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awww, u are a magic girl!! U can totally take me away from all these thoughts by simply picking up on the real problem !!! I WILL WAKE UP with this spirit, I will actually will start practicing right away!!! THANK U my lovely friend XOXO

I feel you sooo much!! I am in the same situation although I am still 30 pounds away from my goal but I CAN SCREAM cause It is been over a month and I am not losing while being so discipline about following the rules, and I cant wait to visit my doctor in 15 days to discuss it and I SO HOPE he is not gonna answer the same usual answer "thats this is normal" I wish he can provide me with a solution. Good luck with ur tracking and I HOPE u discover the hidden thing, although sometimes there is no hidden calories and the body just tends to play us up:( BEST OF LUCK and let us know how did it go:)

Thank you little longer, I have been reading posts about slow losers since u recommend it and am still searching them:) Rev me up, I have been bouncing those 3-4 pounds for over a month nowgive or take 40 - 50 days. I wasnt counting carbs before but I started limiting them since the weight loss stoped, I will try adding oatmeal to my Breakfast tomorrow, cause yesterday I added some carbs and I woke up with another pound gained:( I know u are right about the rapid weighting in, but I am afraid if I let go of the scale for a week I will find myself flying over 10 pounds gain! I am really sooooooooo down!! I am gaining like crazy:(

Thank you longer- life, good luck on ur upcoming surgery and to tell you the truth it is the best thing u will ever give urself "just a side advice" I am still grateful for the 47 lbs I lost with the sleeve, and not only that, my life is not anymore about whats my next meal is and food in general. With that said, We are currently here having a month called ramadan which is coming to an end " it is a holly month were we fast till sunset" and after that follows a week of feast , My doctor is not here for this whole vacation, So I think I wont be able to see him except in 2 weeks from now or may be ten days with all the weekends involved:( I have always loved these boards and I was the one who always love to spread positive thoughts here. But now my body is acting really strange and I really was looking for help:( about someone telling me I am hostile, I am really astonished, Cause I was just answering to his "GENERA:L" thoughts and advice when he said that I shouldnt expect the surgery to do it all for me although I stated that I am discipline, and also I didnt like it when he said that I can eat my way through surgery, I felt like I was accused of stuff I didnt even do. I was answering honestly and I received a very harsh response about how these boards is. I will totally advice him to go back to my posts and topic and see how I respond on here. I would also advice to not always answer in "General" under specific topic. to be honest I was hurt.

English is my second language, I wasnt hostile, I was explaining my frustration. Edit to say: Thats not my real issue here, and please read my posts well, u assumed I am eating some stuff that I am not and I am still asking about STARVATION MODE!! SOME help explain how am I going into starvation mode and every sleever around here is eating 800-900 calories here too and not going into starvation mode, plus it is whats recommended from different surgeons, PLUS I am only 4 month and 11 days out. should I really up my calories?.

I am just venting Thomas whats wrong? and I know what this board is exactly! I have been here a while btw. Anyway thank u so much and I am glad with all your success. I have also lost more than 140 pound before my surgery. I am really confused with ur advice of not taking it too personal and u pointing out that this is a friendly board!!

Believe it or not Thomas, I am one of the strongest believers that the surgery is not a magic pill:) and also I AM NOT eating fatty or starches food like u think. and thats exactly whats driving me crazy, I also dont expect the surgery to do it all of me, I have learned from the best, Learned from my band experience. I am a hard worker, and thats whats depressing me, that I have been busting my everything the last month or may be 60 days and I keep bouncing up and down the same 3-4 pounds. I do eat carbs as I said before, I used to eat them normally and I wasnt a freak about them but then when the weight started slowing way down I had to go low carb, I tried low car, super low carb, NO CARB! and none of this worked. I drink always and forver non fat free milk! I am a huge fan:) AND I SWEAR I AM NOT EATING MY WAY THROUGH MY SURGERY:) Then why after all of this "and I see people eating 800-900 calories maximum here" .. my body is going into STARVATION MODE:(?

Coops and Miters, I hope it gets better for all of us and please let me know the minute u break this barrier

Kelly, u mean I should go over 800-900 calories? if so let me know. I will do my best but do u honestly think my body will ever lose again?, It is like I spent the whole day doing shopping and I walked for soooo long and I came back home "weighed myself to know I gained a pound" I know weighing too much is bad but I am in a critical place right now I dont wanna gain:(

I am really confused right now, It seems like most of you who have their weight loss stopped are more than 6 month post op. and I am still 4 month and ten days out, Thats why I am hugely surprised that my weightloss has been suffering that early, I dont actually mind stalls at all cause when I kept losing fast in the beginning I got so sick, and my immune system got weak, I started having bacterial infection in my tongue , throat and then my eyes. I started taking B- complex and B12, and I started feeling so good. Thats why I am really not minding stalls at all I swear, I know it is the way my body is defending itself and actually saving it. But now, When the weight loss started to stop awfully I knew that is not a stall, I knew it is like my band days, when my weight starts to jump up and down the same pounds whatever I do, So I was never a carb sensitive person or a counting one, and thats why I tried to go low carb may be thats the reason, I varied my exercises as you are suggesting and I really pushed myself to eat under my sleeve. my calories intake varies from 800-900 a day. These are my main concerns, I am really way too early to stop and I am really in need for those last 35 pounds to be shed. I even set my goal weight to be 155 which is above my normal BMI with 20-25 pounds and I am not aiming to be a model. SO how come my body wants to settle for 188-186 pounds? I am soo disappointed and yet so grateful!

Well, I'm so curious about if anyone who has been sleeved has his weight loss stopping after a while and I Dont mean stall. I mean your body just stopped losing weight after a certain time or a certain number of pounds down? how long? was it a year or less than a year? Does it happen to most of the sleevers or just it is rare but just happen to some? How did u know that this is it, and ur body wont lose anymore? I think my body has given up and it is totally against the idea of losing anymore weight and I think it is too early but may be this is it I know this is not a stall cause of different factors. I gain the same 3-4 pounds and lose them for about a month or may be more, I exercise and my body just dont recognize it.. I am keeping my carb intake like non! or lets say sooo freaking little like non existing and I am not enjoying my food anymore, a month ago I could eat anything I LOVE and lose weight, now I am more like dieting and it is not even working, I mainly eat protein all day, fish shrimp, meat , chicken, milk. NO Desserts or sweets. I am feeling like my band days are back but at least am grateful for how amazing my sleeve has been and how much weight I have lost with it. I count my calories, I drink not less than 100 OZ of water, I dont have thyroid problem but I think this is it. If u think this is a stall then thats okay but I would love also to hear it from others who their weightloss stopped forever even early or late in their sleeve journey. Thank u

It sure takes time! and some other times it is just UGHH! whats wrong but all pieces will fall in their place dont worry ) I AM CHEERING FOR U and everyone on this journey who knows how valuable a pound lost is!

Incredible results!!! U have really done sooooo good:) CONGRATS:)

SN.......Surgery weight.....Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Looou.........235...............186............185........1LBS woooohooooooo:))

Yes, I go through days like this, I dont know what trigger this pattern but I think afterwards that I either ate too quickly or just ate something that bothered my sleeve. Sometimes a little tiny bit of spicier ingredients does it to me. also sleeping/lying down after short time of eating or drinking do the same to me. Drinking too fast. Or having a denser food the day before. Dont worry it just comes few days a month and it fades away and it is nothing u should worry about.

way to go:) U will reach ur goal like a champion XOX

best of luck PAPABob:)) cant wait for ur update:)

This problem always comes and goes, it mainly happen to me 10 days a month ( AWAY FROM TOM) then it fades away, I dont know what trigger it exactly, but I am always thankful when its gone. I am sorry I wish I can help u, but I just wrote down this post to let u know u are not alone.

did u try the anti nausea med before taking vitamins? that the only way I can stand both chew-able and pills.

Hello, Well I think our bodies are really fighting for a good reason, I had my immunity going downward after excessive weightloss, and I started to get sick ALOT! virus here, eye infection, bacteria running my tongue and throat and other stuff. SO I asked multiple doctors about it and they confirmed that slow and steady is way better, WELL I didnt ask for fast pace it happened to all of us in the begining, now with stalling I HATE MYSELF! and I keep thinking the same negative things! but I rewind all what have been said by doctors and I feel better that my body is protecting me. Hold on this stall will pass, keep shaking things up, and be here!! DONT MISS IT HERE, it is an eye opener everytime! NO Matter what ur news is u dont need to write it just have the support u need by reading. I am sure ur weight will start dropping again and U WILL DEF. STALL AGAIN!! so lets always support each others, mentally and may be physcially as they are all connected:) PS: BTW I never had the 3 week stall, I had my 3 month later stall:) cheer up all xOX

My stall also broke yesterday!! I hope this is for real!!.. I know the coming one will be soon!! LOL congrats everyone who broke their stall and who still there dont worry IT WILL PASS we are here for each others:)

OH WOW STALLS ARE CRAZY! Well, here is update of mine, I have been stalling for 3 weeks and last week I lost 2 pounds and now am back up 1.5 !! REALLY WEIRD ! I AM sick these days so I am trying to blame the meds I am taking and the poor eating ( NOT enough calories) but I cant handle another week of stalling (Mentally)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW U ROCK!

OH A SLEEVE TWI SIS:) is always great:))) 108 days more till BD:) Oh and looking at this topic I WILL SAY I did it for the right reasons! they were never naive as I SAID:) the band isnt for everybody:)

I am wondering cause I am suffering from the same now, with extra ugly signs that is preventing me from drinking and eating as the infection reached down my throat, so I am wondering how much time did it takes u to get rid of it and what kind of meds were u prescriped. cause my doctor just gave me bunch of B12 meds and immunity meds and other oral gels.