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Got on the scale this morning and I have gained 3 lbs, I have no idea why

I am very sorry to hear that!

chrome you can get in any health store...sometimes even the pharmacy next to the vitamins...as for the DIM, i am not sure i get it from my chiro who gets it from a naturopath.

Well I fell on the ice a few weeks ago and my butt has been hurting ever since. People keep joking its because I no longer have a butt LOL
I have lost everything but this stupid stubborn stomach. Literally everything else one me has gotten tiny. I lost half my boobs but they have stayed the same for a while now.
I cannot find the Facebook group.

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yes Suzann I am also FREEZING! LOL I used to sleep on top of covers now I am buried under 3.
Congratulations Devint on your go ahead to try and conceive. In July of 2013 I miscarried at 12 weeks. I tried to conceive again but it did not happen. My surgeon said I must wait 18 months even though my blood work is good. I have had to sign a "contract" to not get pregnant until that point. The sad part is that I will be 39 at 18 months so not sure I will even want to conceive at that point but it was a no win. The reason I couldn't conceive was my weight and now I can't conceive because of weight loss surgery - Oh the irony.
So new question of the "weird things that happen to me, is it happening to anyone else". I have never been a junk food eater, I know that sounds untrue but trust me its true, and all of a sudden I want chips and chocolate. What's up with that???? Before surgery I never ate that stuff, I ate a lot of Pasta but NEVER chips and only occasionally chocolate. Anyone else craving bad stuff that they didn't even like before?

I had the drop too! I don't want to lose any more because I am 110 now. I don't want to go below 110 so I am playing with my calories on my fitness pal to fine my maintain zone. My Dr took 6.8 lbs of skin so I've lost that plus 7 more lbs since my 11/19 circumferential body lift. Loving being an extra small and hearing how tiny I am but wow, men are a bit predatory with a cute body. Wasn't prepared for that and am happily married to the love of my life. I guess my pretty face" finally has a pretty ass, legs and stomach to match. Lol!!
The attention is bizarre sometimes...

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yes Suzann I am also FREEZING! LOL I used to sleep on top of covers now I am buried under 3.
Congratulations Devint on your go ahead to try and conceive. In July of 2013 I miscarried at 12 weeks. I tried to conceive again but it did not happen. My surgeon said I must wait 18 months even though my blood work is good. I have had to sign a "contract" to not get pregnant until that point. The sad part is that I will be 39 at 18 months so not sure I will even want to conceive at that point but it was a no win. The reason I couldn't conceive was my weight and now I can't conceive because of weight loss surgery - Oh the irony.
So new question of the "weird things that happen to me, is it happening to anyone else". I have never been a junk food eater, I know that sounds untrue but trust me its true, and all of a sudden I want chips and chocolate. What's up with that???? Before surgery I never ate that stuff, I ate a lot of Pasta but NEVER chips and only occasionally chocolate. Anyone else craving bad stuff that they didn't even like before?

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yes Suzann I am also FREEZING! LOL I used to sleep on top of covers now I am buried under 3.
Congratulations Devint on your go ahead to try and conceive. In July of 2013 I miscarried at 12 weeks. I tried to conceive again but it did not happen. My surgeon said I must wait 18 months even though my blood work is good. I have had to sign a "contract" to not get pregnant until that point. The sad part is that I will be 39 at 18 months so not sure I will even want to conceive at that point but it was a no win. The reason I couldn't conceive was my weight and now I can't conceive because of weight loss surgery - Oh the irony.
So new question of the "weird things that happen to me, is it happening to anyone else". I have never been a junk food eater, I know that sounds untrue but trust me its true, and all of a sudden I want chips and chocolate. What's up with that???? Before surgery I never ate that stuff, I ate a lot of Pasta but NEVER chips and only occasionally chocolate. Anyone else craving bad stuff that they didn't even like before?

@@Niquee, congrats on the century club and onederland! I am so happy for you. I can totally agree and relate to what you mean about the holidays. WOW I was so bad with Cookies and pie jeez. It works against me that I don't throw things up they just go down and stay down and cause me misery.
I am going to the support group at my doctors tonight and am hoping to get my Vitamin reports from my 6 month checkup. My doctor said that if I have good Vitamin levels I can pursue trying to conceive, which was a primary reason I got the sleeve in the first place. This is somewhat controversial as some doctors make patients wait 2 years but mine says as long as you aren't deficient and have a good handle on calories and can get in 1k then I'm good to go.
My stall at 220 lasted for about a 6 weeks, but broke early December (hard to believe I'm not sure if I've checked in since then.) and i'm down to 212 today so it's moving, much slower but still. I'm glad because i went down one more size since then. I bought a foam roller to help with home exercises and stretches as I've been having problems caused by posture and muscle imbalances in my middle back and outside of my thighs.
Hope you all had great holidays and good luck with your resolutions!

Merry Christmas everyone
My christmas wish did not realised i am not yet in the century club, but its ok, only 2 lbs to go

I find things are about the same. My cycle has also been a bit wacked out and I am still trying to figure out exactly what is happening with it. Could it be the stress of the season? Fretting over kids and all does have impact.

I was hoping my libido would increase too, but not the case at all.
It was dead before, it is still dead
Having kids really does its number on a body, and hormones

Yes I did my 6 month check up blood work and everything came back in normal range.
My actual surgery area doesn't hurt me at all LOL. I am weird!
Yea my collar bones are really poking out now also. I guess this is probably all just part of the process. I showed my mother the bone on my chest I was talking about and she said it was always like that, I guess I just forgot since I have spent 10 years with it covered in fat!

SO I have a kind of odd question. Is anyone noticing that things hurt you more? For example my husband has always pulled me across the bed to cuddle with him (I am not a cuddler and this is his way of forcing me to cuddle LOL) well it never hurt but now its like it hurts my ribs and my stomach. I am not sure if he is using to much force because he thinks he needs more strength to pull me or if my bones are more sensative. I feel like it may be the latter. We moved some furniture around for Christmas decorations and I have bruises all over me and I very sore. I don't think I should be this sore since I exercise pretty frequently.
Ok another weird thing - I am noticing that I have a bone that sticks out on my chest near my collar bone. I am wondering did something change or is it just not hidden by fat anymore?
Anyone else experiencing weird stuff like this or should I talk to the Dr?

have you done your blood test for your 6 months check up? You may have some deficencies, (calcium or magnesium)...as for my stomack area i really dont like when my kid plays with me, i am always conscious of the surgery it seems, it is sensitive i must admit. My weird things is with my pelvis and my back, now that i have lost a good chunk of weight its like my center of gravity has switched and some days i cant seems to know how to walk without hurting...weird. And the bone that is sticking out, i think you just lost the weight :-) soon when you'll get out of the shower you will have to empty out the triangular hole ln your shoulder close to your neck lol

That's awesome that you are doing so well!
My surgeon said something kind of similiar. He said that the average loss is 60% of their excess weight in 18 months. I have lost 75%. He stated that I am going to have to work for the last 25% which I already knew.

That's awesome that you are doing so well!
My surgeon said something kind of similiar. He said that the average loss is 60% of their excess weight in 18 months. I have lost 75%. He stated that I am going to have to work for the last 25% which I already knew.

I was hauling in 3 ten pound bags of ice over the holiday and thinking to myself how much this weights. I had to chuckle, I used to carry around twice this weight all the time!

So i went to my 6 months check up today.At my surgeon they have made over 2500 of these surgery, and from that data base they can draw conclusion. and so at the 6 months point he checks if you are within the average and on target compare to the group. On average these 2500 people, have lost 50% of their excess weight after 6 months . for example me at 300 lbs and being 5'3', my healthy weight according to imc should be 140 lbs, so i excess weight is a 160 lbs. So 6 months after surgery i should have lost about 80lbs...but i have lost about 93lbs so i am around at 56% so he was really happy and said i was doing well.
So i'd like to know what is everyone percentage of weight loss base on your excess weight
Finally he said something scary, he said that the surgery that he perform is responsible for 50 to 60% of the patient lost....or he garanties 50%....so basically as of now, if you stop losing weight its all up to you and i havent learned my lesson. And from now on i should not expect drastic weight lost ina given month, i should still lose, in the next 6 more months but its going to be tough, and its normal that i am hungry, the body is healed and its acting like before

Went for my 6 month check up on Friday. Good news is that all my numbers look really good. I met with the nutritionist while I was there. We ran through my daily eating and exercising. She thinks I am not taking in enough calories and not drinking enough Water. So I am going to try to eat more (ironic right) and drink more water and see if I can finally break this stall.

Went for my 6 month check up on Friday. Good news is that all my numbers look really good. I met with the nutritionist while I was there. We ran through my daily eating and exercising. She thinks I am not taking in enough calories and not drinking enough Water. So I am going to try to eat more (ironic right) and drink more water and see if I can finally break this stall.

I agree! It is scary how much and what I can eat now although I still stay at around 800 calories most days.
I am also hungry way more than I used to be!

I started at 221 and have lost 60 pounds. My insurance paid for my surgery but I had about $1000 out of pocket in co pays. I am sure my insurance would pay for me to see the nutrionist again, I will look into it. I have only seen her twice and both times were pre surgery.

I have been using the Nascobal for my B-12. They have a $25/month special that works with your insurance and is including the BariActive Vitamins for no additional charge. Mine came in this Friday and they are not that bad. I figured that there was no harm and best case, it would lower my expenses. You may want to give this some consideration. Nothing like passing on a good deal.
Is anyone using one of the smart watch/pedometer? If you love it, would you share which one you are using? My mechanical one is starting to fail and I think I want to get an upgrade. I have been seriously considering the one from Nike.
I am finding my weight loss is stalling a bit too. I do like to graze a bit and I need to get better about making that sipping on the no-calorie stuff instead.

I think this period of the year is very bad for everyone, halloween omg, cheated so much, and i will continue until the candy are finally over with. But i have been hungry, and i have been able to eat more and more. It is scary...i know that the honeymoon period is almost over, and that things will get tougher, yet i dont feel ready to battle.
Keep in mind that, winter is coming and our brain/ body, like it or not, is trying to prepare us for survival, and trying to gain fat to keep warm. Like bears wanting to hibernate. Its cold we dont want to go outside and move, not to mention the lost of sunlight. Just keep that in the back of your mind, dont get too depress, fight hard as your are now batteling with the law of evolution too.