Candy985

Inn the pic shown is an older pic of me at roughly 800 lbs BUT, i was 910 lbs on December 10 , 2015 when I checked in to the hospital . I lost 400 lbs in 9 months with diet and very minor exercise. At 510 lbs I had my gastric bypass . I am now under 400 lbs at roughly 395 lbs. I was in hospital for 18 months and now my last 2 months in a rehab center to re learn the basics, like learning to walk again and regain A LOT of muscle mass I lost while bed ridden in the hospital for few months before I started losing weight and was able to move more and more. I also had a massive lymphedema tumor/mass that was in my groin area and weighed close to 200 lbs. So I was disabled due to being severely obese and having a massive tumor dangling or dragging between my legs. It was hell and plus that mass/tumor has crazy ulcers and skin years and everything .I was living in hell, I couldn't do it no more so I finally reached out for help, which I was scared to do also. Anyway that's my story in a basic but shell. I do have a YouTube channel where I documented my journey from early on in my progress but not fully the start. Ok so if u interested My direct link to my YouTube channel

https://m.youtube.com/user/Boosted00
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My first YouTube intro vlog about my journey

https://youtu.be/n3CLU2ghoiMp
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Congratulations you look great

You really look good and you really have reached your goal I had mine in November the 28th and I'm just now getting under 200 it's like mine is slow

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Looking good!!! Did you have the sleeve or did you have the gastric

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Congratulations, great job you look awesome. Keep up the great work

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We worked hard we struggled we faught to get these pounds off let show off all that hard work !!! Come post your progress pics let me see how amazing you look !

My stats:

7 months post op sleeve

Hw:367

Sw: 324

Cw: 228

that's 139 total pound loss I can't even wrap my head around that number it's crazy and I'm still losing !    

I'm here cause I'm in the same place but worse I'm 4 months post op no complications i was 320 when I had surgery I went down to 262 and I've had 2 stalls since surgery my taste buds and sense of smell changed for a while but are now back to normal i hungry again as well not to the extent of before but more than I would like to be it also seems my pouch can hold more I'm terrified I will go backwards in embarrassed I've gained 5 pounds( 267) I need help I'm not even 6 months out how is this happening ?

So we all basically take a bunch of Vitamins or prescribed pills a day just from having surgery. Multi Vitamin Calcium and vita d liquid b vitamins etc.. So my question is what the nest way to take pill that you need to take with food? If drinking after you say makes your stomach empty faster then don't this mean pills won't fully desolve? I tried taking them then eating but this made me nauseous so what's the best way ?

I'm 2 months post op and my hunger is returning also it scares the crap out of me I feel like I've been eating so much

Yesterday afternoon, I broke down crying after thoroughly going over my body from head to toe in my bathroom mirror. I've had this body my entire adult life. I wasn't overweight as a kid but that was so long ago. I don't remember what my body looked and felt like in high school. I've already lost quite a bit of weight and have loose skin but I don't look drastically different, I don't think. At that moment, though, it hit me: my body is going to look completely different. I'm never going to see this body again. And my new body and skin scare me. I started crying.
I didn't realize it, but I needed that cry. I know I'll probably cry again closer to surgery. Has anyone else had that body image "moment"? If you did, how did you get through it?

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when we reduce our calories to an extreme low (the pre and post op diet) our senses become stronger. W aren't eating food so it usually takes about 3 weeks to really get the smell and taste changes. it's so weird too. A lot of that goes away when you go back to real food. Just an FYI. Not all for everyone but soon.

The spitting and slimies are also normal. I went through that for about 6 weeks.

I've heard that tastes can change after surgery. What are you eating when you experience the foamies/sliming? I get that when I eat too much and/or too fast.

Candy what is sliming?

sliming is like an overproduction of thick saliva/mucus it's really gross foaming is similar except it's bubbly spit in your mouth many ppl day it comes from eating too fast and/or too much however ive experienced both during times when I haven't eaten a thing so idk the exact cause

I know stalls are normal, I had a pretty long one at 3 weeks, now I've been stalled again for 2 weeks, I will be 2 months post on the 28th. Did you have a stall around this time? How long was yours?

So ladies can we talk about Hair loss . I'm almost 2 months post op and today I experienced a large amount of hair shedding . I wonder has anyone else experienced this yet if so any tips on decreasing the amount of hair that is lost and regrowth???

yes you should be on full liquid from the day you leave the hospital at least that what you doc put me on

I've had the increased sense of smell I'm like a hound dog everything smells of intense I've also had a change in taste buds some things just are not as good im also experienced the foamies and sliming which are gross and a general increase in saliva to where im always spitting I'm hoping these things go away soon

try not to worry too much....first, know that it takes time for your body to recover from the surgery and your body is still recovering at six weeks out. You may have hit a stall but I promise it will start to fall off soon. My journey was nuts in that I would stall for three weeks and then lost 10lbs in a week. Try to make sure you get your Water in, too! You won't continue to gain...just try not to compare yourself with others on the same journey. God bless!

Stalls just happen. Gains, however, are Water weight. I always gain 2-3 pounds before I start my period. Where are you in your cycle? It lasts a week for me and then I drop the additional pounds and more.

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So im just over 6 weeks post -op and I've lost 29 pounds so far .I can Dmitry that I haven't been tracking my intake like I should but I also hardly eat I know I way below what my daily intake should be so how am I gaining weight ? the scale has gone up by 2 pounds after staying the same for about a week . I don't even break 800 calories a day so how am I gaining and stalling????

Hw:367

Sw:317

Cw:288

Try pedialyte ive been using it and I feel it helps fill the gaps and get your electrolytes up