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If you ever feel like you're surrounded by know it alls (here or in real life) and want to scream/type "just shut up already" you're not alone. You're awesome. You're doing great. If your journey is totally normal and you're freaked out because you're NOT experiencing the myriad of issues you see here, I feel ya. If you're having issues, I hope you're finding the non-judgmental support you need. If you're not, I hope you find it. Try & remember the people commenting on every freaking post to chastise & bully are really talking to themselves.

And although you and I don't always agree, YOU ARE AN ASSET TO BARIATRIC PAL, and your advice tends to Be Spot On. Sometimes it pinches but , hey you're a Truth Teller, and it just maybe was WHAT I needed to👂 Hear!

Just continue following the instructions your bariatric team gave you and it will happen. My hair loss started at about 5 months and continued for about 3 months. Luckily, I had a lot of hair to start with.

Use the heavy scale app, it has great weight loss predictors based on current and overall weight loss

@SimplyMona I'm pre-op so nor sure about the hair loss but i just wanted to say congratulations, you look fantastic! Thats a great change in such a short period of time. Well done!!!

If you need an andriod app, instead of iOS, try Libra Weight Manager. It does the same thing.

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)30834-4 this one is interesting but a tough slog to get thru this review is easier to understand https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/07/weight-loss-rage-proteins/594073/

I was required by my surgeon's office to lose 10% of my total weight during the 6-month lead-in to WLS. That should have been about 26lbs. I began the program at 256lbs on my 1st weigh-in. Surgery Wt was 222lbs. I lost 34lbs on their weight loss plan.

about 40 lbs. But I was much heavier than you are..

I went from 246 to 239 during the 6 month nutrition counseling. Was 239 on the day of my bypass. Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app