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I will be 7 months post op on the 2nd of May and I can also eat a lot of food............not all at once but over the course of the day I can consume a lot of cals. I met with my NUT Friday and she told me to stop counting calories and to focus on eating 3 meals per day about 1/2-3/4 of a cup each meal and to eat two snacks a day 1/4 cup. I've been doing what she said and yeah it's hard but so far I've been doing awesome. My problem has always been grazing, so for me its come down to being mindful of the fact that I'm mostly having head hunger and I need to get my body on a schedule. I have no idea how many cals I'm eating but I'm guessing it's around 600-900 cals. She wants me to eat healthy carbs because my brain needs it in order to function properly. It is hard to reduce your calories, especially this far out but I noticed that the first 2 days were the hardest but now it's pretty easy. Also seeing the scale start to move again keeps me motivated Good Luck! You CAN do this

My husband just baked cookies! #pissed! I went to the NUT Friday and she lowered my cals and I'm so hungry and dealing with my will power and so far I'm extremely proud of myself because I've been doing what the NUT told me to do. I can have a cookie for a snack but I've already had 2 snacks today, so no more for me but tomorrow I can have 1. My NUT believes in moderation and I've been tapping into my inner skinny girl lol. My inner skinny chick is keeping me straight because I'm able to ignore the head hungry, whereas the old me would cave.

You look awesome! Can we see a before pic also?

Sorry I'm just now reading your comment but I still haven't lost any hair yet. It will probably happen eventually but in a couple of days I will be 7 months post op and so far I haven't noticed any shedding or clumps of hair falling out.

+1 lol

Thank You Super for replying This gives me and I'm sure other slow losers hope that we can still reach goal.

Super- how long did it take you to reach goal? I'm sure it will take me over a year to reach goal

I woke up soon after surgery and was in a room full of people who had just had surgery. I felt as if someone punched me very hard in the stomach. I kept coughing and had a hard time catching my breath because the pain was so intense. Most of my friends who had surgery after me didn't even remember anything from right after surgery but I did! I felt so out of control mentally and it's really made me rethink doing surgery ever again. Once they gave me the morphine my pain went down to a level 3. I just remember waking up and doing my best not to scream from the intense pain and the nurses were rushing around getting me meds and trying to control my pain. I have an extremely high pain tolerance but this pain was on a whole different level. Also before surgery when they gave me the relaxing meds to keep me calm, I still remember EVERYTHING! I remember chit chatting with the nurses and interns. I also remember being wheeled into the operating room and climbing on the table and the anesthesiologist putting the mask on my face and me drifting off to sleep. I guess I have a high tolerance and possibly need more meds lol. Thankfully it's a distant memory but I'm not sure if I want to go through surgery ever again. I did stop my pain meds about 15 hours after surgery because they make me vomit.

Earrings cause scabs on my earlobe and I also had my eyebrow pierced when I was a teen and it kept getting infected. My body doesn't like jewelry unless it's a ring. Some necklaces make me break out in hives. I was sleeved over 6 months ago and haven't had any problems with my staples. I don't feel any irritation. I'm sure you will be fine.

I puked so many times in the hospital that I lost count. I was puking because of the pain meds and the anti nausea meds didn't help at all. Once I stopped the pain meds, I stopped puking.

I'm so happy some of the slower losers have posted because we all seem to be so quiet about our slow/average weight loss. I went back to weighing once a week and counting calories. SW-260 ish and my CW-212. I'm down almost 50 pounds from surgery. I thought I would be down more but I could of never of done this without the sleeve.

I'm dreading the thought of getting plastics. I always viewed myself as a tough person because I've given birth twice without pain meds. After my sleeve surgery when I woke up in recovery and was in so much pain I really started to rethink plastics because that's a even more painful surgery. My tummy tuck or breast lift are fully covered but I don't want to have them done at different times. I would much rather have a tummy tuck and breast lift done the same day, so that I only have to worry about recovering once. My fear of another surgery will more than likely lead me to paying out of pocket, instead of settling for the free surgery. I'm also getting a nose job in the future and I will probably get the nose job before I get a tummy tuck and lift. The nose job doesn't scare me because I've wanted it done for years. I'm praying that my skin will bounce right back after I lose the weight and so far I think everything is looking good.

I'm 6 months post op and that still happens every now and then. I've had it happen after eating spicy wings, ice cream, collard greens, etc. Sometimes it will happen and other times it wont. If I eat a atkins bar that makes me dump for the whole day! I stay away from those but the other stuff only has me running to the toilet twice and once it's out of my system I'm fine. I don't get a racing heart but I do sweat.

I'm also pear shaped but the more inches I lose I'm becoming more of an hourglass lol. My hips are wide and butt has become more plump with age. My breast are large and they definitely aren't shrinking. The only place I'm noticing my weight loss is in my stomach and arms. My hips are definitely getting smaller but they will always be wide. I definitely have child bearing hips. I personally can't do low carb long term. I start to feel depressed, anxiety goes through the roof, severe constipation, zero energy, insomnia, etc. Low carb can really screw with your serotonin (feel good hormone) and mentally I would rather not do something that makes me so miserable. I eat a moderate carb diet and IMO it gives me the best of both worlds because I'm still in fat burning mode while also being able to avoid the negative effects of low carb. Low carb isn't good for everyone and I don't get why some people try to force low carb dieting down other peoples throat. We are happy it worked for you but it's not healthy for everyone and some of us just look at it as another diet that we've tried in the past. NGM was saying that adding healthy fats worked for HER.

My doc gave me a 2 months worth of it and I stopped once that time was up. I haven't had any problems with acid since stopping.

OP I'm so sorry to hear about your struggle with sugar *This isn't directed towards anyone but merely me rambling about myself* Before I started my journey I knew that something had to change and that I couldn't approach life after sleeve surgery with the all or nothing approach. I needed to find a way to incorporate a treat now and then (at least once a week). I usually pick Friday or Saturday as my day to not stay so strict, I still keep track of cals though. It's easy for me to avoid certain things when I know that I can have it Friday or Saturday. If I tried to take away that food forever then I would probably binge. My nutritionist also agrees with moderation and she doesn't want me to severely restrict carbs. I usually end up around 100-150g of carbs a day. I've been losing about 1-2 pounds a week, so kind of slow but it's a healthy rate of weight loss (plus I'm still breastfeeding). I've always loved "sleeve of steel" approach. I also haven't lost any hair and I'm 6 months post op. I guess in all my rambling is that maybe you should incorporate some sugar into your diet every now and then, and possibly try the moderation approach? Also start tracking your cals again. I keep my cals between 1000-1400 during the week and on Friday or Saturday I go up to about 2200, hell you gotta live life and have fun sometimes, have a couple of drinks Good luck

I had that problem in the beginning but thankfully it does go away. I just make sure to eat before going to bed and I eat every 2-3 hours throughout the day. Maybe consider sleeping with a small snack next to the bed, that's what I did and it helped. Now at 6 months post op I don't have that problem.

I can only eat half of a 6 inch sub but that's a ham and turkey sub. I'm 6 months post op. Some people have longer stomachs and can eat more.

It's highly debatable whether or not your body can (or can't) absorb a "certain amount" of protein at a time. I've read that your body can absorb all the protein that you ingest, no matter how large the amount. In the end do whats right for you. I drink my protein shakes first thing in the morning for breakfast. Usually about 2 hours after waking I'll drink it and it takes away my cravings and I'm not as hungry throughout the day. Today my isopure protein shake I used 2 scoops, which equals 50g of protein. If I don't drink it first thing in the morning then I wont drink it at all. Its become a routine for it to be my first meal of the day now.

I'm almost 6 months post op and haven't lost any.

I weigh once a week now but I used to weigh everyday and that would drive me insane. Nothing irritated me more than to see a new low and not see that number again for another week or 2 because the scale went back up. For my sanity I have to weigh once a week.

I haven't lost any hair and I will be 6 months post op on the 2nd of April! I get in all my protein and eat a well balanced diet with carbs. I probably get in about 90+ grams of protein a day, usually 80 is the minimum but I mostly end up a little over 100g. I haven't noticed any difference in thickness and I continue to get my hair thinned when I go to the stylist because it's so thick and heavy. I'm not saying that it wont happen eventually but it hasn't happened so far and I still get tons of compliments on it. I also relax and color it every 6-10 weeks.

I couldn't imagine living in the spot light and being open about my weight struggles and surgeries. She's very brave to continue to let people into her daily life and struggle but I think unfortunately people use her as an example of why wls is a waste. I feel bad that she is still struggling but I never understood why she went with the lap band. I think she's a spokes person for them. If I was her I would of revised to a DS and not the lap band. It's sad that she's only managed to lose 30 pounds in the year that she's had it in :/

I watched this video of this girls recovery and her eyes were black and swollen. I'm not sure if her nose was packed but her after results looked great. A lot of black celebs have had nose jobs and I love the after results particularly the singer Amerie! I love how natural her nose job look. I do not want my nose to look like lil Kim, Michael Jackson, and Latoya Jackson!

My father is black and mother is cuban. I feel like it overwhelms my face and if I do get a nose job I wouldn't mention it to my family at all because then they would make assumptions like saying that I want to look white. If I do go through with getting a nose job in a couple of years, then I plan to see a plastic surgeon who specializes in ethnic nose jobs.