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I hurt for 2 weeks got better. Over did it by trying to do to much and was back in pain til 4 weeks. Everyone is different

I was 223 lbs bmi 36 and I had to lose 12 lbs for surgery

I think your playing w fir. Remember why u did the surgery and just say goodbye to junk food forever! That's realistic enough for me! That's what got u in this situation from the beginning

Awesome!

Yes I think it's normal. Make sure u hv enough Vitamins Water and u should b fine. Hv some extra Protein Drink that should help

I meant sleeping less

I believe we are actually slleeping more cause the weight lost. Our breathing is better therefor sleeping better

Bend over a lot to do pedicures for my job and today I all of a suds one had massive sore pain on the left side of my belly button inside. Has anyone experienced this and do u know what it could be?

Good to know

My husband and I always has a good sex life (he's tall and thin) but after 26 years together our sex life is soooooooooo much more fun!!! We not only have more sex' date=' better sex but we talk about it and laugh about it so much more now. No longer is the 800 lb Gorilla in the room.....my weight when it came to sex bothered him but he just didn't know how to tell me, until one day he just had a melt down....that was the beginning of my journey to surgery. I think that heavy partners often don't realize just how it affects their thinner partners....but you find out once you lose.....plus it's so much fun wearing beautiful underwear now! We both love it!

Have fun everyone![/quote']

I love it!!! That's great! I can relate:)

I still on a high today lol I had to wait 4 weeks cause I had a ton of pain and was scared. There's ways around waiting lol

Increased blood flow

I just experience this for the 1st time last night! 1st time since my surgery! Yippee

For those of you who have had or are having the 3 week stall' date=' I found a great article that explains the reason why this happens. It's about plateau's in general, but it really sheds some light on the 3 week stall. It doesn't use that exact phrase, but you'll know it when you read it. The arthor uses the phrase," the inevitable stall"....here is the crux of it.

"A "stall" a few weeks out is inevitable, and here's why.

Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of Water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored."

http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.html

Great article thx

Wow first time I had sex since surgery and I'm almost 4weeks post op and it was amazing and felt completely different! I can get used to this:) I imagine that it will get better and better! Yippee

Are you viewing from your phone? If so you probably can't see it. I posted the link in my reply to you' date=' were you able to see that? If not you can go to youtube.com/minibabe84[/quote']

Great video thx. I'm 4 weeks post and I really enjoy ur documentation

Totally normal! It takes weeks for all the different layers of skin to fully heal. I had my shoulder scoped over 6 years ago and my scars still itch sometimes.

Really?? 6 years. That's crazy:) wow I've never had surgery until now. Good to know

My incisions itched at two weeks and then went away so of course I thought they were healed now they're itching at four weeks and I don't understand if that is internal healing or what.... is this normal?????

Posted my 7mo video to YouTube finally... If you wanna check it out the link is in my signature...

The link is in your signature???? Not sure where that is???

Yes this sounds right!

Powerade zero

Yes I hv a card and I use it and love it!

Yes very normal

What did you surgeon say?

6 weeks

Took one drink and it burned. No way!!! Stomache not ready after 4weeks