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AshleyMidwife

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    Thank you! I lost 14 lbs my first week and 30 lbs my first month. By far my largest and fastest loss. It's slowed a ton, but I have the rest of my life to work it! My only real goal us to be below 200. 15 lbs away!! I can taste it. :) thanks for the good vibes.

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    For women who have had Bariatric surgery and for those who have not, the first trimester can be super difficult due to nausea. Our restriction causes another level of complexity here. In your first trimester, Protein is the MOST important. Getting adequate protein can prevent many complications in pregnancy (preeclampsia, placental problems, etc). And the first trimester is when our babies are building all the essential groundwork for organ systems, etc. protein is super important in placenta formation as well. So if you're not able to eat much due to nausea and/or restriction, Protein Shakes as often as possible are your best bet! There are dissolvable tablets (zofran) that your doctor can prescribe to help, or a b6 tab with over the counter unisom at night can also be effective.

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    Congrats ! We look amazing my god how tall are you? Lol . You are I have the same surgery date -it was the best day of my life- HW- 278 SW 265 CW 202- as of today! 76 pounds in total gone and it feels amazing! We should all take a bow for our hard work :)

    I'm 5'10". Goal is just to be below 200lbs. We'll see where I land after that. Good work woman!

  16. Posted · Edited by AshleyMidwife

    Loss has been really slow. I am at 70lbs lost now. That's me on the left. Although the scale is moving at snail's pace, feeling like my body feel smaller. I am five and a half month out. No restrictions on food and now need to get a routine for working out. It's not routine yet, kind of sporadic. It's a process! But ultimately so glad I did this and feeling amazing :)

    HW 297, SW 287, CW 227. Date of surgery dec 9, 2013.

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    Awesome woman! It doesn't matter how we get there or how long it takes, as long as we feel good about the journey and are our healthiest selves!! Feel good about what you've accomplished. There are tons of people out there with this same journey and they need to know we all have different journeys and each one is a change for the better! I had my surgery dec 9, 2013 and lost 30lbs month 1. It's been much slower since then. I have lost a total of 66lbs and am now almost 5 months out. I have approx 50 lbs until goal. Working on exercising more (it's been a struggle) and that always kicks up my loss. I think about this as a lifestyle and am ok with slow loss. Congrats on all you've achieved!

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    I love pizza too! I just eat the toppings now. I'm 4 months out. It can be a slippery slope! But even though I know I can't eat pizza like I did before, I like that I can occasionally get the taste of it. Still got live life right?!

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  20. Posted

    I'm not single, but have had this thought over the years when I've lost significant weight (then gained it back). I think if you find someone you really enjoy and can trust with the information about your past self and surgery, if they can accept that and love you even more for it, then hang onto that person! You can't expect someone to love you for who you used to be. You weren't happy with the person either remember. This is you chance to reinvent yourself. You want someone who loves you for who you are! Not who you were. I think though that if they can't accept your journey, you might reconsider. Love who you are and work it!!!

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    You all are lucky! I don't think that is the norm. I was so excited to have no hunger, and that was true for the first 8 weeks or so, and now that I am almost 3 months out, it's returned. Certainly not at preop levels, but I have some mild hunger at normal times during the day. I hope your decreased hunger levels last as long as possible! Don't be worried if they come back, that's normal. It's not the same as preop, and you can still only eat so much anyway. :)

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