EmmaWang

I'd love to join the Christmas Challenge. From now till then, I would like to lose 11 lbs. Name......................Starting....Current....To Go EmmaW....................241..........181.........170 (by Christmas)

WOW, congrats! You have been doing great! Are you satified at all with just half cup of food each meal? When you say half cup, do you mean only 2 oz of meat or 1 egg or something? I have a realize C band. Unfortunately it took me 12 fills up to a total 10.6 cc for me to feel any restriction. Still I could consum one cup of food (4 Oz meat+ 1 serving vege) at dinner.

Hi, I had 7.8 cc for the last weeks and didn't have any restriction. My weight has been swingging back and forth within 2 lbs for the last 4-6 weeks. I just got another fill this morning and I am up to 8.4 cc now. I really really want this one to work. Has the 8 cc worked for you now? Do you have restriction now? Do you have a regular realize band or realize C? I have realize C.

WOW, 5 months of hair loss sounds scary. Maybe it was the combination of missing birth control pill after the surgery and the surgery iteself that made me having hair loss too. Let's hope both of our hair loss stop soon. Thanks for the response.

Thanks for the info. I've been having hair loss for almost 2 months now. Hopefully it would stop soon just like what your doctor said.

Barb, Thanks. Yes I've talked to my doctor about this. She had me done some blood test. The result came back fine. I have no thyroid or Iron level issue. She said that the hair loss is the reaction to the surger that the hair would grow back eventually. I've been taking around 1100 - 1200 calories per day and I eat a lot of Protein (6-7 Oz of protein) lunch and dinner. If I eat more, I think it is going to be even harder to lose weight though.

Yes I just got my thyroid and iron level checked out last week. It turned both results are fine. I don't have a thyroid problem.

Just wondering, has everyone else's hair loss starting to slow down? Mine hasn't and my hair grow thinner. Ahhhhh!

First of all, Barb, it looks like you have been doing great with weight loss. Congrats! I have been stuck with the same weight for past 6 weeks (very depressing). My hair loss still has not slowed down which got me very concerned as well. Since this is supposed to be temporary, I really hope it would stop soon and my hair would grow back.

Thank you Maryrose. I do have fine thick hair to start with. But it just freaks me out when I see handful of hair falling off just when I run my fingers through. My Mom has also noticed that my hair had gotten a little thinner.

Thanks lots for the info. Really hope this passes soon.

Biotin is one of the Vitamins. You could get it from Wal-mart or any supermarkets. Not everyone who had the surgery would experience the hair loss problem. Don't panic cauze it might not happen to you.

Congrats on your weight loss and thicker hair. How long did your hair loss last? Mine has been going on for over one month. It's so hard to see countless hair falls off when I take a shower, running fingers through the hair or brushing it.

The only advice from my doctor is to take 3-5 times of Biotin everyday. By doing this, it still hasn't stopped my hair loss. If your hair doesn't look any thinner, that must mean the new hair has replaced the lost ones. I dont' think you should worried so much about the hair loss then.

Well I've also had 6 fills which puts me to total 7.4 cc. I still don't have good restriction as well. On the other side, even though I could still eat a lot each meal (2 cups of food), it is still half of size of what I used to eat before the surgery. I am not giving up. I do get frustrated from time to time for lacking of good restriction, feeling hungry and a slow paced weight loss progress. We just have hang in there until we finally reach the sweet spot.