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If you say you aren't eating enough but you don't tell us how much is not enough, how can anyone help you or offer you any advice?

At 5 weeks you are still swollen and healing so it seems like you will never be able to eat much. As you heal and time progresses, that changes. You really shouldn't be eating rice this early with your sleeve, you are not healed. Do you track your food? you would know if you are eating enough if you are tracking your food. Do you drink protein shakes? It is pretty hard to get enough calories in the first 3 months without protein shakes.

That doesn't sound right. If you are 40 or higher when you start, and you have been 40 for some years. That is what they look for. Many people lose weight on their pre-op.

@lsubabe33 Give up the protein shakes and eat real protein. Your body burns more calories when processing real food. You are also fuller for longer. Do you weigh all your food and track it? You posted very vague things about what you eat in a day. What are your macros like daily? What is your protein goal? Do you hit it every day? Why doesn't you Dr do surgery anymore? Do you think it is possible your sleeve was done incorrectly.

It depends on how I have the nutrition tracked in my app. Some things are tracked pre-cooked weight and some are tracked cooked. I was weighing before cooking and after cooking for a while to get an idea, but I just pick one now.

In younger pre-menopausal women, Metformin can definitely cause hair loss. I took 1000 for my diabetes and it made my hair shed more. Not drastically but it thinned my hair out.

There is a huge range on iron though. The one on zinc is even smaller. If you are near the bottom of either you might want to supplement more. Also I would try going to a dermatologist. I take spironolactone for my skin, but I know that they give to people with PCOS to help with hair loss. I don't have PCOS or PCOS issues but it is a drug that Derms give to women experiencing hair loss.

Honestly, the right program will know how to get you approved. I chose the program I chose because they had a streamlined system and know how to work with insurance. If your program can't get you approved, choose a different one.

What are your Iron and Zinc levels? Low iron and low zinc will make you hair shed like crazy, especially low iron.

It is not a forever thing at all. I drink normally at 2 years. I can guzzle with the best of them. I was drinking normally at year 1 also. Just less than I am now. At 6 months I could take normal size drinks, just not as much capacity.

The sleeve isn't RNY. Once you are healed at 6 months, you basically control your weight loss with your calories. You can stop your weight loss, keep it going, maintain it all based on your calories. There is very little chance of being malnourished with the sleeve. I have lot a of weight and I don't look gaunt or malnourished. Mainly because I eat, a normal level of calories always over 1200, I exceed my protein goals and I eat fat. Keeping your nutrition up and taking your vitamins is the best way to lose weight and still look and be healthy while going it.

You might as well learn early. If you talk enough people don't notice that you aren't eating. I think a lot of times WLS patients are more self conscious about what they are doing. Other people, well other people with manners, are not going to pay you much attention. It is also a lot easier when you get smaller, because people don't expect you to eat as much. Sit with everyone else take a couple bites and tell everyone you had a protein shake before the meal (I really suggest you do this), and that you are under doctors care to lose weight because of your knees.

@purplebutterflyjen You need protein shakes and powder at home. Do not buy too much. I am still randomly throwing away protein that I purchased pre-op. I finally tossed the rest of my unjury, it was expired. Broth in various flavors is good. Unflavored protein powder to add to the broth is also really good. Premier protein ready made shakes are nice to have on hand if you are too tired to make a shake. Syntrax nectar is nice because it is thin. Really though buy as little as possible. Just a few days or anything because one you should be up and moving around and able to go to the store and you might not tolerate some things and you might not like some things. Pineapple juice is straight sugar do not drink that crap. It is 24g of straight sugar per 6 ounces, yes even unsweetened. Pineapple is pretty much the worst fruit you can have as far as sugar content and having it in a juice without any fiber is ridiculous. If you want Bromelain then take the pills but you don't need it.

Well it is 100 degrees here and I am retaining water. My urine is light in color as always. The more weight I lost the less I urinate because my bladder has so much more room, it holds a lot more. I urinate for what seems like forever now. Also not diabetic anymore either, far fewer bathroom trips period.

I paid $250 to my Dr for a consultation and paperwork The rest was $0. I had already met my out of pocket expenses for the year.

I was able to take huge pills like normal. Never had any issues, never cut them, never crushed them. Took them all normally. Within 36 hour post-op.

Exactly. Babies will suck all the nutrients they need from your body, including your bones. Babies will get what they need, you take the vitamins and eat so you stay healthy.

My friend eats it out the carton and I am like what? How? Why? I put my bowl on the scale, tare it out, add my halo top, and put the rest back in the freezer. I get 4 to 5 servings per container. When I first started eating it I was getting 8 servings per container because I just used it to add a little flavor and moisture to my protein brownies/cakes. If someone is just eating it out the carton, sigh...

Do you have a high pain tolerance? If you do then you can probably solider on. If you don't, well it might be harder for you. Pain tolerance seems to be a major factor. I had enough energy at 4 weeks to be fairly normal. you just have to plan so you can relax or sit if you need to. Everyone is different though and this is major surgery. You have no idea what you post-op life is going to be like until it happens and other people can't really tell you.

A thread that went to hell with hurt feelings and didn't involve me... I came to see what all the status update crying was about (also pretty obvious someone is fresh from WLS because their feathers are so easily ruffled). All I am going to say is when you are fresh from surgery, not even 6 months. It seems impossible you can eat xyz or do whatever. Most of us are guilty of thinking that is the way it will always be. When you heal at 6 months it is almost like a switch flips. Boom you can eat more, well feel less restriction. 9 months again, 12 months again. Then by 24 months like Greenie said boredom has set in (I am completely bored with the whole thing) you feel totally normal and it is pretty easy to slip. No one that is over a year out is going to take someone less than 3 months from surgery seriously. This is like some kid fresh outta college trying to lecture me about IT when I have had 2 successful businesses and a 20 plus year career. The best thing someone freshly sleeved can do is learn the habits of people that fail. I can name off the top 2... They don't track They don't measure WLS patient or not people who track are more successful period. My BFF lost more weight than 1/2 the people that post here in a shorter time, without any weight loss surgery, eating the same way and just tracking her food.

A drastic change in your food can changed your cycle.

I eat it pretty often but I am 2 years out. I wouldn't eat it the first month, or 6 months post-op. It is a waste of calories for the protein at that point.

A lot of insurance companies frown on this and consider it a form of insurance fraud. So the ability to use this will vary.

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