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Hi! My weight day of surgery was 217. I am now 147. My surgery date was January 19,2017. I have been stuck at 147 since the end of July. I have gone up to 150 and back down to 147. I am afraid that my hunger has returned or that I have stretched my sleeve out. I am looking for advice or a mentor...please help!

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Hi,

Im fairly new here and I know where you're coming from. You're likely frustrated and I can relate. I hit a bit of a leveling out where my body started getting used to the calories and the diet phase I was at. For me the key was advancing my diet and making sure I get the Water intake the nutritionist suggested. Those changes as well as increasing my activity equated to getting back on track. To give an example I've increased my walking and other exercise and dropped 9 lbs in less than a week. I stopped dropping and then gained back 2 lbs on the dot. What phase are you on diet wise? What are you eating and how much? What is your goal wait? Also give yourself credit for the progress you've made thus far, it may reduce the negative feelings some. If you want to know for some peace of mind whether your sleeve has stretched or not see if you can get a test done that will. The test they likely did during your pre-op will probably give you the answer. Also to give you an idea from some research I did, it takes usually more than a year to as long as several years for it to stretch at all. Can you tell how much your reduced stomach can hold? Are you undereating to try to safeguard against any stretching?

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