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I'm older and I didn't have mine for 10 months and 3 months after my WLS I am now getting mine regularly, ugh, and here I was thinking I was done with it. So yes the weight loss and the surgery does obviously affect your menstrual cycle.

A simple mid-day snack for me consisted of a chocolate bar and a soda! Tsk Tsk Tsk.... I havent' touched soda since my 1 month prior to my surgery (April) yet and chocolate I have only indulged in a dessert bite. Never again will I have that as a snack, all that sugar, all those calories, not healthy.... Love my new mind set after my WLS!

Awww praying everything goes smoothly for her.... ♥

Thanks for sharing and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep looking at your before and after pic for inspiration and keep up the good work and NEVER give up, you've come a loooooong way! BEST OF LUCK to all of us!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!! Stay positive! Walk walk walk after surgery (for weeks to come) to help with your gas and bloating discomfort! Woo Hoo! How Exciting!!!!!! you'll love it !

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like me, I too lost 10 lbs and felt great! Get ready for the pounds to start sliding down, then a little stall at 3 weeks then down down down after that and feeling amazing and lots of energy! Best of luck!!

YES agree, this forum is AMAZING, thanks to Alex for doing this! I have learned so much from this forum and keep learning and it's a great support system. I was especially grateful right after surgery, everyone was so helpful giving advise and keeping my spirits up! Good luck to you, read a LOT about WLS in this forum, you too will be an expert on the subject!

Agree, eating solids, the weight started sliding off. Remember Protein first! Good Luck, it only gets BETTER!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!! How exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

AWSOME! Yes from now on you'll feel more and more like your old self and in about 3 weeks, you'll REALLY start to see the weight come down AND your energy level go up. Good luck, stay positive, remember to take in your Water, Protein AND WALK WALK WALK!!

WoW! Congrats!! Way to go!!! You look amazing!!!!!! You're an inspiration for us all!!!!! Thank you for posting!

Hi Lidi -- YES ME TOO!!!!! OMG! You and I are on the same boat, ugh! I also crave sweets, crave chocolate! But let's try to control ourselves by snacking on Protein stuff, no carbs and no sweets or chocolate (this after I ate an entire Kit Kat bar last night). Shame on me! I have not lost anything in the past 4 weeks due to this, I think mine is from anxiety. But that's it, I'm telling myself -- and it feels good to write it down right now right here, I HAVE to stop and go back to being good. I will go home today after work and get rid of all bad things I'm tempted to snack on. Let's try to be strong together and not give in to temptation LOL. We've worked so hard to reach our 60+ pounds off, right? Good luck my friend, let's try our hardest to continue being good starting this minute!

Ladies, Ladies... no worries, just keep doing what you're doing and soon enough the weight will once again start sliding off.... you'll see. As for me, well, I'm almost 7 months post op and I am in a SUPER stall, 4 weeks and not once ounce down... womp womp... But I know eventually that too will start coming down. Good Luck, keep those spirits up and the weight WILL come down, you'll see. Keep drinking that Water and walk...

GREAT day for WLS! That's MY BIRTHDAY! LOL!! How exciting girls!! Get ready for wonderful changes in your lives! Stay positive, stay calm, it's only a little rough at the beginning, first 4 days, then it quickly gets better then on the 7th day you feel amazing and then it's down down down with your weigh! I had mine almost 7 months ago, feel AMAZING, am down 67 lbs and could not be happier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck!!!!! Stay positive!!!!!!!!! and walk walk walk walk walk after your surgery for the bloating discomfort!

I've been ordering from them for over 6 months now and have never had a problem. I'm not surprised they came through because they are really nice to deal with. Glad everything worked out.

Well, I don't know how to tell you this guys, but I really never had a sweet tooth, however, now almost 7 months post-op I crave sweets ALL the time. Not sure if it's that I didn't have any sweets at all for about 5 months but I crave sweets and chocolate all the time now, I try not to have it but every night at around 8pm I crave and crave, so usually I just take a teaspoonful of Peanut Butter. Good Luck.

How exciting! Forget nerves --- this is a GREAT thing you're doing for YOU! You're going to be sooo healthy and soooo happy! Prayers on the way for you sweety, all will be fine....

CONGRATS!!!!!! What a GREAT feeling, right?!!! Way to go!!!!!! Enjoy the "ONE's"..... yayyyy!!!!!!!!!

Hey there.... don't be nervous, rather try to be EXCITED!! The surgery itself is a quick procedure and the aftermath is really not bad at all. The "bad" lasts only maybe 4 to 5 days, one week out you'll feel GREAT!! As for the "mind food war" thing, that too will go away. Once you start losing the weight, and you see how AMAZING you feel (and look too), that will take a back seat. You're always going to want and crave food, but you'll think differently about how you go about eating and you will be ok with that because you're going to be feeling sooooo good, that you will never want to go back to the "old you"! Remember to stay hydrated after surgery, and WALK WALK WALK! It helps the gas discomfort tremendously! Good luck, stay positive, don't be afraid, it GETS BETTER AND BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's all in the mind sweety, once you start really losing the weight -- in about another 2 weeks, you'll be sooo motivated that these food cravings won't be the center of your mind anymore, you'll see.... For now remember to keep hydrated, keep walking and occupy yourself with other things... Good Luck, it does get better!!!

Hi there. Once you start on your soft foods, you'll feel soooo much better! Remember to eat slowly. Also, the "hunger" might not really be hunger, it might be from the hernia repair, it can easily be confused with heartburn, I know I did. Keep drinking your Water and more importantly, walk walk walk walk... good luck, it DOES get better, you will NOT gain any weight if you stay within your Protein foods and away from sugar, starches, carbohydrates. It gets better and better, you'll see.... Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!! HOW EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yayyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!

C O N G R A T S !!!!! That's quite an achievement and THANK YOU for sharing. It's soooo exciting to see the scale below 200!!!!! Your post is truly inspirational and I can soooooo relate to it!! Keep up the good work, never give up and BEST of luck in achieving our goals soon!!! XOXO

I agree with Kgard! WALK WALK WALK WALK WALK!! GasX won't do much for you anyways, but the walking will SUPER HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Walk at least every two hours!!!!! In a few days you'll feel so much better and in 7 days, you'll feel like your old self again but get that walking in friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!