Ms skinniness

Keep a smooth sail from here on! You rock!

Let's all dance! This is a great NSV!

I tend to avoid dry foods, pastas, but I will still have my baked potato.

"Ouch!" This always works for me. How rude are they. Keep going as much as you can and take all your supplements for good health. I believe our bodies will stop when it's time. And besides, have you reached your surgeon's goal? WHAT about your goal? Your doing fine.

Even when I drink 60 ozs of water, the next morning I can tell that I am somewhat dehydrated. So I am working on increasing my fluid intake as soon as I get up. This will get better for all of us.

BTW if you are dehydrated, your blood gets thicker and can cause your blood pressure to go lower. If you think you are dehydrated, then drink some gatorade and water and take a shower to replenish. If your extremely dehydrated, then go to your PcP and get replenished with an IV. I now drink G2 Gatorade diluted with water and I'm using a straw which helps me drink more fluids. I was told by my surgeon to not use straws so I'm hoping that I will be fine with the straw.

It could be about 3 weeks. It's a time where our bodies are redistributing our weight and going down in inches. Start drinking a lot of water to help flush toxins out of your body, that could help in breaking the stall.

I didn't think that this story for funny, it touched me and it mad me sad to see that you had experienced a hardship and a trauma. I know things will get better for you and definately after losing your excess weight, you will feel better. I hope you can get some counseling to help you though the hard part. Please keep us posted.

Yep.... This is totally normal. This is probably your 3 week stall period where you will be adjusting in inches instead of lbs loss. I myself prefer to lose inches over lbs. The 1 lb gain could be water weight also. Drink lots of water to stay hydrated. Keep up the good work! You have done an excellent job.

Have you called your surgeon or your NUT? Search the internet for medical facilities that post this topic. Hope it gets better. How tall are you? What are you eating? If it's high sugar foods than some of this makes sense. Please let us know but determinately call your surgeon's office.

Could this be Ketosis? I have some weird size effects for Ketosis. Sometimes my head gets foggy and I get spacey. My words don't come out like they should or have in the past. I hate this feeling so now that I'm so so close to my personal goal of weight loss, I don't want to go into ketosis anymore. I know that I do need some healthy carbs and that's what I choose to eat. "I am woman and I am strong." LOL

I hope that people change the way that they eat and the foods we give to our children as they are growing up. I know that we want to make our kids happy by giving them what they want, but it's better not to have unhealthy foods in the house. I know that my adult kids bring home junk food and I have found myself going into my daughter's room and eating some chips. I even went in there and caught myself mindlessly reaching for candy. I was previously tested my A1C level and discovered that my A1C had increased from 6.0 to 6.3 which scared the sh$$ out of me. Yes, I am still diabetic and no, I can't eat junk food. So now I stay out of their rooms, and don't even entertain the thought of eating unhealthy foods. I know that just because I can eat small portions doesn't mean I can eat junk. So everything that's going into my mouth has to be protein, veggie, and little bit of starches. That's what's going to keep my at a healthy weight.

t hair loss is a side effect of our surgery and Biotin will help with hair regrowth. The good news is that the hair will grow out with or without biotin. I take biotin and silica and just read something by Dr Weil about eating foods high in Omega 3's and taking a GLA supplement (primrose). This was not anything related to wls, but for both men and women. I noticed that with me, I am growing a loof hair in private places that I prefer it wouldn't grow. hehe

I was dehydrated and it was scarey as all He$$. I drink G2 Gatorade diluted with water and am able to drink alot more H2O. This really helps. your going to see your Doc today! Sending you healing energy.

You've lost 41 lbs. I don't call that slow. That's fantastic! I can tell that your comparing yourself to others. Not everyone is the same and this is not a race. It's a miracle that you have lost 41 lbs in 10 weeks. It does feel like a large amount of time, but it's basically 2.5 months. I'm dancing for you.... Keep it up, you will have stalls, but you will be loosing inches instead.

The Post Op diet is lean proteins, veggies, little bit of starches, and plenty of exercise. I eat: Chicken, beef, pork, protein shakes, eggs, cheese, sf puddings, cottage cheese, cheeses, ham, steak, beans. Dark green veggies and colorful veggies as well, and part of fruits.

Yep, denial is a defense mechanism that protects us from being hurt. It's not exactly healthy, but we all do it. It is really hard for us to look at ourselves, but on this journey, it is extremely important to look at ourselves and face the perils of ourselves. The sleeve is just a tool and can not change our thoughts. Only we can challenge our thoughts by becoming consiously aware of them. This is painful at time, but well worth it if we want to remain healthy and stay slender. It's one person at a time.

Wow you look really good! CONGRATS'

I am so happy you are doing this on ur own. I wish ur dad would have told u no instead of stringing u along. U are woman and will do just fine. So excited for u.

This is the hardest period of time. But it does get better. CONGRATS!

So if u can get approval. Can.u select the 2 step procedure and get the sleeve, then stop there. They can't force u to get an RnY. I like to think out of the box when possible. ;$

Congrats! I love that ur exercising.

Why not bring gifts for the house warming party. She can still register if so desired.

Right on! You are really Rockin that Sleeve.

We all struggle with stalls. So I'm pretty much not going to focus on the scales and eat healthy. My weight has really slowed down according to the scale but I'm noticing by stomach has more loose skin as well as my thighs. I've gone down to a size 6 pants . So there's no way your not going to lose weight. Eat protein, protein, proteinn, and if able eat veggies. Eat to live andexercise. Oh it's important to drink a lot of water.