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I had revision surgery from the band, and now I cannot stop losing.... Really not a good thing.

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Yeah, I can see you'd have a problem after VSG surgery done to lose 35 pounds.

What does your surgeon advise?

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Not sure what you mean by

"Yeah, I can see you'd have a problem after VSG surgery done to lose 35 pounds"

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My mother had this problem--she was sleeved a year & a half ago and lost around 150 lbs in the first year. She has a hard time eating a lot at a time w/ acid reflux. She's since gained 10-12 lbs, but is around 5'8 and 140. She kind of got scared that if she were to get sick, she'd lose more. Never thought that losing too much could be a problem until I watched her go through it. Good luck increasing calories!

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Not sure what you mean by

"Yeah, I can see you'd have a problem after VSG surgery done to lose 35 pounds"

I simply mean that sleeve surgery works to restrict severely the volume of food you can eat. That's why many people lose weight "effortlessly" for at least six months, sometimes losing 100 pounds or more during that time. Your profile looks like you wanted to lose only 35 pounds.

You have boarded a train that takes a long time to slow down. Eating high fat, high carb food would help to slow it faster.

Your surgeon may have better ideas.

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When I hit my surgeon's goal (160) I started upping my calories in the form of more fat and whole grains. I kept losing and passed my personal goal (150) about 6 weeks later. I continued to increase my calories until I finally quit losing....20 pounds below surgeons goal and 10 pounds below personal goal. But I was still within normal BMI and OK with how I looked. I've recently lost another 5 pounds, but again, it's something I'm OK with.

Basically, if you don't want to lose anymore You have to start eating more.... nuts, nut butters, fruit, whole grains, and full fat dairy products are easy ways to add healthy calories.

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No!!!! No reminders of Steven King stuff it's almost night night time!!!!

Great now I'm going to have to look at pictures of kittens on Pinterest or I will think of that movie that terrified me... And Pet Cemetery... Ahhhhh!!!! All the lights on, must be something to clean, let's get tv going, little noise... Gulp.

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