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@Zsazsaamor Update your weight so we can see your progress!

Why can't you keep losing with the sleeve? What do you eat like? I mean you can easily keep losing in year 2 with the sleeve. There is a DS forum you can ask questions.

I liked broth with unflavored protein powder. I got really sick of sweet stuff very fast.

@Caryn68 I'm surprised you are still a G. Where are you getting measured? My boobs stayed pretty much the same but my band changed, and cup sizes are based on the difference in the under and over bust measurement subtracting the bust measurement. I went from a 50DD and I am a 36G. I'm not sure I will get below a 36 band size without skin surgery. I guess you are dropping uniformly. It is interesting how we all lose weight differently. I never gained weight in my boobs, just my band size, so I knew they were not going anywhere. I was thinking about a lift, but as more time passes I just don't think I want to deal with those scars and the risk of losing nipple sensitivity. I'm going to need enough surgery as is. I can live with the boobs. @B.Annie Mine looked pretty sad for a while but the longer I stay under 200 and my weight is somewhat stable (losing slowly), they are looking better each week. They aren't perky but they have settled very nicely. ETA: Mine point south too or they did, they always have, that is how they been since I developed but! The past 3 weeks or so I notice they have lifted. They are still large relative to my size but they are not as heavy. I can do a lot more with them, like wear bralettes, go bra less in tight bandage dresses and tape them up easily. So even though they are not perky, they are very easy to manage now. I really wonder about people that rush to plastics. The more time I spend in this weight range. the better my body looks. It is really readjusting and taking care of itself. Once I stop losing I think I will wait a full year before plastics. If I had rushed into them 6 months ago, when I wanted to, I had a completely different body then than I do now. Waiting is paying off.

Some things are vanity sizing and some aren't. For example I had some jeans from college I was able to wear after losing weight even though at the time was 30 pounds heavier than when I was in college. Being morbidly obese changes your body (you have more muscle). I honestly don't find a ton of variation in sizing. I stick to pretty much the same department stores and I shop by measurements when shopping online. Also in saving money I buy a lot of clothes from Europe and Asia and the sizing is anything but generous. I find the sizes to be pretty standard. The only thing I find really arbitrary right now is medium and large. Some stores a medium is a 6-8 and some please it is an 8-10. Larges are either 8-10 or 10-12. I can wear the 8/10 but not the others so I have to check the size chart. And with designer clothes and higher end designer clothes, the sizing is pretty standard. It is well you get into that random mall stuff that it can mean anything.

I had this issue. We have a thread about it here somewhere with illustrations Basically you sit one way when you are overweight to support your weight. Overweight people slouch even when you don't think you, you are to support your weight. When you lose weight you have to change how you sit. It is a process. I still have to be mindful of how I sit to make sure I am doing it right or I will hurt later.

I am 5'5/5'6 depending on who does the measuring. I am pretty happy in the 180s I wear a size 10 dress, sometimes an 8 (I have a hard time because my breasts are still large 36G). 9 in juniors. I am happy with my physical size but I want more distance between me at 200, I never want to see that 2 on a scale again.

I had a period every 2 weeks for about a year, so yeah I could write a book about it. It is pretty horrible. I ended up slowing my weight loss down some because I just couldn't take it anymore. I was becoming so emotionally unbalanced it was becoming too stressful.

Everything sounds good to me. Keep up the good work, you seem on the right track.

I think it is always going to depend on what your eat, the moisture content and the amount. I can eat some things with zero restriction, other things are like a rock bu only if I eat too much. It just varies. You learn.

I'm serious. You can pre-screen them so it is easy to weed out the losers. No visible tats - check Quality pictures without women or kids - check College education - check Career (not just a job) - Check Nice Smile/Teeth - Check On those alone you have narrowed it down to the top 1 percent. I get take on very nice REAL first dates, not coffee dates. Tinder allows you to screen them the most, so it is really the best option if you are pretty and take good pictures.

Peanut powder without added sugar is good. I have found overall that peanut butter has too many calories and too little nutrition to keep around. I'll never have it in my house again.

If it was dinner out it would be easier to sit there and eat nothing. I couldn't do that at the home of a friend/relative. I know people would be offended. Just stay home. The first 3 months all I did was walk, work and learn my sleeve. I went places as little as possible.

Mine billed at 39K total, BCBS paid 11K at the negotiated rates.

Right it is an all carb diet. This is what happens when a government agency that is supposed to look out for people is really ran by corporations and lobbyists. How can anyone even eat that many carbs? It is like eating a large pizza, by yourself every day.

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I mean if the USA RDA was accurate everyone wouldn't be whales in America. I peg my protein needs to my lean mass. One perk of being really fat is you have a lot of lean mass it is just under a lot of fat. If you keep your protein high you can maintain that lean mass without a ton of strength training. At 10 months I had 90-120 grams of protein depending on my activity levels and 1100-1200 calories, basically zero carbs, and high fat. I hate carbs, can't tolerate them at all except leafy greens. Has little to do with WLS, I hate carbs before surgery. Useless. Currently I peg my protein to my lean mass which is 125 pounds, so my protein goal is 125 a day. Harvard article on protein. http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-much-protein-do-you-need-every-day-201506188096 RDA Recommendation on protein is .8 grams per pound of weight. I feel it is really important to point out this is the bar minimum to keep you from being sick, not for optimal health, which is something different. RDA Calculator for needs https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/interactiveDRI/dri_results.php This calculator is terrible though, it has my calories needs daily at 2609 and my protein at 68 grams. Protein is only 4 calories per gram. Where would I get the other 2300 calories from?!??!!?!?!

Give up the Banana and cheese and have meat. Deli meat should still offer restriction at that point but be easy to digest, so try it.

People have had all or most of their stomach removed for various reasons, ulcers, war injuries for over 100 years. There is tons of data on it. While the application for weight loss is new, removing the stomach is a very old procedure with tons of data. More than RNY which is why I choose it. People live long healthy lives with a minimal or no stomach. You do not need a stomach to live, found however need healthy intestines.

Try this one. These are the only kind that do not make me sick. https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/iron-36-mg-double-strength-veg-capsules

@Joann454 How soon you can up your calories depends on how you are healing, the faster you can get to 1000-1200 the better. The point isn't to race to higher calorie but not to stay at 600-800 for like 6 months because people feel that is the best way to lose weight. People just stall out like that. I don't know how accurate that RMR testing is. Most clinics and doctors test your by having you lay on a table with a tent over your head and you have to lay there perfectly still without falling sleep for about 30 minutes, they measure your breath and average it out. RMR is supposed to be when you are at rest, like if you were in a coma being a slug, these are the baseline calories you burn just existing, Standing alone seems like that would throw it off. I also had to fast before my test for it to be accurate.

I haven't read the Atkins book in about 15 years so I will look it over this weekend and get back to you. I don't recall Dr Atkins going into the mathematics of what your macros should be and using ratios, just to avoid carbs. I think the reason it works for me is I don't find it restrictive at all. It is very permissive to me. I get to eat a lot of rich foods, feel great and still lose weight. My brain functions very well off fat. I never ate a lot of the carbs that people like (don't like pasta, hate popcorn, hate rice, bread was just a vehicle for meat, crackers are a dumb concept), so I don't miss them. I think if I was a carb addict and I felt like I was missing out, I would be miserable. Instead I eat ribs, bacon and all the steak I can handle. That is pretty much heaven for me. Like this weekend at Easter Brunch, I will have eggs Benedict, minus the English muffin, a slice of ham and a crab cake. That is a feast to me and I am missing out on nothing and eating all the things I love.

at least you are honest.

@ShinyLady Yeah basically, that is why the sleeve is so popular now. A lot of people that were not candidates for RNY due to other issues can be sleeved. A lot of Drs though only know RNY and lot a Surgeons only perform RNY. So people get roped into RNY because of that.

I'm typing on the internet and trying to be helpful, I can't help how you interrupt what I say. Good luck.