kristenleigh435

Thanks for all the encouragement. I have lost 136 pounds this year and about 87 inches. I feel good. I want to lose another 50 or so.

Tomorrow June 17th marks the one year mark of my surgery date. I started out wonderfully and have not done so well in the last 6 months. I have lost a total of 87.25 inches and 116 pounds from June 17, 2013 but it has been 136 pounds since I first started this journey with the preop diet etc. I feel wonderful. A lot more energy and I do more than ever,especially with my daughter. I just feel depressed that I am stalling out the last 6 months. I have a hard time doing what I should (exercise, getting enough Protein and Water, etc) I did so well at the beginning. I think part of it is that at my 9 month appointment I saw the physicians assistant and she told me that I was probably done losing weight. It really upset me and I kinda gave up after that. I am going to the doctor tomorrow for my one year check up. I am determined to get back on track.

I so can relate. I was the same way where I felt it wasn't really me looking in the mirror. I still saw the "old" me for the longest time. The one when I wasn't overweight and still in high school. But I too work with young kids, mostly boys and all are SBH (severe behavior). I was fine until last year with the comments they made. Last year they got very brutal with what they said. I was so depressed and embarrassed and so many other feelings. It was all I could do to go to work. Since the surgery I have lost a lot of weight but still have a long ways to go. They still make comments but it doesn't hurt as much. I know I am doing something to change that and to be healthier. Keep your chin up. You can do this!

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I was doing really great at exercising and things just got hectic and am having a difficult time getting back at it. Like today for instance. My husband drives over the road and is only home about 4 days a month. My daughter gets sick and my mother in law that lives with me gets sick. So I can't go to the Y cuz I need to take care of them. I know I should do something here but by the time I get them settled and my kid is asleep I am ready for bed. But I decided no more excuses. Tomorrow if I have to get up before everyone else I will get back to the exercising. Also I think the food journal and locking the scale away is a great idea. Also, I am going to try to go to the support group in my area on Monday. Thanks everyone.

I am now in my 7th month. I have lost 120 pounds. I love it! However I have not lost a single pound or oz. in a month. I actually have gained a pound. I know my exercising has sucked due to bluntly my laziness. I mean yes, the holidays and this extreme cold keeps me away from the gym but lets face it I could still exercise at home. I was also told by the physicians assistant that in another few months I probably won't lose anymore. I was shocked and pissed. First of all, I had this done and need to lose a total of 250 pounds to get to "normal weight for my height" so to be told I probably won't make it makes me angry. They never said that was possible. I am determined to prove her wrong. I am trying to think of the good things. Like the going down 3 sizes, loss of a total of 35 inches in Dec. Need to measure for this month still.Not needing a seat belt extender, doing more with my daughter, being able to run, wearing "average sized" jewlery and just yesterday I was able to cross my legs for the first time in 20 years. I did it without thinking sat there for about 3 minutes before it hit me : You're legs are crossed and you're comfortable and they aren't slidding down!!!! I even had my kid take a pic. Even with all of that I am getting frustrated at the numbers. I know they say not to pay attention to it but REALLY?!!! How are you to do that when that was the purpose of the surgery. I don't know what can help me get out of this funk.

That is funny. I have been craving orange juice too

Thanks I think I was forgetting to look at the fact that I may not be eating the whole container. Will try this as soon as I can

I am 6 months post op and still in the moody stage and still not interested in sex. What is going on here? LOL

I use the premier Protein chocolate shakes too. Lots of protein at Sam's I get a 15 pack for $15. Kroger sells them for $8 for a 6 pack I think,.

I was told Tylenol Cold, benadryl and mucinex

I started to lose my hair at 2.5 months so much that I was glad it was thick but now it is thin. But it has slowed down and I am at 6 months and 118 pounds lost. I increased my Protein (my doc. didn't want me to drink all my protein either, he wants me to learn to get it through food but the problem is I hate meat, etc. now. I can not stand to eat it all four meals so I use two Protein shakes a day and two other meals. ) I also increased my Biotin to 10,000 mcg a day. Also, my dad is a barber and he got me some special shampoo, conditioner and leave in stuff for thinning hair. Ask your barber/beutician for a product with Nioxin

How much do you eat at one time? It seems that either the fat grams or the sugar grams are too high when I look at yogurt. according to my doctor I can only have 3 grams of fat and 5 grams of sugar

I feel the same way. Also, I get really sad and then mad a lot since and no one seems to understand

I thought I was the only one! I get gas more often but not really a lot but they are horrible in smell and not to be gross but so is the bowel movements. I have horrible problems with being able to go due to the Vitamins and so sometimes i have to use a stool softener to help and then oh boy watch out as soon as I fart and it smells like the living dead I know to get to the bathroom. LOL

Hi I too am from the Toledo, Ohio area. I am at 6 months post op. I have had several stalls lasting that long also. What helped me was to go back to two shakes a day (making sure I got the full Protein I was supposed to). Exercise (I stopped a couple of times due to being busy and also I have broke two toes since the surgery and I have an old foot injury that acts up). I also made sure I was getting my Water intake too. I too have Dr. White as my surgeon

I was told by my doctor that it may be that I am not getting enough Protein. I went back to two meals and two shakes for my four meals a day. I also went back to exercising and the scale is slowly moving again. I too am not always feeling full but what I have noticed the last couple days I am eating way fast again and I am not measuring anymore. Then when I finish eating a few minutes later I feel sick. I know I need to slow down and measure again. My biggest problem is my husband. When he is home (he's over the road usually and isn't home much) I tend to overeat. He is usually supportive but he does it by "are you supposed to eat that?" "Isn't that too much?" which makes me mad and then even if he is right I will eat it. Keep at it and the pounds will go again. They say you will hit plateus off and on and you just need to make sure you are doing what you should.