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I had my gall bladder removed about 4 years ago, and my pain started around my belly button and then felt like compaction from Constipation. I couldn't even eat. I know the fam members that had theirs removed said about the same thing.

I had the same kind of pain as you after my surgery and my doc said the same. You said it went away by chance did you exercise or move wrong to have irritated that spot again? I did. I started hauling trash and loading up a truck wth trash bags because my dr said I was ok to do more. Well, I did too much too fast and irritated my surgery site and the pain came back worse than when I had surgery.

I'm not sure if I"ve had much Hair loss or not because I have dreads. My hair feels the same though.

I would get about 45-60g Protein a day. My Water intake varied from 40oz to 64oz.

I know they say surgeries, major weight loss, etc can effect your hair loss. Something about the trauma and messing up something. I've read the information over and over I just can't remember the technical terms. Anyway in the past 5 years I've had I think 5 surgeries. So, I'm not sure if my body is used to the trauma or what.

15 hours ago, Brttnyj89 said:

Hi! Has anyone tried the Sparta Protein? I was looking at the Jacked Apples!

I haven't tried it yet, but I have the exact same kind in my cart for when my hubby gets paid. It sounds and looks delish. I'm going to use it for Meal Replacement (which I do about once a day).

I love the Jay and Silent Bob movies. Kevin Smith is amazing. He is huge in comic books and is actually a really smart man. It's horrible that Jay got lost in drugs, but that's life.

It is possible to lose that kind of weight with dedication.. I know my husband had a heart attack last year and in 4 months lost about 40 pounds or more. He could have lost more, but instead of eating right, he went back to unhealthy eating and gained the 40 and more.

Welcome! Most of us here has struggled with weight our whole lives. Wait, I'm repeating what someone else said... But, the point I'm making is you're not alone. There are so many friendly people here to talk with you, share lots and lots of advice and opinions. And you can always private message me anytime.

48 minutes ago, Missouri-Lee's Summit said:

My daughter, a PharmD, told me that she makes her own essential-oil concoction, too. You could probably make 10 bottles of your own scent (and customized to your liking) for the same price as one 2fl oz bottle of Poo-Pourri. What is your recipe?

I have an abundance of essential oils, fragrance oils, and carrier oils. For my hair, I use essential oils and distilled Water. I have a citrus fruit spray that has orange, lemon, grapefruit and tea tree oils. Then I have a mango lime with tea tree oil. Then I make a bug spray with essential oils and I think I used a fragrance oil. I know I use a fragrance oil on my dryer balls.

You would think you could drop a few drops of essential oils into the bowl beforehand with the same results without paying the name. The drops are going into Water and in the bottle it's mixed with water. I have a solution at home I've made with essential oils and water I use for my dreads, I'm trying that next time I go. The sprayer bottle was .99 at Walmart. DIY poo pourri. LOL

Are you drinking the same Protein Drink the whole 2-3 months? Try switching if they aren't settling well. Also with chicken and tuna, I had to make them really moist and juicy for me to be able to swallow without gagging when I was able to actually have pureed/soft foods. It was horrible until I figured it out.

The most important thing is you are losing and have lost a lot. We are all different in how our surgeries work and how fast. Keep your head up and doing what's right and your body will lose the weight how fast your body is supposed to lose weight.

FYI when making cayenne and lemon infused Water, be careful with the cayenne. l love spicy food but my lip is on fire.

3 minutes ago, vuranga6153 said:

Sir koff a lot has the be the cutest are ever haha. I’ll definitely try applying pressure! Thank you

I hope that helps. When you start coughing, try sucking on sf popsicles. Coughing with fresh surgery is no fun. I know even when I farted, sneezed, or coughed I wanted to punch something it hurt so bad.

OMG those look delish

My husband had quadruple bypass last year and I've had numerous surgeries involving my abdomen. My advice with coughing is to keep your throat lubricated and hold a pillow or hard stuffed animal against your tummy when you cough. It gives something to help with the pressure. My husband got a bear from the hospital that had a shirt that said "sir koff a lot".

I'm loving these shares and comments. I just said the other day that it's funny using air freshener when you poop because either way people know what you have done. It either smells like poop or flower covered poop. Either way you still smell the poop. Sometimes you get lucky and have an odor free one. Well other people do. Mine still smells like poo.

I was going to ask about the app too. I use Baritastic and it looks similar, but how long have you been able to eat fruit?

I love coffee and have since I was a kid. First my doc said no caffeine but now he said he's not as worried about caffeine as he is calories. Now, when I say I LOVE coffee, I mean I LOVE coffee. I can drink it hot, cold, black, full of Creamer, sweetened, not sweetened, Decaf, or caffeinated. I don't discriminate. (I don't drink Starbucks, but that's a person thing and nothing to do with coffee). At home, I drink it black, with Stevia and sometimes a little Torani sugar free flavor Syrup. I've even put coffee in my Cappuccino Protein Shakes and in my banana split Protein Shake. I have Turkish coffee, regular coffee, and decaf in my house. No specific brands.

I like my teas iced, my coffee any way I can get it

Dr Dyer in Nashville did mine in April at Centennial

It's cool to see another Tennessean on here. I didn't have a revision, so I'm not sure how the psych eval goes with that, but my Dr got my psych eval before I did. They emailed me saying they had it and a few days later the psych dr called saying he had sent over my eval then the next day, I got the copy of his letter to my surgeons office.

How exciting

I'm only 6 months post op. But, in the beginning, I had/have a goal weight to hit. A BMI to me was too much of a curve to aim for and I wanted my eye on something specific. But I also wanted my co-mordities to get better or disappear and so far, so good. I set small goals now. Like you I want to see so many pounds gone each week. I have 2 quart jars in my bathroom with marbles. 1 is labeled pounds killing me and the other is pounds I've killed. For each pound is a marble and I want all them marbles gone from the pounds killing me. I only move marbles when I weigh in at my Dr so I know it exactly how many pounds because my home scale changes each time I step on it (like step on step off then right back on it's off a pound or 2).

The last visit to my Dr was the first time he mentioned a goal weight, but it was exactly what I had in mind at the beginning. I guess great minds think alike.

OK... I was off track for about a month or so and when I went to my Dr, my total weight loss was 45 pounds for my 6 month check up. So I haven't lost the 55% weight loss I was supposed to have lost, I was off by about 5.6 pounds. Sounds like no biggie to people that haven't had the surgery, but it was huge disappointment to me and an eye opener because I knew I was eating BAD. I told myself I was going to get back on track and quit letting food be my Higher Power. However, I have had a lifelong habit of when I was up late at night or woke up to snack. I am now on a new medicine that is not related to my weight loss journey and I take it at night because it makes you sleepy (it's not a sleeping med it's for bipolar). But I have found myself the first night snacking on a bag of my husbands Cheetos for work and last night a bowl of dry frosted mini wheats. I even woke up with a mouth of chewed Cereal still in my mouth.

Anyway, for those of you who have a habit or had of snacking late at night, what have you done to break that. I had tried last night to save an ounce of my turkey breast from dinner so I would have a healthy "snack", but I ate it before I went to sleep then woke up with cereal.

I even got my 64oz of Water in yesterday and more without a struggle. I felt better yesterday, the day before and so far today better than I have in a while. I just can't quit snacking at night. When I say at night, I go to bed between 10-12 lately and I wake up between 12:30-2 depending on when I went to sleep.

You said your Dr was mad you gained 11 pounds at your 1 year. But, how much did you lose from beginning to 1 year?

And yes, alcohol has a lot of calories. From the fruit the wine is made with to the sugar.

The only thing that has caused dumping with me after my vsg was hot wings from Krystal's. our electricity went out after a bad storm (it stays out for hours when this happens). I didn't have bottled Water to make a Protein Shake and it was dinner. We are on well water so when electricity goes, so does our water. We went to Krystal's and I thought wings would be safe since there's no bun and it's chicken. WRONG! Lesson learned

I meant I can help men find a male to help. sorry auto correct

I have been clean and sober 7 years. I am active in aa and my home group is actually an online group. So for any women that has drinking our drug issues and need advice or want to talk, message me. I'll give you my number and we can talk. Men too, I can help guide you to a feeling make in this area. I always say I'm a "true addict". I take anything and make it unhealthy; cutting, sex, drugs, alcohol, and especially food.

I'm not trying to make my message a public service announcement, but I want those struggling with other unhealthy coping mechanisms to know that they're not alone.

The same day I had surgery, I had met and made a friend that went through a revision for the same reason. She was eating solids before I was, but her dr was a different one in our Bariatric group. It took me a about 6 weeks before I got to solid I think. I had nothing but diarrhea during my liquid stage.

My dr doesn't want me having fruits because of the added calories. He wants the majority of my calories to come from Protein. I've been wanting to add fruits to my meal replaced Protein Drinks. But I can use fruits in infusd Water because I'm not eating them. I'm only 6 months post op though