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Hi all, I am 5 months out and have lost 88lbs which is AWESOME. The whole time though I have been constipated, trying EVERYTHING just to be able to "go" every other day or so but nothing has worked. So I have been using laxatives every weekend to "clean myself out" as I work Monday thru Friday and can''t take them during the week.So unfortunately I can go like 6 days without a BM which is not good. An issue I'm having is the past few weeks, I am not losing like I was the first 5 months and I'm going out of my mind! Example: I weigh myself in the morning when I get up and say my weight is 177.4lb.s. OKay, fine. So I eat a 6oz. yogurt and a few mini rice cakes.And weigh myself say a half hour later (just for this purpose) and my weight goes up to 178.2lb.s!!! This is NOT normal for me! Usually after eating that, my weight wouldn't move at all, or go up maybe an ounce. But now it goes way up, even if I drink a protein shake or water! What's the deal??? Is it because of the constipation and being "FOS" literally?? (I also walk 2 miles a day on top of a very active 8 hour job.) Another example is yesterday, I weighed 177.6lbs in the morning. I had 2 protein shakes,water and 8oz. oatmeal throughout the whole day. I weighed myself that night around 10pm and my weight was 179.2lbs! Now I know weight fluctuates during the day and that's fine, but this is NOT NORMAL for me. Can someone PLEASE help me figure this out?? I'm losing faith in myself and having any more weight loss and I have 47lbs still to lose! PLEASE HELP! DESPERATE! thank you Source: 5 months and HOPELESS! Please help!

Hi all, I am 5 months out and have lost 88lbs which is AWESOME. The whole time though I have been constipated, trying EVERYTHING just to be able to "go" every other day or so but nothing has worked. So I have been using laxatives every weekend to "clean myself out" as I work Monday thru Friday and can''t take them during the week.So unfortunately I can go like 6 days without a BM which is not good. An issue I'm having is the past few weeks, I am not losing like I was the first 5 months and I'm going out of my mind! Example: I weigh myself in the morning when I get up and say my weight is 177.4lb.s. OKay, fine. So I eat a 6oz. yogurt and a few mini rice cakes.And weigh myself say a half hour later (just for this purpose) and my weight goes up to 178.2lb.s!!! This is NOT normal for me! Usually after eating that, my weight wouldn't move at all, or go up maybe an ounce. But now it goes way up, even if I drink a Protein shake or water! What's the deal??? Is it because of the constipation and being "FOS" literally?? (I also walk 2 miles a day on top of a very active 8 hour job.) Another example is yesterday, I weighed 177.6lbs in the morning. I had 2 Protein shakes,Water and 8oz. oatmeal throughout the whole day. I weighed myself that night around 10pm and my weight was 179.2lbs! Now I know weight fluctuates during the day and that's fine, but this is NOT NORMAL for me. Can someone PLEASE help me figure this out?? I'm losing faith in myself and having any more weight loss and I have 47lbs still to lose! PLEASE HELP! DESPERATE! thank you

I am 5 months out and constipation has been the only real issue for me(it doesn't help that I take pain pills on a regular basis for chronic pain, but I truly need them). I have tried everything mentioned above all with NO results.:frusty: Lately I've been trying to do the miralax but for some odd reason it totally grosses me out mixing it with a drink or yogurt or applesauce. Im, really trying to get over that but am having a difficult time! Help! Isn't there ANYTHING out there (in pill form) that is non habit forming and will actually WORK for me?? :cursing: Gonna try 2 senna-s tabs and a docusate sodium 100mg or 250mg 2 times daily. Maybe that will work. If not, I may have to just bite the bullet and do the miralax.(UGH) But Lord knows, I cannot go on this way. I haven't "pooed" for 6 DAYS! Not cool, and not only that, but I KNOW it affects my weight loss and I'm getting extremely frustrated! Good luck to everyone! :-)

My body is REALLY irritating me these past 2-3 weeks. I normally lose a pound every 2 days ,even a pound a day for a few days a week. Lately though it is staying the same for a good 3,4,5 days at a time and I haven't changed anything obvious I can think of. I eat probably around 600 calories a day, walk 2 miles daily (after an 8 hour active job), I know I haven't been getting enough water or ALL the protein daily for the last 3 months.(I would check my food journal but my daughter lost my notebook with the last 4.5 MONTHS of stats in it!). I've lost 88lbs in 5 months since my sleeve, while I am stoked about the weight loss, I am floundering with the daily aspects of it. I am getting annoyed and angry, to the point where it affects my mood sometimes. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong! Do I need MORE calories? (Obviously more water & protein but I've been losing without the min.daily amount for awhile now). Exercise more? less? Is it my PCOS? Is it because I only have a BM once a week due to laxatives cause I can't otherwise?(I've been trying EVERYTHING under the sun to have a BM a few times a week). HELP!!! What do I do??? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I too have woke up choking on acid and aspirated once or twice from it. It was AWFUL! And I had fallen asleep sitting up in the chair! When I was 265lbs i had a lot of reflux, but when I was thinner(before gaining that much weight, I didn't have any issues at all). Now that I've lost 84lbs, I STILL have the reflux. Must be due to smaller stomach? Not sure but Prilosec has helped SO MUCH! Hoping someday it will go away completely but who knows? Anyway, good luck! PS. the ads are soooooooo irritating!

I too have woke up choking on acid and aspirated once or twice from it. It was AWFUL! And I had fallen asleep sitting up in the chair! When I was 265lbs i had a lot of reflux, but when I was thinner(before gaining that much weight, I didn't have any issues at all). Now that I've lost 84lbs, I STILL have the reflux. Must be due to smaller stomach? Not sure but Prilosec has helped SO MUCH! Hoping someday it will go away completely but who knows? Anyway, good luck! PS. the ads are soooooooo irritating!

I was sleeved 4 months ago.with Dr.Kelly in Mexico.I personally found the first few days in a recliner much more tolerable than a bed, even in the hospital! The recliner I had in my room saved my life many times. The bed was just too hard to move around in comfortably,especially since I found myself getting up and down a lot to walk the halls, go to the bathroom, etc. After a few days, I was ok enough to sleep in a bed halfway comfortable. Good luck!

Hi, I am 72lbs down and almost 4 months out. Not a bad way to start off on the sleeve. But I've been having a bad last 2 weeks! Due to PCOS I believe I started bleeding June 21st and with a couple of interventions,the bleeding is much better now. Although the last few days I have been on ortho novum 1/35 taking 4 tabs a day for 5 days. The bleeding has actually stopped the 2nd day or so. The problem is that my weight has hardly budged these last 2 rotten weeks! I am getting FRUSTRATED. I believe most of this is due to my hormones going nuts and my body not knowing what to do....perhaps from such fast weight loss? Perhaps my body is being flooded with estrogen? (I had a D&C and received 2 units of blood June 30th due to the bleeding) Actually, shouldn't PCOS get BETTER with weight loss?? How can I get back on track with my weight loss and focus? Should I go back to a clear or full liquid diet for a week or so? ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, I'M LOSING MY MIND HERE! Thanks, Dinah (Hope this wasn't too confusing)

Hmmm. I'm wondering why you guys have to take any of the shots at all? I didn't take ANYTHING like vit.K, lovenox, coumadin, NOTHING pre- OR post surgery. Why would surgeons be so very different when it comes to this? I had no complications whatsoever with bleeding,not bleeding, etc. Since I've been losing weight though my hormones are going a bit crazy. I have PCOS and have been bleeding for almost 2 weeks now. July 2nd I had a D&C and 2 units of blood. But none of this had anything to do with the actual surgery. (Sleeved 3/15/11--and down 71lbs since then). I hope things get better for you. Bleeding is VERY scary and should be dealt with immediately. Good luck sister. Thoughts and prayers for you.

I woke up this morning and weighed myself and low and behold, I weigh 199.6lbs! I'm in ONEderland! Now I know it's only one whole pound under the 200's but hey, I gotta start SOMEWHERE right?? Woohoo! Haven't been here for many years and forgot what it was like. Oh and I'm one pound over the halfway point to my goal! I don't think this has all set in quite yet, but I sure hope it does soon! Thanks to everyone on this site for their caring and support. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! :cheer2:

I definately feel your pain! I was sleeved March 15th and I have lost 60lbs since then. Since April I have been bleeding every other day,then stop, then 2 days, then stop for 3 days then bleed 1 day, you get hte picture. I never when or where it will strike and it is extremely irritating not to mention somwheat unnerving! I also have had PCOS for over 20 years and haven't had a regular period ever in my life! Thinking of seeing a GYN but don't really want to. Haven't bled for a few days now, maybe I get a reprieve. Was mostly wondering WHY my body is doing this now?? Thanks.

You are not alone! I too have inherited a weird body shape from my mother and I don't like it! I have a big gut medium boobs, thin legs, and a FLAT BUTT! I wish I had the money for butt implants.haha. I would definately get them! I hope as my waist actually does get small, it will be smaller than my hips.and make my butt somewhat more attractive. (ugh) haha Well, good luck to BOTH of us with the pancake rears!

I wouldn't be worried. You're 5 weeks and should be pretty well healed by now. The HOUR I woke up from anesthesia after being sleeved, I was vomiting and dry heaving with a huge amount of force. Imagine how terrified I was about ripping my newly stapled pouch wide open! Aaaaahh! But noone seemed very concerned about it at the time,or even after. So I didn't worry after that either. An d of course everything went fine and I healed beautifully. I would think you'll be just fine.But if you are still worried, contact your physician. Good luck!

Hello, I am 37yrs old and have had PCOS since I was 13yrs. I have ALL the horrible symptoms, hair growth, belly fat, ovarian cysts, and have never had a "regular" period in my entire life. Well I was 265lbs before I got sleeved March 15th of this year and hadn't had a period for at least 6 months (which is not unusual, I have skipped a whole year before). Now it's June 2nd and I have lost 56lbs so far (yay) but at the beginning of April I started bleeding almost every OTHER day. Or I would bleed for a day then skip a few days, bleed another day, skip 2 days, bleed a day, skip 4 days, etc.etc. What I want to know is WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?? It's like my body can't make up it's mind! I think I liked it better when I did skip months at a time! I never know when I'm gonna go through pants or underclothes, at anytime, anywhere! Very frustrating but also worrisome. Is there anyone else out there dealing with this ordeal? And if so, do you know WHY it's happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

AWESOME! Im soooo jealous! Been 5 days without a poo for me! Get so tired of this. Ugh!

I have PCOS and have had it since I was 13 yrs old. Well lucky me I was sleeved March 15th and just so happened to start my period THAT day after not having one for 8 months! And now that I'm losing this weight (52lbs since march 15th), I have been having the weirdest "periods". Not even actual periods I guess, but like a full on "period day" a few times a week! It's driving me mad! (How many times can I write PERIOD in one post?haha) It's like I start a period every other day and then stop again. And this has been going on for a couple months. Kinda freakin me out.

We all go through it and get discouraged. But then we also GET through it and keep losing and you will too. Just hang in there! I agree with ATLgirl, increase the protein,water, and exercise and things are bound to change. ( I even eat food with a little more fat in it and it seems to help).GOOD LUCK!

I believe the intake was the key to getting things moving again. Absolutely. Cause I've gone through the same scenario more than once! It's odd but it DOES work...thankfully. It almost feels "wrong" to be actually eating "more" or something not on the "diet" list but hey, miracles do happen! haha! Keep up the great work and good luck! :rockon:

I can say it!! AWESOME!!!!!

I need to wait and see what exactly I'm left with after I hit my goal weight. BUT, I do plan on the vaser lipo if needed, cut and color my hair, whiten my teeth, a little laser hair removal in "certain areas"(don't ask. ugh!), zap those damn veins off my legs, maybe some Latisse for my eyelashes as I have close to none, and a nice resurfacing of my face. Later, money allowing, I would look into a breast lift with a nice C cup perhaps. Maybe even a tummy tuck. Much of this is just me dreaming but some of it I do intend on making happen! Woohoo! I say if you got the money and are willing, go all the way baby! I've been fat ALL my life and have no clue whatsoever what I might look like with a thin,rockin' body. I am excited to find out though! Worm to butterfly in my case! Good luck!

It is NOT just you at all! I am having a HORRIBLE time with constipation! Before my sleeve I went maybe every 3 days and now it doesn't seem that I can go on my own at all! I also have to take narcotics on a daily basis due to back pain so I know that exacerbates matters quite a bit but I have no choice right now. I've been trying different things like colace, dulcolax, Align probiotics, but so far nothing really makes a difference unless I take more than the recommended dose. I am also drinking more fluids but can only do so much. I firmly believe my weight loss "stalls" correlate in part with my constipation when I can't "go" for 4-5 days. Ugh! It's making me crazy! And to top it off, I've been stuck at the same weight for the past 7 days.(I have gone poo a few times) Thanks for listening.Good luck!

Thank you for the suggestions so far. I am buying some benefiber TODAY! I am so DONE with this constipation. Thanks again!

So I have a question. I have been having ALOT of trouble with constipation, I'm drinking the water, moving around, yadda,yadda,yadda. What I reallly want to know is, Can being "backed up" cause my weight stalls? I find that I don't "go" for 4-5 days and by then I have to use a laxative and finally do go(sometimes on minutely!). And when I go a decent amount, I start losing pounds again. Sorry, totally TMI, but I need help!! Thanks,

I vomited and dry heaved right when I woke from surgery for maybe an hour or so. Not fun after having 80% of your stomach cut out but there was no damage done and it did go away. I had alot of that gas pain that took a couple weeks to get completely out of my body. By the 3rd day I was great and shopping on Revolution avenue. Everyone is different. You may NO nausea whatsoever. goodl uck!

It is so horribly frustrating!!! I would like to hear from a doctor for some scientific hard facts as to the WHY these stalls are happening and what exactly our bodies are doing during this time. I am NOT happy with losing 4oz in 3 days!! I know I know, patience. I am getting fed up with "patience". Grrrrr! Lol