of time. Fast forward I do the pre-op diet. Mine was more of a south…

How does anyone keep up their fluids with all these rules about waiting 30 mins before solid food and 45 mins after a meal. By the time I wait that long iv forgotten to drink anything at all?!? And if I spend my day keeping my fluids up I want be able to eat anything solid coz I will never have the 30min gap between my last drink to enable me to eat??? How does everyone else do it??? And does 1 sip mean I need to wait another 30-45 mins???

I have discovered rice crackers (approved as I slowly move on to soft foods) , however for lunch 4 of those tiny crackers are more than enough to fill me up, but what I have found is that I am addicted to licking the seasoning off the rest of them lol I am sure it's probably too much salt ..but yeah I am having hardly any food so fuck it for the moment I don't care Anyway that all for today .. Almost 3 weeks post surgery I only have a few more days before I have to go back to work boooo but feeling good at the moment

I see the nutritionist today to start my diet I am soo happy I am so happy the the ball is finally rolling:)

I see the nutritionist today to start my 6 month supervised diet. I am so happy the ball is finally rolling:)

Well, I was sleeved February of 2013 and have lost half of my body weight since! 152 lbs to be exact. Now I'm faced with the loose saggy skin on my stomach! I've worked so hard to lose the weight and now I have this issue. It's not like I haven't been working out because since day 1 I have committed myself to the gym! Guess there's nothing you can do about the skin. I was wondering if anyone (I live in NJ) has gotten skin surgery covered under insurance? I actually have a different insurance company sines the surgery. I have QualCare. If anyone knows anything I would greatly appreciate it!!

Found out that even though decaf coffee has no caffeine it still is a diuretic. I thought we could count decaf towards our fluids. I'm confused.

Went to the doc for my 7th fill today! Because I admitted to starting to feel restriction she only gave me .3CC (maddening!) Also because I've been so bad for the last two weeks - (va-ca and no workouts due to injuries to both my feet); I checked in and weighted two pounds more than my last visit ! I'm over it and ready to hit it hard and get back on track and be harder on myself than I've been being. My workouts are good but I'm still eating too much. My goal this month is to cut back to 3 ozs of meat and 1/2 cup of veggies and see if I can get by on that. Anybody out there not in the green zone yet getting by on that amount of food? I'm optimistic that t…

I was gone a month and my e-mail catch got full & then sent back incoming mail. BariatricPal.com disconnected me & now I can't get back in. I only have the one e-mail address, I'm 84 years old. I don't know what to do. Can anybody help me? Thanks! Joanne M Holl jmhacct@runestone.net

I hit the 100 lbs down mark yesterday March 30, 2014! I am so happy & excited about it. My surgery date was July 18, 2013 & I weighed 321 lbs when I began my journey & recently found out the day of surgery I was 314 lbs but the day I came home from the hospital I was 321 lbs again so that is what I go by. Yesterday I weighed in at 221 LBS!!! I had been praying that I would hit my biggest goal by my birthday & I made it a week early! My birthday is next sunday & i will be 34!!! This is the most awesome birthday gift I could ever give to myself! I feel so much better in all areas of my life. I am healthier & down to a weight I have not seen si…

hello people! i am so excited today...i just found out that medicare has approved me for lapband revision surgery! now i am waiting for a pre-op appt.,meeting agian wiht the NUT and psych evaluation. i pray i can have the surgery in May as hoped for.finally a second chancce to lose at least 120 pounds.i have been desperat as i lost 200 from my gastric bypass and had gained back 100. i can use all the prayers adn advice i can get so plz feel free to reach me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!on cloud nine,abbagirl

Good Day fellow members. I'm from Windsor, Canada. I started my journey at 350lbs. I am almost 4 years post-op and RNY has been the best decision of my life. FaceBook: Santino Pirrone Check out my YouTube video here: