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Calcium and heart attacks link. As the link is with calcium supplements and not dietary calcium, i need to increase my intake through dairy products and decrease reliance on supplements.... So low fat cheese, milk, yoghurt etc..are back on the menu . I need to find a good vitamin D supplement now.

Used something similar to Prilosec which is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). Gave it up after reading a lot of articles about the link with osteoporosis related fractures.

Hi there I am finally going to Australia! (Sydney, Ayers Rock, Cairns) I am really excited but also concerned. How will I cope with eating in restaurants every day for a month? How easy is it to get smaller meals there? I am going in autumn (UK time), Spring (Australian time). What do you recommend? any tips about where to eat? Thanks

Hi I am a slow loser too. I lost quite a bit of weight pre-op and since the op I lost about 2lb a week on average and I am happy with that, my skin will have time to adapt and it gives my head time to catch up with the changes in my body. I would suggest you stop looking at what other people are losing and focuss on how to maximise your own loss and stay healthy. After all it isn't a race (as most people on this forum will tell you!). There is no overall finishing line and time to get there. The only line worth concentrating on is the one in your head. I aim to keep up with my vitamins and healthly eating, exercise and keep to my 2lb a week until I get there. Once I am there, I will concentrate on staying there as healthily as possible. I congratulate others on their amazingly fast weight loss but it isn't for me. Trying to get fast results got me in a lot of trouble in the past as I put everything back on and more! Good luck

thinnertimesforum but it isn't very active and is for all wls

"Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip." And "Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork."

They gave me paper panties. the rest had to come off.

Well done on your weight loss so far! I usually wait and take comfort from the fact that it is only a week away!

Hi All, Officially 3 months since my op. and lost slightly over 40 pounds but I think the weight loss is already slowing down. I started eating more fish as I can eat less of it before I feel full. chicken and red meat don't work as well, strange isn't it! How are you all doing?

Yes I did take it and as you say, in helps you fall asleep but my problem is staying asleep. Like you, I get up frequently to go to the bathroom (always have done, not sure why!) and once awake, I can't go back to sleep. On good days, I wake up at 4-5 am, on bad days as early as 1-2 am. Unfortunately 5-HTP doesn't seem to help with that.

Happened to me yesterday for the first time. Ate Tilapia fish and Veg. Definitely eaten too fast and too much. Very uncomfortable feeling and a lot of spit-like fluid coming up so I know what to do so it doesn't happen again!

Only told my husband and my best friens. Just thought it was nobody's busi ness really.It has worked well. Weight loss is down to a successful diet (my usual new year resolution) although some nasty minds at work keep reminding me that I had tried that many times in the past and usually put all the weight back by September

Scar tissue forms over the staple line so you can't see them anymore after it is healed. They stay in your body. My surgeon told me that minimum healing time was 8 weeks but it varies from person to person, that is why he doesn't allow solids until week 8.

I have just received my membership card to this club at 290. I didn't think it was possible but 9 weeks on I finally made it!

Hi former_vbg, what did your neurologist say?