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22 pounds is amazing! i lost 13 from my surgery date until 1 week post op. then i stalled for 1.5 months! your body is adjusting to what its been through. the weight WILL come off! just hang in there. make sure you get all your water and keep on walking!

I've never had my T level checked, i just always figured i wasnt a "sexual person". i honestly have to try to think about it for days before so i can get myself like a little caesars pizza ( hot and ready, LMAO)

scrambled egg was my first. i only got down about a quarter of it, but it was sooo good!

I wish i had this lol, i am struggling in the complete opposite. My bf always wants it and i have no interest at all....i mean zero...i never really did, but now its completely dead it feels like

Just thought I'd share that as of yesterday I am officially OVERWEIGHT! Finally got my BMI down to 29.3. it feels great!

So many people stall very early out mike, i lost 13 pounds my first week and then stalled from week 1 until i was 2 months. this is a very common thing, its just your body adjusting itself! make sure you are getting all your fluids in! and congrats on your new sleeve. you might want to lay off the hot sauce so early out though. your stomach is trying to heal right now.

Congrats to you proudgrammy. Thats an awesome victory. im so grateful for all the things i can do now, i dont even think twice about going up the stairs etc.. whereas before even bending over was a task!

I just bought my first pair of leggings in my adult life! and they were a size large! ive always been too embarassed to wear them b/c my legs were so huge, but i have to say i looked so slim in them, im so happy! started in size 22 pants, now wearing a 14! I am now able to fit a standard size bath towel around myself completely!

On this past sunday i commited a big no-no and have been paying the piper ever since. I ate three pieces of 1/2 inch thick italian bread. Ive never done anything like this since having my sleeve i am 8 months post op. Now i am only assuming the bread is the culprit, but ever since then i have been feeling so bloated with a tightness in my stomach.. its not painful, just very uncomfortable and as a result i havent been able to get too much else in. i literally feel like i am CLOGGED! has anyone had any experience with bread doing this? how long does it take until itll pass and is there anything i can take to help it along? maybe a laxative? or could this be caused by something else?? any advice is appreciated. Never again.....

thank you so much for the advice. what a horrible weekend i had. i got some gas x tablets and gentle dulcolax on friday. as soon as i started taking the gas x i began burping non stop, so maybe it was just a huge gas bubble which im not sure how i got that way. from the laxative i got so sick to my stomach and was so nauseous saturday. im feeling 100 times better today though my banana still feels a little wonky. im going to take it easy on my sleeve a few days and just have some Soup. i hardly have an appetite through this past week, and as a result ended up losing 4 more pounds. guess my sleeve gave me a gentle reminder of who's the boss!

I had a wonderful NSV over the weekend, for the first time in my life i wore a pair of WHITE pants. I was so nervous and almost chickened out...But i got so many positive reactions. more than 5 people actually said WOW you look GREAT! I dont think im quite brave enough for a swimsuit yet but Im happy with this! loving my sleeve!

exactly what it feels like! its like a burning/uncomfortable warming sensation. have you spoke to the doctor about it?

Im not sure whats going on here but the past few days ive been having pretty bad heartburn, nothing seems to be helping, ive been taking prilosec and tums I also have what i can only describe as a sour/queasy/uncomfortable stomach thats really annoying. it almost feels like when i drink certain things (coffee/tea/iced coffee) that the lining of my stomach is burning. not in one particular area, just all around burning. any thoughts on what this could be? editing to say that i am 7 months out if that makes a difference. it doesnt only happen with coffee/tea. it can feel sour just over nothing and it just started about a week ago.

yes the tums do absolutely nothing. i think im going to try the nexium instead of the prilosec. it subsided for a few days and now its back

thank you for response. im not sure i worded my post correctly to get my point across. im 7 months out and this just started. if it was b/c of caffeine, wouldnt it have been happening all along?

i have been using decaf

My dr sent me home with a presciption for prevacid dissolvable tablets that i had to take for 30 days post op

I have been working out more since the last time i posted ten days ago. I worked out monday but have been extremely sore since then. i cant even bend my legs to sit down lol, but the good news is im down from 189 to 187!

hey everyone! i dont remember when was the last time i checked in. my surgery was 11-12-13. sw was 257 current weight 189. my body is in a stall. i only lost 2lbs in may. spoke with my dr about my stalls and he said i need to get my activity level up. i dont have much exercise beyond walking to and from bus and picking up my kids from school. Ive got the eating part down but i seriously lack motivation when it comes to working out ive got to find what works for me if i ever want this stall to break. i dont have time or money to join a gym and i tire quickly of doing the same workout dvd over and over..

well said!

i have pretty thick hair at around 3 months my hair started thinning on the sides and i had to stop using my eyelash curler b/c when i did my lashes would just crumble. ive been taking Biotin since end of march (5000 units i believe). hair loss is still about the same, i get at least a brush full everyday plus its always all over the inside of my jacket. but as of last night my eyelashes have finally seemed to regain their strength. i agree with bufflehead, toppix is a great product to use and comes in a variety of colors

im just over 6 months out and it seems like the first 50 lbs came off so easily, now its a task to lost even a pound a week. i managed to lose 8 lbs in the month of april. i have only lost 2 lbs since the beginning of may. i dont know what to do. i keep trying to adjust my calories and swap Protein shakes in place of meals....please tell me my body isnt done losing weight yet! any advice would be appreciated. my activity level is about 30 mins a day

thanks, ive def been trying that. i did 45 mins of kickboxing monday night and yesterday in addition to the 30 mins of walking. today im gonna take a little rest and try it again tomorrow then weigh myself on friday and see if it made a difference.