layknee

Glad to see everyone has done so well. I haven't been around at all. It's been rough. Had my gallbladder out in December 2015 and j am having a hernia repair Friday. So still working on it. I have plateaued between 184-194 but I think in ok. I have a cosmetic surgeon consult in a week or so. Fingers crossed.

Hi everyone I've been M. I. A. For quite sometime. I hope everyone is doing well.

@@layknee

Hi,

How are you doing?

I'm okay. Had a lot of family issues, a death, a job change twice. I have been loosing slowly. But I'm ok with it.

Hi everyone

Where are you Becky?

Hey folks, been been a while. Not doing so good and am so sad and happy to see the amazing losses. I've been stuck within 4 lbs up and down for the past 2 months. I feel like I'll never get there, I've been eating right and exercise, I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm seriously ready to throw in the towel and am really regretting even doing this to myself. All that alterations for 50 lbs.

dont feel bad I started 303 by surgery 284 now I'm 217. It's slow going but I'm losing inches over pounds.

Hi Everyone,

I have finally found my way back to the site. I also have been reading everyone's posts and have been relieved to see the "stall" has affected nearly all of us. I am about 14 pounds from the 200 pound brick wall I have not broken through in a bazillion years. I was stuck at 215-220 wall for nearly seven weeks. Even with the increase in activity. For me Protein does seem to be the key to losing. I am getting rid of my clothes which is oddly difficult. But they are falling off literally. While I have been stuck I think inches are leaving. I'll take inches. I really love this group, even if I am not talking all that much. Just saying...

its the same for me the pounds aren't moving but the inches are. Today I'm at 217lbs but I fit a 14W suit. Color me surprised.  

Aviva is a pretty good pill it has Biotin has some magnesium and some other Hair growth complex in it

You know I've gotten the same thing and it usually happens about an hour after it takes her medicine so I thought maybe one of my medicines are one of my Vitamins was making me violently ill. The last episode I had was about a week ago on Sunday and I was on the floor in the bathroom of the church and I was puking up Water and phone in all it done was I had taken my vitamins and my pantoprazole in my Bentyl during church and after church I felt like I'm going to throw up. And then came the cramping in the pain and the sweats and then I pass out and fall asleep and then I wake up and I'm better this is how my episodes ago.

I had surgery October 13, 2014 and I had lost 23 pounds on my own from May 2014 to October 2014 but since my surgery I've lost 55 pounds they give me a grand total of 78 not as much as other people in my group not as much is one of the others who had surgery on the same day as me she's already in the 100s. Well I'm lingering in the 220s but it's still better than the 300 I was that in the beginning. My diabetes is gone as well so that's a plus.

Damaged it how, by stretching it?

I had surgery Wednesday I'm in a lot of pain and can't drink much is this normal

when I had my surgery in October the issue that I was having was that I could not drink Water without pain and I couldn't drink a bottle of water like I used to. It gets a little frustrating especially when you knew before your surgery that you could drink a liter of water at a time without any issue.

I went into the hospital about nine days after surgery for dehydration. They tell you to drink water and not to drink juice but I discovered that orange juice with Calcium and Vitamin D became my salvation. It was the only way I could stay hydrated for the first two or three months after my surgery. I'm at almost 6 months out now and I can now tolerate water. I don't know if orange juice would work for everyone but my body does not react to sugar or fat's like they told me that it was going to do.

yahoooo! lost another pound today. so this is how 186 looks on my 5'11 stature. im giving myself 6 months to lose the other 36, i think i can get there before then though. I want to turn 25 at 150. I am even considering 130 now, my friends think im nuts but i just want to take advantage of my tool to the max. i hope you ladies are doing well, anyone heard from @@layknee ? i've had her on my mind.

You look great!!! I'm slow going. Maybe a 2 pounds week. I have more energy and I don't get as tired as I used to. Diabetes is out of here. Every once and a while ingest this episode where I have intense pain and it take me to the floor with vomiting but the doctors are working on it. My egd showed a gastritis so I take Sulcrafate before every meal. I have a hyda scan for my gallbladder coming up on 5/1. Despite all that I signed up for a half marathon and will start training this week. I've been using the run keeper app to help me along. Even when I was 300 I still tried to do 5k(s).

I made it to 225 this week. Slowly but surely.

Hopefully in another month I can make it to onederland. Thanks for thinking about me twin. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in things I can only concentrate on one at a time. I'm going to try to visit on this site more often.

VENTING:

I went to my support group last night to find out it was just my surgeon there for questions. I know this is bad, but I don't like him and I don't like his answers to many questions. Most are good, but his "philosophy" for nutrition is just stupid. He is very ridged. 50-70g of Protein in the morning for Breakfast, lunch, dinner. more Water than you can imagine, and no matter what your drinking for fluids it is not enough. NO SNAKS AT ALL!!

If I had known I would have skipped and spent time with my company I had over last night and been able to have the dinner I prepared for everyone else. I have heard his speech too many times, it just annoyed me. I felt let to just mention that it does not work for everyone, and if I do that I get sick, I need Protein at around 3-4pm so I can make it to 7pm dinner. He just said "well when you gain weight, come see me" I wanted to just leave.

The biggest thing for me and I tell people is we are all different, and our needs and journey will be different. He just annoys me that he lumps us all in one box and says "this works" "you can do it, you fail"

I know I need to control my snacking, yes. But I refuse to feel guilty for splitting my shakes up and having my "snack protein shake".........but some how he has made me to feel guilty and shamed.....and that pisses me off.

I don't know if you heard from your nutritionist or not but mine told me that I should be eating something every four hours and averaging 800 to 1000 cal a day

Last year I wore this shirt, it barely fit over my belly and it was so tight on me. I kept my big frumpy fleece on to cover up. This year, I took my hoodie off and froze my butt off til my sexy leprechaun friend went by lol

Luna you look absolutely gorgeous. But you were gorgeous before so there

Starting weight 303

Surgery weight 280

Current weight 228

They took my a1c and I am currently out of diabetic range at 5.5. Yeah I did that. Lol

Slowly but surely. Lol.

This past week I was feeling wonderful, I have had slow weeks (.9 lbs) but I have aways lost and not gained, so this morning I am feeling devastated and defeated and like it just can't be true, my scale says I gained 5.3 pounds this weekend!! Friday was one of my best workout days ever!! How can this be?!?!?! I did have on my pajamas and I usually weigh naked....but my leggings and night shirt can't weigh 5 freaking pounds!! :-(

remember muscle weighs more than fat so check how many inches you have lost.

Whats the name of the scale? ?

weighmax

I just bought a new scale on groupon that measure your muscle, bone and fat percentages. That way instead of me looking at just the weight I can see the progress with my walking and exercise.

@@layknee its okay baby it will grow back. When I was going through my depression, I went a month without combing or washing my hair and when I finally combed it, I kid you not I lost about half the hair on my head. I chopped it off before surgery because I wanted it to grow along with my weight loss, now its grown but it is way thinner. My mom says I'm lucky I had a lot of hair to begin with but now its just thin and I'm like whatever. Today I had 65 percent of a snack wrap and I kind of dumped but it was worth it, I'm trying to eat more because I need energy to start working. I also had beef again and it was kool Beans with my pouch. I think I'm also getting used to dumping like it only last 30 to and hour so I'm okay with it. I'm starting kickboxing in 2 weeks to tone up and I'm also starting the gym in march, I hope I can get my arms to stop looking like jelly.

i found out that my pouch likes Mexican food. Surprise surprise

This article helped me some. http://www.bariatriceating.com/2014/12/01/the-cruelty-of-bariatric-baldness/

I am so with you, mone was so stringy, I had lost about half my hair. I cut mine off today, feel pretty good about it, glad I own some hats.

you look great still. My friends and family don't think it's a big deal but to me, I'm freaking out.

Am crying so hard. I can't deal with this Hair loss. I'll be bald in a month if this keeps up. Aaaaaahhhh!!! My scalp literally hurts.

I've been bad I've started keeping lollipops on me.

guys this is a before pic from may of last year, i was 20lbs heavier for surgery and i know i already shared my other pic but here it is again for comparison, i just cant believe it.

you look amazing. I've had a lot of stalls. What are you doing? I need to follow you twin. Lol