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so both the thyroid and parathyroid are fine. so no answers. Discovered I am anemic and the day of blood work back to 223. After seeing a specialist about my parathyroid on July 8 I decided to check my blood sugar

7/8 Weight 218.8

7/9 - 177 decided to re-evaluate everything going in my mouth

7/10 - 157 Weight 217.8

7/11 - 139 Weight 215.4

7/12 - 115 Weight 214.2

7/13 - 113 (mistake ate some craisans) Weight 213.8

7/14 - 128 Weight 213.6

I am cutting out artificial sweeteners which also means no more coffee, plus I began drinking the juice from one lemon daily mixed in Water. These by no means are secrets or fads, just doing what I need to do for me to try and figure out what is going on with my body. I have also made a point to eat Protein first, I carry pouches of tuna with me and when I am hungry that is my go to snack.< /p>

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I started with the Protein again. I wish you the best!

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Shaylove...try setting rules: no grazing thru the day. I have said i am not eating anything BAD but im constantly eating good for me food. So i am drinking M U C H more.

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I have gained 40 pounds since I was sleeved 2 1/2 years ago. Part of it is my own fault and part of it is new cardiac medication that I was put on. Fortunately my insurance considers that a complication of my sleeve and has approved me for gastric bypass which I am scheduled for next Wednesday, July 29 at Cleveland clinic Florida

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Himalaya thanks for shaing that. Fascinating

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At about seven or eight weeks I had a stall. I had lost 40 lbs but would gain a pound then lose a pound and gain two and lose one. I almost started freaking out because the first 40 seemed to just drop off. Just finished 10 weeks post surgery and I am on the downward spiral again. What I did was start journaling my food in My Fitness Pal and that has really helped. Now, I've lost the two or three I gained and I am down two more pounds. From what I gather, most people have a stall or a pound or two gain in the process but if you just keep sticking to the right plan, you will start losing again.

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Sleevegirl, lets hear from you again in a couple of years. Good luck

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At about seven or eight weeks I had a stall. I had lost 40 lbs but would gain a pound then lose a pound and gain two and lose one. I almost started freaking out because the first 40 seemed to just drop off. Just finished 10 weeks post surgery and I am on the downward spiral again. What I did was start journaling my food in My Fitness Pal and that has really helped. Now, I've lost the two or three I gained and I am down two more pounds. From what I gather, most people have a stall or a pound or two gain in the process but if you just keep sticking to the right plan, you will start losing again.

That is the typical time of most people's first stall as the body is just catching up

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I had my surgery on March 11, 2015. I have lost 61 pounds to date, but I stopped losing for several days at the 3-4 week stage. After resuming my weight loss, over the past few days I have actually put on 2 pounds. I am a little nervous, so I am getting back to basics and starting to weigh my Protein to see if I can jump-start the process again.

The secret is reallllllly to have nothing but healthy food in the house. At the restaurant, an entrée is enough. At friends, tell them to put a maximum of one cup of food in a smaller plate ( that includes your Proteins, veggies and whatever they have with those)

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I am really surprised at the amount of people gaining weight and lots of it too! I'm almost 7 years postop and still have maintained my weight loss. I started out at 240 and now weigh about 137/138. I still have a ton of restriction. What are you people eating? Are you just eating crap all the time or what. I'm lucky to get 1500 calories a day!

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Laurak712 u seem to be the exception that proves the rule. I wonder if people who started at a lower weight have a better chance of keeping it off. I wonder if younger people have a better chance. Ir maybe a combination of the two.

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I am really surprised at the amount of people gaining weight and lots of it too! I'm almost 7 years postop and still have maintained my weight loss. I started out at 240 and now weigh about 137/138. I still have a ton of restriction. What are you people eating? Are you just eating crap all the time or what. I'm lucky to get 1500 calories a day!

1500 calories a day causes me to gain. I MUST limit my intake to 1100-1200 AND workout 4-5x a week or I gain. Consider yourself very lucky. It doesn't work like that for all of us. I am 5'6" and also started at 240... my lowest weight was 172 and I'm struggling now in the 190s.

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I also think LauraK is an exception... Please don't assume if we are struggling we're eating "crap"... 1500 calories a day causes me to gain. I MUST limit my intake to 1100-1200 AND workout 4-5x a week or I gain. Consider yourself very lucky. It doesn't work like that for all of us. I am 5'6" and also started at 240... my lowest weight was 172 and I'm struggling now in the 190s.

sorry for the double post... my tablet froze and it appeared my original comment didn't post...

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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