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Hopefully you'll get to find a way to tightening up your skin as much as possible! If you've heard of any good advices that may have helped you, I'll be happy to hear them too

Thanks for the advices! I was just reading about dry skin brushing, I've never heard of that before, so I might be giving it a try!

Hi [emoji112] I'm 21 years old. My highest weight was around january this year, probably 344 lbs (I'm not completely sure about it, my scale couldn't measure more than 330 lbs). I was 322lbs on the day of my surgery. I wore 22w-24w on pants and 2x-3x shirts. Today, 28 weeks post-op I'm 270lbs. I wear a size 18 on pants (I actually got to wear a pair of size 16 pants) and XL on shirts (and even L on some styles of shirts). I'm kinda worried about my arms, legs and tummy but I'm hoping some discipline and excercise will help me avoid plastic surgery [emoji123]

I went through the exact same thing. First week post op I lost 29 pounds and I was so excited and happy about it, I kept doing everything right and my second week was something around 5 or 6 pounds I think, I was so frustrated, I even told my doctor, he said it's normal, that there will be weeks that you will loose many pounds and other weeks that will seem like you don't see results, but keep doing everything your doctor tells you and you'll keep loosing those pounds. I used to go on the scale daily, if you're doing that I'll recommend you to change that to once every week or once every ten days, it will keep your mind free and calm and things will be a little easier, or at least it worked that way for me

Thanks! I think I needed to read this, it IS frustrating and I actually kinda gived up this past week, I can't really see any change reflected in any way, not in the scale neither in my clothes, but hopefully I'll get to see some changes soon! PS: Can't wait to be size 6 someday, haha [emoji28]

I was just talking with my sister about this! I think it's just about a little motivation, I haven't been feeling pretty good in many ways, seeing the scale stuck and going back up really got me upset and started feeling the way I used to feel before surgery, blaming myself for everything. It kinda makes me feel better to know that other people go through this also, maybe it's not just me, maybe it's about time. I'll try to start doing all you said -I'll try cutting out dairy and upping my fiber- hopefully it will help! Thanks for the comment, I'll try to keep you updated

I wasn't -and am not- really used to weight or even check the amount of proteins or carbs or others in my meals, I didn't want to feel pushed to do things in a ver strict way, so I don't really think I've been completely replacing the protein shake in my meals. I think I'll have to start being a little bit more strict with my diet and maybe start looking up some diet plans to follow until I feel confortable. And as you said, I think I'll end up running back to my protein shake aswell! Thanks for the comment! If you have any recommendations, they are all welcome!

Hi everyone! I'm 18 weeks post op and I've been struggling with my weight. I was loosing around 4-5 pounds per week, but it's been 2 weeks since I stopped loosing weight and started gaining it!! [emoji21] It's frustrating me a lot because I had lost around 63 pounds but gained 6 pounds again. I feel like I've been eating more that I used to eat the first months and I'm not sure if that should be that way? I also stopped drinking my protein shake, for some reason I was feeling that it was what didn't let me loose weight but I don't know what to think now. Is it normal? Is there anything I can do to start loosing weight again? Any advices?