Sabredy12

I was sleeved end of July so I am 8 months. I started loosing strands at 4 months. It started slowing at 7 months and now at 8 months it has stopped. I have baby hairs growing in. Please don't stress your self about it. I had a lot come out but I kept telling myself it's only temporary. I figured worrying about could make it worse. So I pulled it back a lot. I also tried to not wash it daily because the combing out would pull it and more would come out. I used to be a hair dresser and remembered things to help avoid tugging and breaking by using a soft brush. The old fashion kind like the vanity brushes that sit on the vanity tables from the 1940's. That brush and shampooing 2 times a week helped .

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Glad I could participate in your daily dose of frustration. Notice the "?" mark in the title?
It irks me when people are irked over a simple question.

SW: 384
CW: 299!
Feeling great

I am 3.5 months in, 46 pounds lost & have not committed to exercise. I know the first year is the most important, but I still haven't got that burst of energy so many talk about. How long before you committed to exercise? SW 258, CW 212, GW 160.

Eat whatever your sleeves allows sometimes you need to just have a cheat meal...... Trust me I've had my share cheat meals and I've lost over 200 pounds

I could sleep on my side pretty draught away no hassle good luck

U look brilliant, big difference x

Is Wendy's Chilli good!? I mean low fat and low carb, I've got the recipe???

Wendy's Chili is my best friend as well. I am 3.5 weeks out!

If you are not telling your family members about your surgery, they will certainly think something is amiss when you are only eating 2 oz of food. Why don't you suggest that for your 30th birthday, you want it to be about you and make a spa day out of it. Either with massages, or facials. Something that healthy and not focused on food. Let them know you are dieting and that you prefer the focus be on making you feel fabulous. Good luck and hope it all turns out well.

I love u guys I am gonna do this ?!?!? Gamergirl thanks for sharing that piece, truly inspirational, I hope 10 days instead of 3 weeks will be enough, but I'm sure if done properly it might suffice

Jenny I didn't say I wasn't! Just a simple question, as many of our pre-op diets vary. Some seem to be ok with a week and for others it's 3. To answer ur question as to why would u not, A: Because it's hard!

Awh good luck, looking like ill be afternoon too. But I'm used to not eating at this stage x

I personally have never heard of this. I had a bath as soon as I had stitches removed and was never told not too x

I hear ya Lumniouslife yesterday was my first drop since week one and more today SD was 12/12/13 am down about 20 pounds pre op too considering I'm only 3 weeks out and gained 6 lbs and started to lose it again. I think I'll be the one that it won't work for

Thanks Jenny! That's inspirational. My sw was 230 (12/3/13). I'm currently 205. I'm still have that voice in my head saying I will never reach goal.

I put my weight on in the second week, I'm three weeks out today and haven't lost a pound since I put on them six nothing to do with fluids

Sabredy, with all due respect it is really impossible at this point for you to tell what might be causing what. Lots of people have been where you are and you will lose once your body regulates and figures it out.
I am very sorry you're going through this.

If you want to know how to Chew and Spit without seriously injuring your body, you'll have to ask one of the many members below who decided to complain and criticize my posting enough for me to take it down and stop coming to this forum. I hope you all stay safe. Good luck with your weight loss journey.

Almost three weeks out and only 5 lb down. I have now bypassed regret and I'm just flat out angry. I feel like an idiot who wasted money and time. I know this is just a tool, but for me it's a pretty weak tool. I know it's senseless to be mad--it's not like the surgeon can guarantee any sort of result, but it's so disheartening because the first month is supposed to be the quickest weight loss, and I hate the thought of it slowing down even more. I cannot stay motivated if I end up losing a pound a month or something.

That's a bit harsh. Let's try to be supportive when people ask for it.

If you mean stop the Protein shakes when we start food...that's up to if you meet your Protein goals with just food.
It takes most of us many months to be able to get enough food to hit our protein goals without the shakes.
I'm 10 weeks post op and don't usually hit mine without shakes. It's just so much constant eating if I had to cut out my shakes.

Okay, I see all these posts where people freak out because they ate something they shouldn't have. Yes, we are supposed to eat ALOT of Protein, which I do. And, we're supposed to drink lots of Water, which I try to do, we're not supposed to drink out of a straw, which I do, I haven't died or had any more pain than not, we're not supposed to eat bread, which I have a couple of times, it hasn't made me sick, if I have a craving for a cookie, I eat it. The bottom line is even if you slip and eat a little of something you're not supposed to , it's not going to ruin your life or end your results. The truth is you will never be able to sit and eat a whole bag of doritoes or a whole package of oreos again. You're stomach will not allow it. So don't freak out because you "slipped" a little, just realize you're human and you're losing weight no matter what.
Now for all you haters out there go ahead and blow me out of the Water with your drama, I know it's coming. ........lol

Follow your surgical team's plan. Do a search in these forums for "three week stall" and realize that the first month is not about weight loss but about your body healing. If you look at two months out nobody is still stalled and everyone loses significant weight. This is not the time to start changing your diet. This is time to follow the instructions and stop weighing yourself more than once a week.

I'm ten days out and if can survive that first week you can survive anything x x