HOLLY80

Thanks guys!!!

So it's been a little over a year since I've had my surgery, I've lost 76lbs! Now here is the crazy wonderful part that i wanted to share that has inspired me to keep it up. On mother's Day my children all made me a card as they always do, however, my 9 year old made a list of all the things she loves about me or words that represented qualities i had. The word that made me feel confused at first and then happy was ATHLETIC in my 33 years of life i have never been referred to as athletic (fat, chubby,curvy, thick) maybe but never athletic. I realized that my whole family has seen my journey and the changes i have made better then myself. To have her see me as a mommy that is athletic and out doing physical fun activities with them has been the best reward better then dropping a pants size.

For the past 3 weeks i have been loosing more hair then usual. I'm starting to really freak out. I have lost about half of my hair now I talked to my nutritionist twice about this topic before surgery and believe it or not i got two different answers. 1 answer was i will go through one major cycle of hair loss but it will grow back and she said there was no magical vitamin i could take to stop it. Story # 2 was the week of surgery she asked if i had anything that concerned me i told her hair loss and she said you wont have any hair loss due to the fact that your weight loss will be slow. I looked at her like she was crazy and told her what she told me the first time we spoke and she told my i must have spoken to one of her interns that she would never say that. (she was what i like to call crazy town) with all that being said what should i do. I take my daily vitamins, i make sure i get my protein in. Has this happen to any one else.

For the past 3 weeks i have been loosing more hair then usual. I'm starting to really freak out. I have lost about half of my hair now I talked to my nutritionist twice about this topic before surgery and believe it or not i got two different answers. 1 answer was i will go through one major cycle of hair loss but it will grow back and she said there was no magical vitamin i could take to stop it. Story # 2 was the week of surgery she asked if i had anything that concerned me i told her hair loss and she said you wont have any hair loss due to the fact that your weight loss will be slow. I looked at her like she was crazy and told her what she told me the first time we spoke and she told my i must have spoken to one of her interns that she would never say that. (she was what i like to call crazy town) with all that being said what should i do. I take my daily vitamins, i make sure i get my protein in. Has this happen to any one else.

Congratulations on your success!!! That was very brave of you. Thank you for sharing and giving all of us hope. God bless

That is awesome!!!

Thanks guys for all the responses. yes i was given a packet of food to avoid and food that was ok to eat however it did not say how much or how often. the only menu plans i was given was for pre op weeks. Thanks to you guys i have been eating three times a day no snacks. yes i'm still hungry but feel like i'm back in control and know what to do. thank you all so much!!!!!

Ok so had my surgery 4 /19 /13. I have no guide lines as to how much food per meal i should be eating.( not sure about what portion size or of calories) ex breakfast i had a protein shake, for lunch i had small salad and a grilled chicken breast, for dinner i had 3 pieces of fish. is this to much? my weight loss has come to a dead stop. how many calories should i have a day. I know i should try to get 65-70 gm of protein a day but that's really the only guide lines besides no bread, cakes cookies and on. I really want to make sure i am doing this right. I hope someone has some good advice.

so much better today! you guys are awesome! Thanks for the support and advice!!!! Been walking, taking gas ex, got a heating pad . went back to work Tuesday the first day back was hard but by today It wasn't too bad. I went to the doctor yesterday and he said my pain wasn't gas pain but referred pain from the swelling putting pressure on a nerve right under my rib cage and sending straight to my shoulder. He told me to take ibuprofen and it worked. Today i was pain free for the most part. My new challenge is cooking for my family all this yummy food and not being grumpy about not getting to eat any of it. I still sit at the table and sip my shake or broth lol. I lost 10 lbs this week crazy i can't believe it... I'm sure it will slow down some time soon.

I got my band yesterday as well!!!! I'm with ya girl on the gas pain. I've been up walking every 90 min in hopes that that will help. Good luck and god bless!!!!!

Got my band yesterday!! IN more pain then i thought i'd be. Been up walking every 90 mins. how long did you guys take off of work? i planed on going back to work this Tuesday now i'm not sure.

well i haven't been banded yet but i have pcos and that is one of the main reasons i'm getting this done. my doctor told me that once i drop 60 lbs i shouldn't have any symptoms of pcos that your body sort of starts a new and your hormones change and less cortisol is released you will start to ovulate again so on and so forth. hope this helped.

my diet plan says liquid only

I started my pre-op diet last Wednesday. The first two days were the hardest now its been ok. I feel full from my shakes. I was wondering how important it is to consume all the calories that they say. I never seem to get my 200 cal snacks in. I try at dinner to use them there. just not sure if it makes a difference.

you guys are awesome thank!!!!