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Something else to take into consideration is that some people say they lost xx number of pounds since surgery yet they are counting pre-diet plan weight loss as since surgery. Be sure to look at their profile for the surgery weight if it is even available. So many of these profiles have no information at all. As far as losing slowly. 16 pounds in 3 weeks is a good weight loss. I am 3 months and 10 days post op and have lost 39 pounds and had 3 stalls since my surgery lasting as long as 4 weeks sometimes. This latest one is going on 3 weeks. I weigh again on Sunday and hope I am finally down. If not there isn't much that I can do except staying true to the things I have learned over the past months.

My third week I was able to have 1 egg each day.

Last night was a followup to Chastity and Angel. Chastity's daughter was getting bigger as her Mother was getting smaller. At one point the daughter was bigger than the Mother. Toward the end of the show Dr Now asked about the daughters weight and suggested that maybe Mother and daughter work together to lose weight and see a therapist together. They did see a therapist, grocery shop, plan meals and walk together and the daughter did start to lose weight too. However I wished he had mentioned it the previous year and maybe her daughter could have been losing all along with her Mother. I really felt bad for Chastity as even after having lost over 300 pounds from her 778 pound body and having skin removal she was still suffering with all the skin infections and had to be in and out of the hospital. The show ended with her having lost 440 pounds in 2 years and getting down to 338. She still has a long way to go and I hope she gets there without any more infections. Those infections really looked bad. After starting off badly with the whole feeding tube situation Angel's followup was fantastic. She went from 570 down to 170 in 2 years. She had her knee surgery and skin removal and began to work again and was able to restore her relationship with her husband. I hope to be as successful as she was.

Engaged on your second date? WOW! How long were these dates that you were able to tell in 2 dates that you were compatible? Did you spend months day after day chatting online? Did you truly love each other when you got engaged? I am curious as I have been online dating for the last 10 years. Online chatting is great and there seems to be a lot of compatibility and then we meet and it turns out to be a terrible date. However I will often go on a second or third date just to be fair as many times the nerves have kicked in during that first date. Am still searching. Two things I will never give up on : losing weight and finding love. By the way Congratulations on 20 years. When did you marry? My marriage was May 20th and lasted 9 years. I hope you two have planned a wonderful romantic anniversary.

Great info as I too was craving pancakes. I got the Heart Smart Bisquick and added powdered Protein. Nice to know I can get a pancake mix with protein all ready in it. Will try this when the other is gone.

Yep I felt the same way! Been divorced for over 10 years. Never thought it would take me this long to find love again.

Mimi It sounds to me like you are doing fine. Congratulations on a total of 66 pounds gone. I had surgery Jan 26th and at the 8 week mark I had lost 27 pounds. Both of use lost a significant amount of weight during the 6 months supervised diet so I am not surprised that we only lost 27 and 28 pounds. Also remember we are older than most and I don't know about you but my activity level is no where near the younger generations. I am now 13 weeks today and have lost 40 pounds since surgery. Have encounter my third stall since surgery.

If your that freaked out ask the Dr if maybe you should be taking Lovenox. Lovenox (enoxaparin) is an anticoagulant that helps prevent the formation of blood clots. I have mobility issues so my Dr had me taking the injections for 30 days after the surgery and they gave it to me in the hospital as well.

Congratulations! So happy you accomplished this task in less time than your training time. I can understand the emotional feeling at the end. I am sure when I do my bike challenge I will have the same feelings. Sounds like you should have some pampering time before you begin training for the next one. Thanks for sharing the pictures and video that was awesome!

Thank you outsidematchinside and hopeandagony and other whom commented. An update: Yesterday was my appt at the pain management clinic the PCP sent me to for the breast pains I mentioned Why he sent me there first I have no idea. But they said I had to get my PCP to send me to a vascular Dr. So back to the PCP I go. However later toward the evening I developed this pain on the right side. I was given meds by the PCP and try to keep a bra or sports bra on all day and night until bedtime. These two things do help but if I miss the meds the pain is worse. I hope I will not have to wait to much longer for a referral to the vascular Dr.

Did any of you experience any pain under the armpits due to the breasts sagging? At my highest weight I was an 84 I. Now I am a 54 G. My breasts are so badly sagging I am able to roll them up like a sock and place them in my bra. However as soon as I take my bra off I have terrible stabbing pain and a burning sensation under the left armpit and towards the back. I personally think my sagging left breast is pulling on veins causing the pain. I have been to the Dr and he gave me 2 pains to help with the pain.

Congratulations! You have had a wonderful year. It is always helpful to me to read your posting. You deserve more than that medi pedi.

11 weeks out from my sleeve surgery and I just biked 6.04 miles today in 53 minutes. I am hooked on biking and so looking forward to doing the Loop the Lake for Literacy Bike challenge in Feb 2017. It is 14 miles and I know I will be able to do it.

Saw the PCP today. The Dr is thinking because of all the excess skin from losing 215 pounds I am developing Fibromyalgia. I have been researching Fibromyalgia and based on what I am experiencing I don't feel I have that. I am thinking it is more of a nerve damage pain. All I know is this pain is not something I can live with if I have no meds so I am thankful he gave me 2 different kinds until we find out what this is. I have an appt for the 22nd at a pain management center.

Hi Folks I am wondering as sleeve patients do we have a tendency to have fatty acid imbalances and if so what can be done about it? My sleeve surgery was Jan 26th 2016. The reason I ask is that for the last 2 weeks I have been having sharp stabbing pains which seems to be in my veins in various locations of my body. After the sharp stabbing pain it turns into like a sharp stinging pain that lasts for about 5 minutes. These pains are happening throughout the day no matter what I am doing and they are sharp and painful enough that I cry out in pain and see stars. It started last week on my right side near the waist belly area. Then this week my left side under armpit breast area has the pain. Today I had a third pain on my right inner elbow area. Now I am experiences these pains at all three locations several times a day. I have been doing research because of the armpit breast pain being so sever that I am wearing a bra all day long which I never did till this week. I see several articles about fatty Acid imbalance and breast pain. I am wondering if this is my problem and if I should be taking something for it. I lost a lot of weight before surgery and now with the surgery I am down 215 pounds. I still have another 130 to lose. I have a lot of excess skin in the breast area as well as the other 2 locations I mentioned. Could the excess skin be causes these horrible sharp stabbing pains? If so, how is that possible and what can be done about i? I don't think I could live with having these pains at least a dozen or more times a day. I plan to call to make an appt to see my PCP but thought some of you might have or are experiences this same kind of pain and could provide some knowledge to me as to what this is.

TuesPheynix how much Protein are you taking in? Are you eating too much salt? Are you still drinking your liquid Protein? At my 1 month followup my Dr told me to stop taking the liquid protein and to only eat 41 grams of protein. He has no NUT, I figured he knew what he was talking about so I listened to him. What a mistake that was. A few days after the 1 month visit I had lost 5 pounds and then was in a stall for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks of not losing I found a Bariatric NUT and paid out of pocket for 2 hours of her time. She told me to up my protein to 80 to 100 grams, begin drinking the liquid protein again as eating only 2 oz of food at a meal I can't possibly reach 80 to 100 grams of protein. She also helped me to see that I had way too much sodium in my meals and I had to lower them to 1,500 or less. Finally today after just 3 days of doing what she said I have dropped 8 pounds. I am thrilled. Hopefully these suggestions will help you too.

Could you post what you did so others whom might be interested can change their names? Thanks

I thought I would give those who asked an update. Since Monday after I spoke with the NUT I have been getting in 61 to 87 grams of Protein. I weighed in as I am on a weigh in forum on MFP and today was the day to weigh in. I finally broke this 4 week stall and have lost 8 pounds. I have now lost 32 pounds since surgery and 70 pounds since I started the 6 month surgery supervised diet and a total of 215 from my highest weight. I have 32 more pounds before I can see the orthopedic surgeon to possibly have my back and hip surgery so I can walk again. I am getting so close I hope it will just be a few more months before I can go to his office and say ok I am 250 now please do my surgery.

I do not have PCOS but I am sure the sleeve will help you. As for the question, since I have been able to eat solid I have made twice the bacon egg bites from food.com and they are delicious. I also use cottage cheese and some kind of fruit. My Dr said old fashion oatmeal is ok as long as I put some Protein powder in it. I also used eggs and a banana to make some pancake one Sunday. Was not to keen on it as it tasted like too much banana for me. Daniotra Thanks so much for giving us this site. I just looked at it and saw 3 recipes (not breakfast) I will be using. By the way there are some great breakfast recipes but they are mostly all eggs.

I haven't had a period in over 20 years and I go for my 3 month followup April 2oth. The documentation I have from the Dr says only menstruating women need to take the Iron. We shall see what the surgeon says when I see him. I know the documentation says I need to take a fatty acids I think it is. Do you have to take these and what kinds do you all take? What do they do for us? Thanks

This is why I strongly believe that the counseling should continue after the surgery. If I run into those emotional issues after my surgery I'm definitely going back to the lady that did my pre op evaluation. Dawnie_doo I agree with your statement. 10 weeks after surgery I was back in my Psych office. Of course having a 4 week stale might cause anyone to go back. I was not emotionally handling it well. The Dr told me 41 grams of Protein. The Non Surgeon's Bariatric Nut I found and paid out of pocket for told me to up my protein to 80 to 100. I started doing that on Tuesday and have lost 5 pounds. Stall is finally over.

Yes it sure is. It happened the other day too and was reported. By night time all but one of the multi postings was gone.

I am more intrigued to hear how he could even eat anything. I was on liquids for 2 weeks. Even now 10 weeks post op I still have pain when I eat.

Yes these stalls are very frustrating. But what makes it worse is when you have incorrect information. When I called to verify I was doing the correct things he said I was and if I am frustrated to see my psych again. My surgeon doesn't have a NUT so I was going by what he told me to do. I lost 13 pounds the first week and had a stall 10 days out that lasted almost until the end of the month when I finally dropped another 9 pounds. The second month I lost only 5 pounds and have been in a stall for over 3 weeks. I finally called a Bariatric Dietitian in my county and paid out of pocket for 2 hours of her time. She immediately upped my Protein from what the Dr had said 41 grams to 80 to 100 grams. The Dr had told me to stop drinking protein and the NUT said to keep drinking protein. The Dr gave me no idea of what I should be eating and the NUT looked over my previous month's food meals I had tracked and told me what foods I was eating to take out of my meals as they were loaded with salt. She said within the next 2 weeks I should see a drastic change in my weight loss. I haven't weighed since I have made these changes. I do have my 3 month followup on April 20th so we shall see what results I get this month and it better be more than 5 pounds. Best advise I can give is if you haven't been tracking what you eat start doing so. Also see a NUT.

I just saw a bariatric dietitian tonight as my surgeon didn't have one. My surgeon gave me no guide lines as to how many calories a day I should have nor the specific types of Protein I should be eating. He only said I should have 41 grams of food protein only and no more liquid Protein. He told me not to drink for 1/2 hour before and after and of course during a meal. I posted this in several forums and everyone said this was not what I should be doing. So I called the bariatric dietitian I found online in my county. I paid out of pocket and Susan Peacock said 80 to 100 grams of protein and to shoot for 500 calories a day. To have at least 1 or 2 protein liquids during the day and to stay away from the process stuff I was eating as the salt was way to high. She told me fruits and some carbs were ok to have after the protein. I shouldn't drink 1/2 before meals but drinking after a meal was fine. I have about 2 weeks and 2 days before my 3rd month follow up. Hopefully these changes will make a difference in my weight loss and get me out of this stall. Susan is even thinking of joining this site and getting in contact with the founder Alex Brecker. I think that is fantastic. So glad I called her. So I will be doing as she said.