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I think a lot of people have thinning hair, but it is not a given that it will happen. I get my Protein, I take Biotin and I have still thinned A LOT. I am 8 months out and have heard months 6 - 9 are the worst. So hopefully I am nearing the end. They say it does grow back. In the meantime I got an adorable (if I say so myself) pixie cut that I would NEVER have considered before losing the weight I have.
In the long run, having a healthy body is more important than hair, and it will grow back! Good luck to your wife in her decision!

And I could be wrong but you are asking about the people that have true regrets not just the first week or two of "what the f**k did I do?"

THANK YOU! Finally, someone who gets what I am going thru! I was sleeved Nov 12 and have lost 42 pounds, more than half of that in the fist 6 weeks. I was wondering the same thing about going back to the Protein Shakes instead of Breakfast and lunch and then trying to eat a healthy dinner, but my NUT said it wouldn't work. Well, just for kicks, I thought I'd try a day of it like that, and what do you know, I dropped a pound. Seriously has me wondering if it would work for me if I tried it for a week.

Hi Kapoorvilla. I have been stalled for about 3 months now... I was sleeved Jan 21st this year. I lost about 21lbs pre op and about 14 lbs post op. I am thinking about trying a liqued diet again as well.
I have tried upping my Protein, no change. I have tried cutting back on my protein...no change. I don't think alot of people on here understand the frustration of getting on the scale and it not changing at all !!! I mean if I lost a pound a week at least that would be something.. but nothing ?!? how can that even be possible !!?
I totally understand your frustration. I'll be doing the liqued diet again too
It really sucks that there is no help for people like us !

I'm right there with you, except my stall has been going on for more like 6 weeks. It's not even that really. I would loose a couple of pounds, then gain them back, then loose them. It's the same stubborn 5 lbs that just WON'T GO AWAY! I've just been trying to focus on eating right and exercising, but it's hard to not obsess about it.

I'm just venting here. I had VSG on 11/12/12. Did really well the first 6 weeks. Once I went back to work in January, it's like the genie said "Poof! No more weight loss for you!" I have struggled and struggled. I am at my breaking point now. I have even avoided the message boards here for weeks because I get even more depressed reading about everyone's success. Nothing I try seems to work for me anymore. I am exercising like I should. I am eating what I should, and avoiding what I shouldn't be eating. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get beyond that one hash mark on the scale. I have an appointment with the surgeon next week and I really don't want to go to it. I feel like a complete failure when it comes to this surgery. I have lost 42 lbs. so far, but that was all before January. Since then - nothing! Granted, I haven't gained any either, but I still feel like a complete failure.
I was religiously logging my food on MFP, but found that if I did that, all I did was make myself feel hungry and deprived so I had to let up on being so obsessive about that. Now, I just don't know what to do. I am about ready to resign myself to the fact that I am just going to be this way the rest of my life.

I'm just venting here. I had VSG on 11/12/12. Did really well the first 6 weeks. Once I went back to work in January, it's like the genie said "Poof! No more weight loss for you!" I have struggled and struggled. I am at my breaking point now. I have even avoided the message boards here for weeks because I get even more depressed reading about everyone's success. Nothing I try seems to work for me anymore. I am exercising like I should. I am eating what I should, and avoiding what I shouldn't be eating. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get beyond that one hash mark on the scale. I have an appointment with the surgeon next week and I really don't want to go to it. I feel like a complete failure when it comes to this surgery. I have lost 42 lbs. so far, but that was all before January. Since then - nothing! Granted, I haven't gained any either, but I still feel like a complete failure.
I was religiously logging my food on MFP, but found that if I did that, all I did was make myself feel hungry and deprived so I had to let up on being so obsessive about that. Now, I just don't know what to do. I am about ready to resign myself to the fact that I am just going to be this way the rest of my life.

I'm completely there with you. I did not go to communion until I was off the liquid phase of the post-op diet. After that, I did would take the host, but avoided the wine until my diet plan said it was OK, I think that was 45 days post-op. My concern was mainly for the heartburn it may cause because wine would cause me heartburn pre-op if I wasn't careful. Haven't had any problems so far

I was sleeved on 11/12/12 and am currently 13 weeks post-op. I have lost 38 lbs. but have not lost any since the end of December. I am currently in week 7 of a stall that started when I went back to work. Very frustrating, but people keep telling me they can tell I've lost weight and am looking good. It's good to see there are plently of people out there like me. I was beginning to wonder if I was going to be the exception to the surgery working. Then I realize that I am ONLY 13 weeks out and I have a long ways to go yet. Patience is not exactly my strong suit

So here's the situation. I was on 1000 mg of metformin 2x, 4 mg of Glimepride, and 10 mcg of Byetta 2x a day before surgery. After surgery, my sugar rocketed up to 300 in the hospital. I was sent home on insulin with a dosing schedule, but they eliminated the Glimepride and Byetta. My numbers started coming back down once I was home and even good down to around 120 for fasting in the morning. Even once I started on solid foods (I'm 8 weeks out now) the readings were good. Then about 2 weeks ago, the numbers started creeping back up. They had been running in the low 200's in the morning again. This morning was my lowest in a while at 190. I've been following my diet pretty well and not eating a lot of carbs, so I'm not sure what's going on. I thought VSG was supposed to help my sugar reading. Is anyone else experiencing this? I feel so lost.

I am averaging about 1200 each day. I see on here where people are only taking in 600 - 700 and I am worried that I am eating too much. I was never given a total I should stick to, simply told to eat Protein first and not to worry too much about the rest. Very frustrating.