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Your body has reached its new set point. Losing more weight will be as difficult as losing weight preop, and as difficult to maintain that loss. Others have discovered that (for example), to maintain 130lbs, they had to eat 1100 calories a day. To maintain 150lbs, they could eat 1800-2000 (they were also exercising). So, you need to decide how important those last 20lbs are to you. You'll have to restrict your calories and exercise more to burn them off, then figure out how to eat/exercise to maintain.

Do they feel like spasms? I definitely had those the first week post op, and they were painful and made me not want to drink my fluids. Although they'd happen when I wasn't drinking too! I told my dr at the 1 wk appt and he prescribed me an anti spasmodic called Bentyl. I took it for 2 days and felt infinitely better!

Except me. Whole food plant based advocate here. 👋🏽 No calorie counting and definitely no low carb-ing, and still losing weight and getting healthier. 😊

Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of myself for having the guts to be sleeved, but I always hated any kind of comments about anyone's weight. I'm at goal. And after a long summer contracting Lyme, I'm actually in a position where I need to gain a few pounds (don't recommend this as a weight loss tool;) but have found that comments about my weight or anyone else's weight still makes me incredibly uncomfortable. Why would anyone think it's okay to ask what size I am, or how much I weigh? Just feels incredibly inappropriate and a total invasion of privacy.

I'm so happy for you and you look very happy and not miserable. And.... beautiful! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using BariatricPal mobile app

This kinda happened to me. I visited my Aunts this summer, hadn't seen them for years. Last time I did see them, I weighed 40 pounds more than this time. First thing they said was, "You never change". Which is better than "You gained weight", but was still surprising to me. It's like.. no.. since last time I saw you, I gained 15 more pounds, then cut out 75% of my stomach and have lost 55 pounds. Thanks! Of course both of THEM never change. (I'm the only fat one in the family).

Can we eat rice and pasta???? I was told to stay away from these two foods. But of course it probably depends on your Dr. orders.

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I used my credit card, because I didn't want to carry that much cash. I paid a $500 deposit using the card, then I let my CC company know well ahead of time, that I would me making a large purchase in Mexico.

I'm almost vegan, I use Dr. Schulze 's (herbdoc.com) protein shake. It doesn't tastes the best, it's mostly made of nuts and other good stuff, Block I mix it with banana and strawberry or blueberry, or whatever I like.