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Ok had to ask because i dont want to drink a Protein that is for weight gain or building mass/muscle. I need to lose like 30-50 more pounds and im 8months out

Does anyone use this Protein? If so, do you know why does it say "Do not use for weight loss"???

It has 23 grams of Protein and 5 grams of carbs. Some containers have 35grams of protein and 5 grams of carbs.....

Im 7 months post op and stalled for the past 2 almost 3 months.

Im giving this a try. Ill try anything given i have 50pounds to goal weight. Pls post results after 1 week.

Im starting today.

Sleeved dec17.

I would have to say my success so far has been not eating, thinking or even look at rice, Pasta soda and anything carbonated since being sleeved.

Non success for me would be maintaining the same weight for the past 2 months. :-( YEP! Ive lost nothing in the past two months. Im sooo frustrated at that being that i still have a good 50pounds to goal weight. I really hate to think My weight loss stopped just after 4 months of surgery. My tool is just fine. I still eat small amounts as the first 4 months but it just isnt coming off in scale numbers or body inches.

God you too? 5 1/2 months out - bout to start the 4th week stalled.. 50lbs to go

Yep! I feel like these 50 are never going away :-(

Have you tried going back to liquids for a few days?

Yep! I lose like 4pounds and gain it back when on full diet, then im back to squire one. I havent gained anything. Just whatever i lose while on liquids which makes me think its just Water weight.

Ive tried everything. Lol

After i hit 4months nothing has come off but my hair :-(

Has anyone tried the HCG diet after being sleeved?

Im 6 months post out and been on a stall for the past 7 weeks. Very frustrating when i have 50pounds to goal weight.

For those of you getting lifts and what not' date=' have you already gone through the insurance process? My insurance will cover a lift, does that mean if needed can I just self pay for implants in the same surgery therefore waiving fees that I would acrue if done seperately..I know I should wait and see but I always like to prepare[/quote']

Very interested in this as well. I didnt know insurance covers lift at all. I have Humana. I didnt have a 6 or even 3 month of monitored weighloss requirement. I didnt have any requirements for surgery other then BMI... So im going to look into this.

I just started my second month with nuvaring. So far so good.

How far out did you get your period when you took it out the first month?

I just took mine out this Past Sunday and today is Wednesday and i havent gotten it. Im just spotting. Not sure if thats normal or considered your period. This is the first month i use nuvaring.

3 mo post op with massive hair loss' date=' which I expected, but tender scalp too ???

I go for next follow up in June, should I wait to call to doctor, this is normal right?

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Just 2 weeks ago i was going through the same thing. Major tenderness in scalp with scaps. This was due to the major amounts of hair falling out like Water during the shower, then right after shower when i was brushing it then through out the day when i would tug it. Ive always had fine hair and not much hair to begin with so this was a huge problem for me, it was falling at a crazy y rate and in just 1 month think i lost like half my hair. It shows big time on the front and sides.

Since i was sleeved back in Dec, ive drank like 5000mg of Biotin daily, then two weeks ago (after crying my ass off seeing my scalp) i bought these pills called Hair, Skin & Nails. The directions are to drink 1 tablet 3x a day. A drink one after Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Well this week is the 3rd week and i am starting to see difference. To start with, no more tenderness or scabs and less hair feel out in the shower and during brushing. This week i was even able to blow dry my hair and not much came out. Also when i tug it during the day, about 3-4 strands come out, compared to the bulks that came out before.

I hope i am not jinxing myself for talking too soon but i think these pills are working. Give them a try ASAP. Heres the pic. If you try them f/u with me for results.

How much do you weigh now? The more you weigh the more you lose in shorter time.

Ive been stuck on 185 (im 4'9 so have a long way to go) for the past 5 weeks so i would love to lose 12 pounds a day but i can see your concern.

No sure if normal but those sympthoms just like you is what i am experiencing. Didn't have this before. I am 3 1/2 months out.

Anybody suffers from constant mild headache?

Its bothersome but nothing that i need to take a pain killer for. I use to feel this wAy before surgery when my blood pressure was high. Now its not high anymore so i dont know whats up...

Very very nice. Good job!

pureed stage was so yucky to me that i cant really help but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you lol

Is anyone on NuvaRing or has used it?

My PCP prescribed it and knows i have The sleeve. She said NuvaRing does not cause weight gain but im still worried about gaining. Anybody has experince with this BC?

I am down 40 pounds. Ive been on a stall for the past 4 weeks :-(. Wish i could say 60 pounds down like you. Good job!!!!!

Track everything in MyFitnessPal. I know ... it's a pain in the butt' date=' but do it. Get into the habit now, it will pay dividends later.

When you exercise, are you working up a big sweat or just going through the motions? You gotta get your heart rate up for exercise to count, IMO.

Don't use the scale. Give yourself a one month break. It can only provide discouragement which can lead to cheating.

Get your liquids up.

Just keep doing the right thing and it will happen. This is one of the reasons why I think it does us no good to share that we are having the surgery. Other people just don't understand the process.[/quote']

I do 30min in treadmill to HR 135. And 15min on elliptical to HR 160.... I try to do this 3-4x a week.

I eat fish, chicken, eggs, yogurt, deli ham, Peanut Butter... ect. Havent been able to tolerate meat.

What i dont eat is breads, rice, Pasta, anything carbonated or sweets.

Im a little over 3months out and havent lost any weight for the past 4 weeks. Im sooo frustrated with that and to top it if the amount of hair im losing is crazy....

Today a coworker goes "whats wrong with ur operation, ive seen you in the same weight since forever! I expected you looking like a barbie by now" i almost broke down in tears. I held it in and went to cry in the bathroom. What am i doing wrong! Why am i not losing???? I eat between 600-900 cal a day, mostly Protein. I am excercising, my Water intake can be vetter but really???? Its been 4weeks in the same weight! Im soooo frustrated. I really hope i didnt do this to stop losing at 3months out. I have 50-60 more to go.

Has anyone had a stall this soon out for such a long time and then began losing again?

Thank you all so very much. Well needed opinion

Im a bit concerned over so many people saying they can only fit 1 egg or less for Breakfast. Im 3months out and I eat 1 and 1/2 to 2 eggs with deli slice ham. Most days is 1egg and the other just the egg white but still..... Am i the only one that is eating this much??? Bit scared here.

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I am a Hairstylist for 14 years and just got sleeved Oct 15/2012. What you need to do is Protein,Protein, Protein. If you can not do the protein then you can go buy these Vitamins called hair skin and nails tablets. They are great,also Biotin tablets alone are good too for Hair loss. But a lot of people loose there hair after this surgery because of the lack of protein in the body. You will not loose all your hair but you will have some heavy shedding.

That will go away in time.

But if you want to go to your beautician have here to give you a protein or keratin treatment it ill stop the hair loss until you get the tablets or more protein.

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Hi, i did the Keratin straightening a few yrs ago and i lost alot of hair.....

Im in the same situation. Mine was very thin to begin with and now its worse. I cry all the time. Its horrible to see gulps of hair in your hands.