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Stalling is normal in weightloss so is gaining before dropping. It is not indicative of where you end up. Don't restrict calories or you really will stall. Trust the procedure and the process and follow the plan and you will drop. Here is my graph for some perspective. Notice how it does not look like a straight line? Lots of bump ups and plateues but it is clear what the overall trend is...

congrats on your success! are you revising to another surgery or just removing the band?

Congrats on your surgery!

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Makes sense if you end up someone who dumps...it becomes negative reinforcement. Not everyone dumps though. I do.

I've always had that issue. My dr had me add miralax. Do 1/2 cap every day and am perfect now.

I revised to RNY. I had reflux with the band so it was a no brainer to go to RNY. I use Vitamin Patches and so far no issues with vitamin levels. I am not concerned. Dumping is manageable if you are even someone who does get it. I get it if I eat (or drink my Protein shake) too fast (large gulps vs sips...so I don't eat too fast, then I don't get it. Pretty simple. I haven' t tested out sugar (other than a bite of my husband's dessert) and that was fine. If i sat down and ate a whole dessert would I dump? Maybe...probably...i'm not going to try to find out. I did ask my Dr about dumping because that was a concern for me (still wanted to have avocado with sushi etc). he said none of that would be a problem. He described a patient who would eat a bowl of Pasta, wait 15 minutes and then eat another one etc as the type of behavior that would cause dumping.

cant recalls who's imagines I was looking at but if you click on any of the images in my own profile you will get the error message.

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I had both done at the same time. My dr said it depends on scar tissue. He's done hundreds of revisions so he can tell by eyeballing it if the scar tissue is too thick to hold staples (then you get leaks). So if too thick my option was sleeve because they can cut around it or come back for a second surgery. Erosion is an automatic 2-procedure situation. I was lucky. He said mine was pretty clean and got rny...my roommate ended up sleeved because he had adhesions etc.

Well "average" for your weight and height would be a loss of 73lbs. Their calculations assume no loss of muscle which is unrealistic as well because we all will lose muscle as well as fat. I'm no longer carrying around 70lbs, my body just doesn't have to work as hard. If you could just zap all the fat off, we'd all look pretty cut!

I thought I was hungry too until I was prescribed Prevacid for reflux and my hunger was gone. It was acid, not hunger

Good luck in Mexico!

it depends on how much of your breasts is fat vs. breast tissue and that comes down to genetics. I know I will not lose significantly from my boobs because genetically i have big boobs and have already had one breast reduction. Post reduction I ended up at around a 36 D-DD (i was around 150 lbs), but it is all breast tissue. I am currently a 38 DDD so will shrink a bit, but frankly since the rest of me has shrunk so much my breasts look bigger than ever before, I'm looking forward to them shrinking down a bit.

let me add to that if you have RNY and you drink with your meals you increase your risk of dumping.

in the early weeks you don't need to be worrying about calories. just work on meeting your Protein, Water and and Vitamin goals. Once you are further out you can start working on getting your calories up. I'm 4 months post op and range between 800-950 now will goal being 950. in the first month it was more like 400-600, then 500-700, then 700-800. but early on the focus was more on protein and water.

Totally normal. if you search this group you will see thousands of posts about this usually 3rd week stall. My first one lasted a week. for some it lasts longer. I stall about once a month.

may be a compressed nerve or nerve damage. I had that happen when my wisdom teeth were taken out. they compressed a nerve in the jaw and it took. months to get the feeling back in my lips. When they started tingling i knew the feeling was starting to come back and the nerve was repairing itself.

For most people 1000-1200 should do it. I wouldn't go below 1000. Either follow a Keto plan or a macro plan. Macro is 35% carb (complex carbs only) 25% fat and 40% Protein. I started with keto and switched to macro. my rate of loss actually sped up when i switched to the macro plan.

I had a lap band revised to rny. I love it! Good luck with your surgery.

You look amazing!

Happy birthday!!!!! YOU LOOK GREAT!!!Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App Thanks!

I am eating about 800 calories a day and 80 Protein. I am walking about 8,000 steps a day and do aerobic type videos 2 to 3 times a week. I have been on a stall for 6 weeks. I think I might need to join a gym, yikes.Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App . Those calories sound low to me. I'm 4 months post op and getting around 950 a day. And I'm just walking 10k a day. You may need to up the calories or even try a new food plan to shake things up. I moved to a macro plan earlier this month and dropped faster. 35% complex carbs 25% fat 40% protein.