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About the BM thing - don't forget you are only eating a fraction of what you used to eat so I don't think it's unusual or even a problem if you're not pooping every day. I have been tempted to try laxatives too...and once I went a whole week without going...but I am afraid of becoming dependent on them.

I started to take magnesium chelate, one a day, and it has helped. Plus I dropped to 1 Iron and 1 Calcium a day per my PCP

Thank you, I will try the prrunes. I have tried miralax but don't like the texture.

@@Pwfnp -Try getting some more natural Fiber in your diet. Prunes are a good choice, as it prune juice. Braggs Organic Apple cider vinegar is also helpful. Just a capful a day taken either as a shot or mixed in your Water. My diet is naturally high in fiber. Some green leafy veg like spinach may help. I regular as rain. I go at least once a day.

Yes. Constipation is a problem for me. They told me to take Miralax, which works, but I like prunes better. I know prunes have a lot of sugar in them , but Miralax seems so artificial. Drink plenty of Water, too.

I have a question. I was sleeved in September. Has anyone else had trouble with Constipation? I have been taking 3 stool softners a day. I have a BM every 3 or so days. I always had a BM daily before surgery. Anyone else having trouble?
Thanks

As of yesterday I have lost 85% of fat and only 15% muscle. I have 33 pds to go. So I'm kicking up my walking and going to the gym. At the end of July going to the Gilroy garlic festival and staying in Santa Cruz for a couple of days. I'll be hitting the beach and board walk. Yeah haven't been there in a long time.

Surgery date was September 26, 2014! I made 6 months post op on 3/26/15 that same day I had a PCP doc visit...... I am now 177lbs from my highest weight of 228 the day of 10 day pre op weight the day of surgery I weighed 217! I'm officially off blood pressure meds, first time in 13 years! I feel great, look great, I exercise with a personal trainer 3 days a week, but my PCP said that I should work out at least 5! Hopefully, I'll find that kind of strength! It's still hard to get in 90grams of Protein AND 64 oz of Water but I'm trying????

So excited went for my 6 moo follow up this week and I am down 100 lbs. Yea

@@Birdie77 - That is awesome! Keep up the good work!

I finally did my tickers. I am so proud of myself for where I am at today. I woke up this morning and weighed in at 246.5 lbs. My surgery was 9/29/14, and I am well on my way to Onederland. I am putting 199lbs as my goal by July 4th (very ambitious, know) because that is when my dad is coming up to visit, and he hasn't seen me since Thanksgiving last year. I was only down about 20-30 lbs then. In July, he will see me totally different. He has seen my pictures, but that's not the same as in person. I cannot wait. My clothes too are falling off. I started at 26/28 sized clothing and now I can do 16-18 sizes. I can almost share clothes with my sister, that hasn't happened since I was in junior high. LOL. Who would have ever thought? Why did I wait so long? But, better late than never. I just want to also say, how inspired I get with everyone posting their success. I am proud of all of y'all. Keep up the good work!!!

Congrats everyone! We are doing great! I'm about 1.5 weeks away from 6 months post op and down 75lbs. Pants are falling off, shoes are too big and I found dimples on my face I haven't seen since I was a kid. Things are going well but slowing down a bit, but it's to be expected as I am less than 30 from my goal weight. Thankfully the Hair loss is starting to slow down. Apparently, I'm the only that can really notice as I was blessed with LOTS of hair, but the clumps that came out where scary.
Congrats to all of us :-)

Sleeved 9/18. 6mth f/u today. Officially down 75lbs since day of surgery! Feeling great, and everyone is pleased with how things are going.

Wow moment....woke up and realized my husband and I had slept comfortably in a double bed last night. 6 months ago that would not have happened

My surgery was September 15...down 88.8 lbs... Start with my personal trainer on Monday! Very happy with my results! The best decision I've ever made!

I had my surgery Sept 22 and my loss is 45lbs and 85 labs total. This is my six month and I only loss 4lbs this month.

Sleeved September 18th and down 70lb since surgery and 98lb over all. Have also had slower weight loss recently - only lost about 6lb over the past month. However, I'm getting a lot more exercise now and feel so much better so I'm happy. Will have my 6 month check up on Friday and hope the hospital is happy too.

Just went in for my 6 month follow up on March 10, 2014.
I've lost 60lbs, and I feel 110% better than before! I'm finding that I can eat small amounts of anything I want, bread (Dave's Killer bread, thin sliced) is best toasted, and I've learned a sandwich with toasted bread, is really pretty good.
I did start to lose my hair, but found that straight boiten (?) works the best for me, not the hair, skin,nail combo pill. I am getting better at letting my old clothes go, as I still think "what if this doesn't work"? then I laugh and put something else in the Goodwill bag. Now I just need to get the bag to Goodwill! LOL.
I still don't own a scale, tossing around the idea of buying one, as my next appointment isn't until my 1 year date. Oh well, plenty of time to decide.
I will say, it has been hard at times, but the BEST decision I have ever made, and would totally make the same choice again.

I had my surgery the same day!! How have you been doing? My weight loss has been slow , my surgery was also a band to sleeve revision

Good morning my Sept Sleevers! Yesterday was my 6 month surgiversary and I am down 97 lbs....I was hoping to have 100 gone, but close enough! LOL

officially down 96# after 6 month follow up yesterday. Everyone at the clinic is happy and impressed, which makes me happy!!!

Sleeved 9/18, down 74.4 lbs. as of today, just a little under 1lb from what was my personal targeted 6 mth goal. My f/u is on the 20th and I'm hoping to hit it by then. I still have a long way to go, but I'm moving in the right direction.

It's been a while since I've posted here. I like reading how everyone is doing. I've lost 70 pds so far I think I had a little bit of a stall but since I've only been weight at the Drs. office I still had a weight lose. Went 2 months with out being weighted and still just lost 10 pds when I was losing about 10 pds a month. I'm still happy with that. I have 51 pds to go. I been walking after work and at lunch need to get to the gym more I know that will help. Glad the weather is warming up though we didn't have much of a winter I live in Reno, NV I'm not a cold weather person. I've been glad to getting into clothes that I've had for a long time and give away the ones that are to big for me now. Great job everyone for loosing the weight.

He is, lol. He started at 253 and is down to 163, which is in the "normal" bmi range for his height. I started at 320 and am aiming for 140. I'm at 224 right now, so I've lost 96 total. However, I've really slowed down since about the beginning of January. Some weeks I don't lose anything, then I'll lose a pound or maybe two, then I'll go a couple more without losing. I figure as long as I stick to plan, I'll get there eventually!

He must be so excited! I am glad for my loss but now that I am stalling it's kind of scaring me. I don't see my surgeon again until the middle of April but when I saw him in the middle of January he was impressed with my weight loss. He says with gastric sleeve I should only be losing 8-10 lbs a month.