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I have been cold lately to the the point that I'm using the heater. My ears, feet, hands, and nose are always cold. Before I didn't know what a heater was (jk) LOL but there was a point I couldn't stand the cold and I told my doctor we did some blood work and it came to find out that my iron was low :-/

My point is don't kill ur self doing exercise did it but at ur own paste

Wow dacing that way is too early at four weeks I was walking on the treadmill for an hour then at sixth week I started the elliptical so that increased to 2 hours a day. When I felt I could move around more I started zumba that was about at 8 weeks. So I started to alternate between treadmill and zumba or elliptical and zumba or treadmill and elliptical. Started at 299.8 and Im currently at 190 lbs at 9 months op

I'm going to tell you that my hair started to fall off at exactly at 3 months now that I'm 7 months post op. it has slow down a lot many say it happens because our body is going through starvation, other say its because a lack of protien and vitamins, or because of the anesthesia. I take 2 multivitamin and 2 biotin 5000mcg everyday I don't see that much hair lost now then before but when I wash my hair the hair does come out more then it's dry.

Thank you both for answering the hairs on my chin is getting worst as time goes on and I tried eletrolysis and didn't work and I went to a few laser places and they said the laser will burn my skin because ot too dark so I pluck wax or shave so it can look clean and sometimes I want to cry because I suffer a lot in the public with the nasty stares and the whispering and when kids start saying that I'm a man I hurts so much I'm sorry for rambling but the people that can understand me are people that are going through the same thing

Hello my fellow PCOSers I was wondering if any you used this medication and what was your result with Spironolactone aka Aldactone I'm taking it for hair growth on my chin not to grow as much

Sorry to hear about the hair lost. I was also sleeved in January I started to lose my hair at 3 months now it slow down a lot. I take 2 Multivitamin and 2 Biotin pills everyday plus I try to keep my Protein level at 60-80 grams day.

@ moreganK in June and July I got my Tom that is twice in the whole year well this August and I'm waiting for it again but when I had it it was very painful I drank hot tea and put heat packs which helped a lot another thing our body is not use to have a menstrual each month but I'm hoping that the pain gets better as time goes on.

I was told don't drink anything 30 minutes before a meal and 30 minutes after a meal

Sorry for the lip part but sometimes we are used to old habits in our body but this is a great nsv shows that the belly is gone yay :-)

Lissa I'm dancing for you here in the west coast yay

OMG just a quick update this morning I woke up with with a hue abdominal pain and I was thinking what did I ate last night thinking that I was going to have diarrhea but no for the 2nd time this year and back to back it was my Tom after this weight loss its getting normal its late

Everybody at work is asking me what kind of diet I'm in. Many people ask about paleo diet which I'm was clueless about, atkins, vegan, etc well u get the point so I tell people that I'm in no kind of diet I did a life and food change. I have a great idea I feel I should record myself because I repeated myself so many times I feel like broken record lol

My starting weight was 299 pre op diet I was 282 now I'm 5 1/2 months later I'm 210 thats 89 lbs and a female 26 yrs and 5'6 tall my goal is 145

I must say u looking good girlfriend

Thanks everyone for your advise and comments I just bought my first crock pot yay :-D and it came with a mini cookbook yay

I don't have crock pot but I want to buy one? The people which do have one do u recommended one and what kinds of dishes do u prepare I'm 6 months post op thanks

My endocriologist encouraged me to get wls he is the one that monitors my hormone levels not my surgeon. Having PCOS we struggle a lot with weight and unbalanced hormones and when we are sleeved we only deal with unbalanced hormones because hormones are stored in our fat cells for me has helped having an Endocrinologist

I'm sorry to hear this I'm a PCOS patient also everybody is different I was sleeved on 01-23-12 and lost so far 84lbs and my nut was surprised because she said that pcos patients are typically slow losers my advice to you is drink water protien first in every meal try to eat every 2 hours I think ur doing great and don't be discourage the pounds are going to fall off but Just will be slow. Ohh ur bmi is maybe in the low side don't worry or stress

I was sleeved at Cedars Sinai

It depends on ur job. I have a tough job I'm a patient transport at a hospital so there is a lot of Physical movement in my case I have to take 3 months off because my doctor was scare of me getting hurt plus no heavy lifting.

Since I was 11 yrs old I was 40D and before surgery I was 42DD now I am currently 38C

Almost being 5months out its easier now that I have learned to readjust myself socially. But at the beginning was very hard because my friends and family didn't understand that I couldn't eat the same fatty unhealthy foods like before. I eat before going out, i kept a protien bar in my bag, always have a Water bottle with you, or try for crystal lite they have different flavors incase u get tried of plain water. Take control When I go to parties I serve myself because I want to have control what and how much I put in my plate. The most important thing is aways plan ahead and make the people around understand what u going through. One more thing congratulations :-D practice some of these tips now so when the time comes it wouldnt hit u as a surprise good luck

@ Gastricsleeve4me your very welcome

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