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The best - being able to fit into cute clothes The worst - all the money it costs to buy new cute clothes

What she said. I certainly didn’t find the thought of having my intestines rerouted more scary than having them chopped off and thrown in the trash.

Sounds similar to a barium swallow which they use to assess how a lapband is working

Va va voom ! You look amazing and look at those legs. See the shorter length dress is definitely more flattering

Me I have never tracked. I find it too difficult, too time consuming and just generally frustrating. The closest I have got to tracking is keeping notes in a diary, usually before dieticians appointments. When she looks she just scans through checking the protein and gives me pointers as to where I can improve. The practice I go to don’t actively encourage tracking. So my take would be if you are happy to do it go for it. If you don’t want to have to work out exactly what is in every mouthful and you are healthy and losing ( or maintaining) as per your plan then don’t. Different strokes for different folks

It sounds as though it was stuck. Maybe it was undercooked and started to swell after you had eaten it?

My mind is boggling at this one. I can’t honestly say that I spend much time sniffing my bodily secretions.

That is a lot of vitamins, have you been told you need all those or are you just making expensive wee?

Generally your team will recommend what you need. I take one bariatric multi twice per day plus 1 magnesium and 2 vit D once per day. The Mag and D are something I have been taking for years. Its not hard but for some reason people are under the impression that it is .

We don't really have any consignment stores around here

Thanks for the compliment, didn't realise I had a great cleavage! Very jealous of those that can wear boots, I can't wear mine anymore my legs are TOO skinny! I look like a little girl who's raided her Mum's wardrobe. It's a bit of a problem as it's cold wear I live and not sure now what to wear with dresses or skirts in winter. I have just discovered another problem. I'm a bit of a hoarder and though I do give lots of clothes away to Op shops I can't bring myself to give the good stuff away! I was sorting my spare bedroom wardrobe today and realised that I now have evening and cocktail wear from the last 30 years, most of which fits ( some is too big) and nowhere to wear it. I don't work, rarely go to fancy events and I live in a small country town. Evening gown and wellington boots to do grocery shopping could look a bit strange!

Thanks.

Go back to basics. Protein first, don’t drink with meals, cut out carbs especially the “ junky” carbs, plan your meals, don’t graze, serve your portion on a small plate etc. All the things that were second nature immediately after surgery that tend to slide the further out we get. Your BMI is in the obese range, you need to take this in hand before it gets worse. You can do it.

Birthday lunch with a friend. Her Birthday not mine!

Didn’t corsets go out with the Victorians? Do we really need to put ourselves through that kind of discomfort?

I’m in agreement with fluffy.We see all these foods lately that have the word protein in them as though that suddenly makes them healthy and slimming. Most of the time they are just as high in calories as other processed foods but people fall for the con. Marketing has a lot to answer for. We even have foods that are naturally high in protein get the protein labelling. eg. Protein milk Protein peanut butter ?

More info needed so we can try to help

Why are you scared of RNY? I read this from lots of people and I don’t understand it. Yes it is major surgery but that just means that you need an experienced surgeon. It is regarded as the gold standard of WLS and technically it is reversible ( although this is usually only done under extreme circumstances). No part of your insides are removed, everything is still there. It is the most effective option for resolving GERD although there are a few people that still suffer with it. Taking daily vitamins is not a problem. If you have had a band you will find the variety of foods that you can eat with a bypass a lot better, you feel full in the stomach not that horrible feeling in the chest. You can go out to eat without spending the night chucking in the bathroom because your first bite went down the wrong way. I can’t comment on what having a sleeve is like because I have never had one but I do see a lot of people that are revising because of GERD. I also personally know a lot of people that have not achieved much success when going from band to sleeve or in some cases as Virgin sleevers .

I was band to bypass revision. Done because the band was no longer working, because studies show that over the long term the band causes a lot of damage and also reflux.

Really?????

I have just had my first DEXA scan and it shows osteopenia in my hip and spine. Not sure if it is because of surgery or if it was already like that, haven’t seen my Dr yet to discuss it with him. My hubby who is only 51 and hasn’t had WLS has has osteopenia for the last 3 years and has to have 6 monthly injections

Excited to finally be able to wear this skirt that I bought years ago but struggled to find a top to go with it. Plain coloured tops now added to the shopping list.

Lucky you, mine are so bad that it can be like drawing blood from a stone

i What is your height, weight, BMI? Try adding nuts, seeds, avo, full fat dairy products etc

Have you posted this in the wrong place?