KarenLR75

@theexfatgirl - I think you may have already mentioned trying the unflavored protein powder? I apologize if you stated you had already tried it and it didn't work out. I put the unflavored protein powder into my jello and mixed it up (I was allowed jello, broth, sugar free popsicles, and the protein drinks or protein shakes I made myself. I have a bit of a lactose intolerance so was not able to make shakes with milk but I sure wish I could have! I added unflavored protein powder to my broth. I bought a variety box of protein soups from bariatric pal and in my 2nd week, I tried some of those. The one I thought would be the worst for my stomach, cream of tomato, my pouch actually liked but I figure I was just lucky. Also, I have a gastric bypass instead of a sleeve so I have no idea if that made ANY difference at all in being able to tolerate it. I think you said the protein drinks you tried were making your tummy hurt? I was just wondering about this as I have a LOT..and I mean a LOT of abdominal/intestinal cramping in general..and when added to the gas issues..I felt like my stomach..or what I 'used to call my stomach' was hurting so often! I don't know if it was because of my new 'anatomy' and plumbing, but I was given meds to help with this..cramping, spasms..and they seemed worse after drinking protein drinks (again, apologies for not knowing if it applies to both the sleeve and gastric bypass peeps) but I somehow managed to get them down...thinning them out helped a bit. I remember on Day 3 being VERY VERY DISMAYED and a bit angry that my hunger returned. Oh, I knew this was a chance BUT I was very envious of those who went months and even some...YEARS without feeling the return of hunger. I know some posters have mentioned trying to see if different temperatures help with your tummy issues. I found that oddly for me, warm things made my pouch MUCH happier than cold (and of course most protein drinks we drink are 'cold', well the pre-made ones I mean). I also used a heating pad for my abdominal area. Be KIND to yourself. You just had major surgery and your whole body is reeling from the impact as well as the anesthesia. This definitely made me grouchy..not saying it made you grouchy..LOL, just saying how I felt about it. I also had a hard time on my sibling thread although I was generally truly THRILLED for my surgery siblings....I am a slow loser and while I only had a few minor complications, I soon realized that a lot of what I was feeling was simply due to 1) Major Surgery 2) MAJOR MAJOR hormonal swings that I was warned about...3) Feeling in pain/uncomfortable 4) Wondering even with THREE years of preparing on a handful of days..if I had done the right thing. I was on liquids for over 45 days straight so I was VERY VERY frustrated with this. That being said, I only stayed down and frustrated for a few days. Don't get me wrong, I still get a bit down and frustrated but I am able to quickly step out of those feelings now that I'm over 3 months post-op. My surgeon and nutritionist were very encouraging when I was tripping out about not hitting protein goals..they told me to do the BEST I COULD in the first few weeks. I hope one of the suggestions or many of the suggestions are able to be of help to you..and of comfort. I will say my mood did a drastic pick up in weeks 3 and 4....and before I was even 1 month post-op, I was back in my secure feeling of knowing I did the right thing. For others it may take longer, but my fervent hope and wish for you is that you are able to find something soon you can handle to drink/eat and that the beautiful part of your journey starts (we often don't even know it has started until we look back in hindsight). Best wishes to you!! You CAN do this!!

oh my gosh..my vision is so blurry..thought you said "geek yogurt"..must be tired or way under calories as I found that hysterical..lol..

@Briswife15! YES! It was your thread I was referencing. Good to know it may not be calcium. To be fair to AJ whose response for some reason made me feel defensive...I KNOW I need regular blood tests. I'm usually a stickler for all of my appointments and follow ups as I'm a 'data driven' person and without the 'data', am just guessing. I'm not used to not having a car so A Tylo, I apologize for being defensive about your comments. I've very much a planner and have a 'need to know facts' personality so I think I'm generally "a bit salty" as for once, I do NOT know and am encountering multiple challenges in something as simple as a blood draw! I cannot plan without knowing the reality even of the doses and what my dr has me taking. Everyone is different, maybe I'm low on some things, maybe I'm high..but I NEED to know and I think that is driving me batty when combined with the sudden disintegration of ALL my nails. My work schedule also makes appt making nuts as I work odd hours, often at night and am asleep during the day sometimes. Underlying ALL of this is absolute FEAR of losing my hair. I was willing to risk it obviously but will not lie..I've been praying that it will not happen to me but considering I had thinning WAY before WLS, I'm not holding out too much hope here.. @Briswife15 - have you tried to powder dip yet? I think I'm following your topic - you got a lot of good input. I appreciate you posting about it as that may be where i go next in regards to my nails. Wish there was a 'dip' for hair!!

Um..yeah...just "pounding" in the vitamins my DOCTOR told me to take and in the amount he told me to take them. I ADMITTED that I had not been getting in the calcium citrate so am not just 'pounding that in'. I am basically 2 weeks overdue on bloodwork for the very FIRST time. It's kind of hard to get anything done without a car which is why my doctor was happy to call in an order to quest..that I can uber to this week. I stated that I needed to get the bloodwork done and then of course, I expect the results will hope fully guide us in. making any changes necessary. I brought this topic up on the GALS FORUM as we have recently been discussing this very topic. If anyone here is following the recommendations of their doctor as it pertains to their vitamins and they are considered fairly 'new' in post op stages, I'm not quite sure if you view everyone as just 'pounding in their vitamins'..??

My hair was already thinning as I hit menopause at 41 or 42 and I've been taking coumadin for over a decade. About 6 months before surgery and before pre-op diet, I noticed a great deal of thinning, especially one one side of my head towards the front. This is one reason I was TERRIFIED of WLS. Especially now that I'm nearing month '5'. I've noticed some additional thinning but it is about the same rate I was observing before surgery. I'm trying to suck up the fact that I think the worst is still to come with my hair. I'd much rather deal with the fingernail issue than losing chunks of hair and I'm very much afraid that is coming up soon, the nail situation is a red flag in my opinion which I fear is a harbinger of possible clumps of hair starting to come out. To make it worse, we are going on Xmas cruise with MIL and that is when I'll be 5 months out from surgery...if my hair falls out while on board ship, I am NOT coming out of the room. I'm overdue on getting my labs as my dr is almost 2 hrs away and my car is having electrical issues. They just called in an order to Quest to get my labs done. I have to find time one morning this week to go. If anything my concern is that my levels on some things will be too high...but I know I need to get this done.

Hey there, I tore the left meniscus on my right knee roughly 1.5 yrs ago when I was stupidly trying to exercise by running 'down' stairs. Had a 'meniscus' trim surgery to remove the torn meniscus as it was 'dangling' and the ortho said he was concerned it would get caught in my knee and lock it up (this is actually a true possibility). Had MRI to diagnose tear and to check out both knees. ALL I was told is that I had a nasty meniscus tear and that outpatient surgery to trim it was the recommendation. OK, so I had the surgery. To this day, I cannot kneel on my right knee as the pain is INTENSE. To this day, my right knee swells up like a balloon if I drive to far (a LOT of stop and go traffic in DFW area!). It swells so much I get almost what we have going on with our 'stomach/aprons', the swelling 'spills down' in an extra overhang of flesh over my knee. I have to FIGHT to get knee injections as my company's pharma benefits were split off from our med coverage - CIGNA. CVS is the 'pharma' provider. You have to go through horrific process to get 'specialty' medications approved and the knee injections fall under that. Even though my 'benefit will let me have 1 every month which is actually a pretty GREAT amount of coverage', the process is so broken and involved that it takes me 2 to 3 months to jump through CVS Specialty hoops and have them ship the injection to my dr. Long story short on that part, after waiting for 2 months AGAIN, I am supposed to get a Gel One injection and possibly a steroid injection to help with the swelling this Thursday. Thanks to weight loss BEFORE surgery and the weight loss AFTER surgery, I've been able to start walking again. Weight loss did HELP knee, but after building up from barely 1/4 of a mile to now doing 2.2 - 2.5 miles, my knee just balloons up. I NEED to keep walking! Is there anything else outside of the injections that I can do to help my knee? Anyone in similar situation? When I was 390 lbs, there were no 'braces' that I could get on. I'm down to 281/282..but doubt there is a knee brace for my big size still..plus the dang thing stays swollen Ironically, I've seen 2 new orthos since the one that did the surgery and they looked at SAME MRI I had done and both said I had EXTENSIVE arthritis all throughout both knees and I should have never had the meniscus surgery. That I need an actual knee replacement of right knee and when left starts bothering me, that one would need replacement as well. However, I'd have to get down to BMI of 40. I had BMI of 62.9, now am at 45 but don't want to rush into replacing my knee..but if it is going to continue to swell and hold me back from exercising..well, I don't know what to do to be honest. I have more questions for these orthos..if extensive arthritis..why did knees NEVER hurt even at 390 lbs before meniscus tear on rt knee? If that extensive why does LEFT knee NOT hurt? If I continue to get injections to 'block pain' in rt knee, what damage am I doing to bones that now 'contact ea other' since meniscus support is torn & gone now from BOTH sides of rt knee?

@Healthy_life2 I've just been taking biotin. Do you mind me asking if you are supplementing with collagen and if so, what brand/type do you use or is it a combo pill/patch/capsule has BOTH biotin AND Collagen in it? I'm worried about not just my nails but my hair. I already have horribly thin hair due to early menopause, blood thinners, etc. - of course I try to ensure I hit protein goals for hair...does protein help with nails too?

Day 5 - Frustrated with myself for yesterday as I INTENTIONALLY ate some of Amy's Olive & mushroom pizza. Waged mental war in my head as I was cooking it. I had just bought it from the store to try & THEN I joined this challenge BEFORE I cooked it yet I STILL cooked it! I wanted to buy one with a cauliflower crust but it was so EXPENSIVE. To be fair to myself when I bought the pizza, I had not joined this challenge but am a big believer in not eating things w/processed flour, etc. It ended up sitting in my pouch feeling like I had just eaten raw bread dough so I'm GRATEFUL I derived no pleasant feelings from the pizza and for today (am One Day at a Time girl - beliefs earned from decades spent in NA and AA meetings) I have no plans to repeat this. I also bought Atkins peanut butter cups & pecan caramel thingies. I have now moved boxes in pantry (husband doing low carb so makes no sense to throw them out) because I KNOW me and while I'm 90-95% very compliant with 'program' from dr (I'm more strict on what I eat than he is)...these are items that I call 'trigger foods' which means I should not have them anywhere in house. I will ask husband to relocate them again. BUT, instead of staying down on myself about multiple purchase decisions I regret and the food I intentionally ate despite what I knew to be 'right for me', I am so GRATEFUL for this challenge as it helped me straighten out priorities once again and realize that the above things, for me...need to go for now. (NOTE: Husband ate rest of pizza so no lingering temptation there..plus literally..ugh...imagine feeling like you ate 2 lbs of raw bread dough..BLECH! Day 5: Things I am most grateful for in my house - from a living perspective - my fur babies. They've helped keep me sane & feeling loved as I've lost the 3 most important ppl (best friend of 20 yrs, my Dad, my Mom) in my life within past 6 yrs (ok, outside of my kids!). When I feel the ache of not having a best friend or parents anymore..they seem to know. My eldest kitty comes to me whenever she hears me cry. My fur babies are such a blessing!! Material possessions: It's a tie between my Keurig and my Roomba..LOL B-Side Question: Anyone/thing pushes your buttons too easily? 1) Yes, at work..we have ppl in exec mgmt making decisions about a system that is truly wonderful & used by many but they want to get rid of it to save money. It will mean an incredible ton of work on top of our crazy schedules...to move to something else just to satisfy someone who doesn't work with the system & doesn't understand the value but we will be given NO CHOICE. 2) At home - my husband..have been VERY irritated with him..more than usual. I think sometimes am jealous as he does semi low-carb but then drinks beer 3-4 x's a wk & does not gain. Also..ashamed to say I'm jealous his Mom is still alive and AM angry that he doesn't make time to see her each wk. I love my MIL and would not want her to 'not be alive'..I would grieve her loss too...but I am judging him based on what I would do & that is TREASURE EVERY MOMENT. Is it fair of me to measure him against what I would do? I don't know...:(

I SO GET THIS!!!!!

Just starting today so a few days late. I actually have been thinking about needing to be more positive and grateful so once again, you have started a wonderful monthly challenge. 1. Personal Goal - lose and reach a goal I want badly for myself even though it is not 'low enough' for my height. I want to be around 170. The "charts" all want me to be 140 but I've been 170 before throughout many years of my adult life however that being said, I was younger and more physically fit and I had a SMALL waist and flat stomach so most ppl assumed I was much lighter than I was. So perhaps when I hit 170 with all of my excess skin, I may realize that I need to change this goal but for now that is the weight I'd love to reach. 2. Had RNY on 7/25 - Post-Op losing weight stage 3. Am 281.4 as of this morning (from high of 390) and BMI just hit 45!! Can't believe when I started this journey 2 years ago and started a low carb lifestyle (15+ months BEFORE surgery), that my BMI was 62.9! 11/1: Grateful I had WLS. Wish I had done it sooner, but glad I got it done 11/2: Computers & internet connectivity that make it possible to work on employer's network while working remotely. Was such a huge blessing to have a flexible schedule (although we work insane hrs) to help care for my best friend during her battle with brain cancer and then my Mom's awful 3 year battle with dementia. 11/3: Grateful I made it to another bday alive..although I'm not enamored of whole 'aging' thing, as my Dad used to say "it beats the alternative". Kind of feels weird as I'm am getting 'older' yet due to the weight loss and exercising, I feel better than I did in my 40's! I don't 'feel' my age. Oh yeah, food I'm most grateful for - Kroger Carbmaster yogurt! 11/4: Like others said - the birth of my kids. So many sweet memories of them when they were younger. But ANY memory of my Mom & Dad are some of the most precious ones I have. I had INCREDIBLE parents. One of my sweetest memories with my Mom (at start of dementia journey) was us seeing Susan Boyle perform at Bass Performance Hall. It was my bday present for her. My youngest brother paid to rent a 'limo' to see us to concert "in style". Well, this is TX but boy were we SHOCKED when a HUGE white limo with horns on it pulled into her driveway. It was so OVER THE TOP. My best friend who was still fighting her brain cancer battle cracked up hysterically over pics of my Mom in this limo with me & neon lighting all around..she said "your Mom looks like she is being held hostage". We both were laughing when the limo deposited us outside the performance hall and everyone was checking us out...LOL. The concert was lovely and my Mom who smiled all the time but often does not smile in pics...was so happy. We nestled against each other for most of the concert. Oh sweet Jesus, I miss her so much..thank you for letting me have her as a Mom.

I have only had RNY surgery once, but I have several metabolic challenges that result in me being a VERY SLOW LOSER no matter how 'on point' my eating/exercising/etc. is. I was very concerned about my very slow loss, especially as this is the only time I've had surgery. In the first 2 weeks I was under 200 calories a day and the next 4+ weeks, I was under 400-450 a day so the 'math' did not add up. I was told the exact same thing by my doctor and his nutritionist - that after I had healed more, the weight loss would pick up SOME. It did, but I am still a slow loser. HOWEVER, now I am over 3 months out and those 'small numbers' that dismayed me are all adding up. I think I read somewhere, and hopefully one of the veterans can correct me if I have this wrong, but when comparing amount of weight lost at about 2 years out, those who lost 'fast' and those who lost 'slow'...ended up with very comparable amounts of weight lost by that time (assuming all things are equal - like the slow losers didn't give up out of frustration - they continued to work and stick to their plan and exercised just as much if not more as others).

Personally, I don't think children should be allowed to have gender 'changing' surgery. This is another area where I think that they need to be fully grown adults. I realize people may not agree, this is just my opinion. If either of my kids had wanted something like this, I would have insisted they wait until they were out of puberty. I would want them fully aware of firm, absolute decisions on gender and not possibly something that is more just trying to figure out who they are and what they prefer (experimenting). Changing your gender is no joke either. However, that being said since I haven't been in that position and I have heard stories of how desperate some young people are, I will be honest and say that while I've stated my opinion, if it had actually happened, I can 'allow' that maybe my answer would be different, but I definitely do not feel ANYTHING would change my mind if my child was 12 (or any age under 16). On the whole 'should kids be allowed to have WLS' - I think we go back to the point of who is enabling these kids. I'd want to see that controlled or fixed first before any child undergoing surgery. If they are facing life or death consequences due to their weight...well crud...I'd wonder why we'd leave a child in a home where they are being allowed to jeopardize their health to the point of possibly dying but that is another can of worms (do we classify people who enable a child to weigh 300+ lbs at the age of 12 or 13 as being neglectful? I would say so).. Again, this is just my opinion for my own family.

@ARMoma45 - I am so sorry you are going through this! What a struggle...you must have a spine of steel and great determination to have continued working out to that degree with so little calories! Bless your heart...you are back in the calorie territory of our first few weeks! I'm glad you are going to give body a break....did your doctor say anything or have suggestions to help with your vomiting? I think you will definitely shake up your weight loss...where you were at every day, I can only imagine your body was hanging on to everything that it could in order to keep going. Am sending thoughts and prayers your way for a quick rebound!!

I know that those of use who have had a big drinking night in earlier years...and/or had kids...has encountered projectile vomiting. Tonight, that isn't exactly what happened...but it scared me enough to make me feel I need to ask about it. I had 3 oz's of shredded pork (have eaten past 2 days, no prob). This time I added about 8 small pieces of salad to it and had about 1 TBSP of dressing. (Have not had dressing really for a while, nor have I had pieces of salad). I knew after 2 bites...that all was not well with my pouch. I've had plenty of foamies and what I call mini-vomiting sessions but nothing prepared me for this...turn away now as TMI is coming!! I threw up everything I had eaten...had intermittent foamies going on too...then it felt like pouch was making 1 more push to upchuck everything although there was hardly anything left. As I felt pouch start to clench/spasm to force whatever TINY thing that was left, my whole upper body starting from both shoulders and across my chest actually locked up and shook with extreme force of the last amount that was expelled from my pouch. I have never ever ever had a vomiting episode make me feel like my arms were being pulled from my sockets. I almost felt like it was a hard core seizing...I could feel an overall upper body spasm and truth be told, especially in the shoulder and chest area, I felt so much stunning pain, that I was literally afraid as much as my upper body was seized tightly...that I may break something. I know this has to sound completely NUTS! The pain was so bad I could feel my vision starting to dim. I don't know if my esophagus spasmed at the same time as the pouch but whatever it was...it scared me even more than the days I've mentioned in other posts where I've been in so much pain I lay in bed day and night curled in a fetal position..crying off and on. I'm praying someone has some idea of what I'm talking about.

Back in a stall. Am not happy to be honest. Over the past 2 to 2.5 ks I've actually went up almost 2 lbs. I cut my calories for the past few days back from the 800 calories my dr gave me and was hitting around 600 to 700 calories. I managed to get '1' lb off... I intellectually understand that stalls happen but inside my head panic sets in and thinks if I can now only lose ONE or TWO lbs a month - this will TAKE FOREVER! I was settling for maybe a 1-2 lb a week weight loss and had lowered my expectations...as that would give me a loss of anywhere from 4.2 to 8.4 lbs a month. NOTHING like what I'm seeing with most people especially as I'm 10 days shy of being 3 months past surgery. This is the "time" when we are supposed to lose the most weight so I'm getting a bit concerned.

What a difference! Pretty woman before and still are, but you can see how well defined your cheekbones are, etc. Great job!!

Don't feel the only option to someone asking for clarification is to remove your topic. If I followed you correctly, is your main question around the fact that you will now be put into/facing menopause and you've been dealing with several of the symptoms. You've considered natural supplements for menopause but are concerned about impact on weight loss journey. You are additionally concerned as your metabolism basically is nonexistent and are just wondering what other women who are doing this journey while in menopause..have handled things - the whole sluggish metabolism, the hot flashes, the sweats, the hormones dropping....how have we managed to deal with all of this and still lose weight. Is that mainly the question?

OK, some of you know I've adjusted my macros to follow my dr's plan instead of doing my own version which is much lower carb. Basically he has me eating way more carbs a day than I was comfortable with but the carbs are the 'low or lower glycemic impacting' ones. That being said, while it has helped the scale move down a bit...it is like I will go for let's say...8 to 10 days weighing about the same..maybe inching up or down by less than a lb. Then I will drop 2 or 3 lbs. I get leery of updating my 'progress' as I'm still distrustful that the next day or 2 the scale won't just 'jump up' again.. Since I have increased my carbs, I have noticed a direct increase in hunger pangs...growly stomach. Hitting my water finally so ruled that out...I never had relief (except for 2 days) from hunger so I've had to deal with it this whole time but I try to double check whether it is head hunger, old habits cropping up, etc. but honestly...I did not have this same hunger in the weeks where I kept my carbs under 20 grams a day. I felt more..let's say 'satiety' when I was eating more of a keto based diet. I've been a bit frustrated at dealing with the increase in hunger and the DECREASE in feeling well..not fullness...but feeling like I had eaten 'something' and had no desire to even eat another bit. So, I decided the other day that I was not going to wait 30 minutes to drink water. This was a particularly rough day..actually one of the days that I have felt the absolute hungriest since the initial week of pre-op liquid diet. After I have gotten my protein in, then veggies, followed by carb/fruits...and my pouch is not feeling 'yucky', I have started to drink after 10 or 15 minutes if my stomach is still growling. This usually takes care of the feeling of hunger. Anyone else resort to drinking (WATER!) as a way to 'cut their hunger' after eating?

@FluffyChix & @Orchids&Dragons I was going to try to dive into the IF fasting thread and made it as far as detailing out your (Fluffy's) Down Days, up days and I think um..medium days. While I don't mind doing research, I was wondering if along the journey with IF which spans many many pages, did you change over to something other than what you started your IF journey with? I see ppl post 16:8 - is that 16 hrs of not eating followed by 8? I did try to follow some of that & am HIGHLY HIGHLY interested in research and cold hard facts about extending telomeres (sp?)..I think they are called (re: aging). So specifically looking for something targeted to getting physical age when measured by a physician to improve over my true bio age...does that make sense. ABOVE ALL OF THIS THOUGH, I know I have a very metabolically resistant body. Part is going into early menopause in 40's...a crap diet for over 15 years...inflammation issues with messed up knee. IBS issues since a kid (keto helped me out with this a lot). Starting to have ovarian pain so am worried about cysts...you know the deal. Was diagnosed with malignant melanoma last year, early stage, but I know melanoma is a tricky...very very tricky and insidious cancer sneak. I feel like my body is screaming out for help and I want to do what I can, even at this age...to finally...care for it. See if I can reign in or stop progression of some things Of course, one of the top pty's is continuing to lose as much weight as possible during this our honeymoon period as I call it Serious @FluffyChix I would even consider paying you for a session just to help me get a quicker grasp on things. Weight Watchers started that recently with 'coaches' you could hire and schedule time with. Think about it perhaps?

THIS!! 🔼 I forgot completely about what you said here! This ties into my increase in hunger when I have a meal that incorporates one of the low glycemic 'carbs' my dr. has wanted me to eat. I read somewhere...that you should try to eat your fruit with your protein..to counter the impact on blood sugar? I seem to get much hungrier "sooner' and have less satiety when I eat a few ounces of sweet potato than I do with oatmeal...unsure if that makes any sense or not...when I eat strawberries I do not get as hungry as quickly as when I eat a few grapes. I recall strawberries are one of the lower carb fruits... I DID feel tempted to eat more with some of these additions. To make it harder I've been having a rough time this past month with nausea and food like deli meat suddenly just...being almost repulsive but my pouch LOVES carbs (again, not talking white bread, processed sugar...I mean oatmeal, sweet potato, brown rice/quinoa) - things my dr has on my 'approved carb list'..lol). If I eat oatmeal it is as if I took a phenergan for nausea. I was kind of hoping my pouch would NOT like these things as much. On one day when it was really bad at the start of this rough period, I had only gotten in 200 calories for the day and it was 10 PM. I had not yet bought the 'better carb' stuff on my dr's list...I ended up pulling the small 'instant mashed potato' box out of the corner & made 1/2 c. serving...and was able to eat 80%! I had taken phenergan twice that day to try and get the nausea to settle down. Unfortunately/fortunately...those potatoes were like Moses parting the red sea. I told my husband that night...I can't go down this road with things like the instant potatoes/white potatoes...they are too much of a trigger food for me. The next day I got myself to the store and stocked up a modest amount of the 'good carb stuff'. So many things to think about

Yeah..same with me on any carbs...fruit, oatmeal, etc. I had done keto (under 20 grams a day) for 15 months prior to talking to Cigna about surgery..and my dr is supportive of low carb/keto; however, he did want me to change things up as I'm a very slow loser. I figure I have to at least try to follow what his plan is...so I'll just keep following the macros he set which has me at 60 grams a day for carbs...80 grams for protein, and 27 grams for fat. It's an 800 calorie a day (or less I guess) plan with 40% coming from protein; 30% coming from carbs and 30% coming from fat. Fluffychix recognized what it was right off...I just seem to forget even more things each day.

Congrats, Mikeyy!!

CONGRATULATIONS!! What an accomplishment!!! Look at you...shrinking all over!! Am beyond happy for you!!

Good idea to start a topic that would help bring other people dealing with the challenges of severe metabolic challenges. What I'd like for you is to see if some of the recommendations of those who have lived through it, whether they had any med situations that might also contribute to the issue, is actually just to see if how they have found ways to eat that best deal with metabolic resistance could benefit you...period. So that it is a bit more specific to severe metabolic issues..perhaps a slight adjustment to the wording "Severe metabolic challenges almost no weight loss - please help"..something specific about the metabolic issues. I, in NO way, want to discount the role that one or more of your meds might be playing, but in a way I wonder if you set that to the side for now...as I don't think it will hurt...because we have several ppl also on Seroquel plus my loved one who is in her 20's and has severe metabolic issues..has managed to lose 17 lbs in 9 months and has NOT had WLS. Please understand, I KNOW all too well that this realm of meds we are talking about can definitely impact you exactly the way you have mentioned...I don't want you thinking that I'm saying "well, no one else is having this issue with Seroquel"...I just know how much heartache the side effects of these meds and others can cause so emotionally/mentally I just thought for myself...to set that issue aside and see if maybe input of ppl who have tried and true results that have overcome severe metabolic challenges - which is the root problem you want help with..might be easier for ppl to give input on and for you to be able to isolate maybe a new nutritional approach REGARDLESS of the meds.... Does that make any sense at all? lol....

lol...i was a couch potato..and oddly ok with it. I say 'oddly' as there was a part of me realizing how much of life I was missing out on and being older than 45..it's NOT like I'm going to get an extension..ya know? If you had told me that I'd be doing on small day hikes and ENJOYING it, I would have looked for the # of a good therapist for you..LOL!! LOL..you cracked me up with: