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Temporarily have buyer's remorse / regrets is a NORMAL POST -OP phase. Be grateful if you didn't experience it but more WLS patients experience it than not. It passes just like the liquids and purée food stages.

I'm glad I did go thru it, as it made me realize my recovery was pretty much normal

I did not tell my husband until I had everything setup and a surgery date set. He was initially less than supportive but has since turned into a great advocate.

Everyone's marriage is different. I didn't need the stress of him in my ear with negativity while I was going thru pre-surgery process.

I let him know it was MY body and MY health and he either needed to get on board or STFU.

I told him what I needed from him by way of support and if he couldn't do that, fine but don't stand in my way.

Took him a few days to take it all in( and knowing my husband he did a lot of google searching in those days) but he was ok after that

It worked out fine. He took days off work to be with me postop and is happy with my results

Congrats!! I was told light exercise as of yesterday. 3 weeks out. I'm so excited for you. I'm ordering that tape from Amazon today. Thanks for all of your help

Holy $h*t ! 280 to 145 that's amazing ! I'm 5'9" highest was 280 I'm 192 now 7 months out. I only wanted to go to 175. How long did it take you? Again awesome job!!!

I got to normal BMI (160) in 10 months. The last 15 took about 4 months

I had no boobs at 280 so of course I have nothing but wrinkled skin at 140-ish. I'm a push-up bra queen. Scared of implants

My give-a-damn meter sees things like that as a someone trying to accidentally-on-purpose put you on public blast...

My response would've started with "b-tch please"....

I'm wearing it about 18 hours a day. I wear it most all day and almost all night. I seem to get irritated about 4am. For last few mornings it's been off about 5am til about 9 or 10.

I'll look into the taping. The incision otherwise is flat and looks good

Im only 3 weeks out (well in 2 days I'll be)

I guess it's more puckering than a dog ear. Dr says it's still to early to determine and to wear compression garment.

Yes insurance (Aetna) paid for panni

I'm using FMLA time from work

My company doesn't participate in government disability insurance. We get paid as long as it's FMLA approved

My otherwise pretty decent incision scar has a dog ear on the end. I'm very upset considering how cocky my Dr was about his patients never getting them

How long do u have to wait after wls to get a panni? I hear u should at least wait a year!

My VSG was 08/12. My PS was 03/14

So I was 19 months out. I made goal weight at 10 months out and hadn't lost any significant weight since 13 months out in 09/13

I couldn't do chicken or turkey for first year. Well I could eat chicken salad but no other way. No chicken tenders or fried or any other way. I can do fried no as long as I take most of the skin off

Also I can't do certain veggies raw.... I eat cole slaw almost everyday but can't do cooked cabbage. Same with broccoli. Same with tomatoes.

I used to love Chinese food but now even the smell of it makes Frankenbelly tie itself up in knots. I've only actually tried to eat it once and to be honest - I don't even think it made it down to the Frankenbelly before it came back up. Don't know what the problem is but I'm not trying again! I'm 8 months out tomorrow.

It's the rice for me. I can eat any kind of food but rice doesn't sit well. It doesn't always come up but it leaves me in pain.

I got the email and love the idea and hope someone starts a group in my local area because from what I can see, support groups are few & far between

That said, it's just not for me. I'm the type that of person that prefers the anonymity of message boards

Thanks everyone, for the advice. I did what Vogue suggested and cut back my calorie intake to 1600 and saw results immediately. My plateau broke the next day and the weight has been dropping off ever since. I'm still working on getting in 200 grams of Protein a day. All the nutrition people I've talked to said that's the minimum of what I need to consume if I'm going to be doing weight training, and I definitely want to be doing weight training. I'm also training for a half-marathon. I don't want to just be thin. I want to be buff.

Congrats!

200 grams of Protein is fine. If you get into heavy weight lifting and marathon training, you may find that you need to up your calories again. Your body will tell you.

This is more than likely due to the fact that muscle weighs more than fat so you are losing fat and gaining muscle thus you weigh more... Don't get hung up on the numbers on the scale!! Keep exercising and it will all even out!!

Muscle Does not weigh more than fat.

A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of butter

Vogue that is where I want to be and I am 5'10! Would you mind sharing pics? THanks and congrats on your success!

I have some of my recent post-plastic surgery pics on the cosmetic forum. Thread titled. "2 weeks til PS"

I was hours away from having my gall bladder removed because I showed similar symptoms and had WLS. Dr's assistant tried to make me feel silly for questioning the need. Dr told me non surgical options for treating bad gall bladder. A HIDA test was recommended and it proved my GB was functioning at. 99%. Unnecessary surgery avoided.

Be your own advocate!! Ask questions. If the Dr makes you feel silly by asking then you gave the wrong doctor

my NUT told me that probiotic would help with weight loss but I never seriously tried it. Wonder if it makes sense to try during maintenance?

I credit Probiotics with aiding my weightloss as well as keeping me regular thereby not often needing a laxative. Even those may be directly related. Regular vowel movements = weightloss ?

Hi, I'm 5'8" - 5'9", depending on who is measuring me. My goal is a slim size 8, no matter what the scale says. Since I haven't had surgery yet, maybe some of you can tell me if setting a size goal, rather than weight goal, is realistic. I am solid and will weigh more than I look, so rather than not hit a goal, like 140, for example, I'd like to enjoy a size and not worry about the number of pounds. Thanks!

I'm 5' 8" and wear a size 4. I'm 145 pounds.

It was not a huge struggle to get to this weight from my high of 280 pounds.

I looked at a few places today and couldn't find it. Don't have Wegmans here on Long Island I'm going to whole foods tomorrow just don't want to break the bank on drink mixes!!!! Lol

Amazon!!

I use: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBJTBE0/ref=oh_details_o06_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Very tasty!

I use this as well and there are more flavors on the real lemon website

Thank you! I use stevia too and that's exactly what I've been looking for...where did you find the crystal light pure?

I used to find it everywhere. Then could only find it on crystal lite website. About 2 months ago there was an online clearance and I worried it was being discontinued. But now I see it in Wegmans.

I use stevia. And there is a crystal lite version made with stevia called crystal lite pure.