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I know that people are often prescribed weight loss medications after surgery, especially if they have stopped losing weight or if they regain weight, but I'm not a doctor, so I don't know if that's right for you. First, how long has it been since you last lost weight? Maybe you're just in a stall! Stall can last 3 weeks or more. Also, weight loss slows down as you get further out from surgery, so maybe your weight is just slowing down. Also, if you have stopped losing weight because of psychological reasons, like binge eating or grazing, weight loss medications may not help, because most of them (not too sure about Victoza) work by curbing appetite, and if we are eating for psychological reasons, it's not really our appetite that needs control - it's our minds. In that case, you might consider seeing a therapist. Again, having said all that, I think the first place to start is to see your surgery team and ask what they think. Good luck!

Congrats! You are doing fantastic! 💪

My dietician said to wean off caffeine before Surgery, so you don’t feel even worse afterwards. So I gradually reduced and was fine. My program is no caffeine for 3 months. I’m on week 11. I have been fine with just decaf, so I plan to not reintroduce it until I actually need the caffeine hit.

Woohoo!! Congratulations

It irritates the stomach. You should get over the caffeine withdrawal in a few days. Hang in there!

Wow - well done!! What an inspiration you are!!

Fantastic! Congratulations on your success!

if you're into architecture, Chicago is world famous for early 20th century architecture. The Chicago Architectural Foundation has TONS of walking, bus, and boat tours. We've been on several - they've all been excellent. Art Institute is great if you're into art; Field Museum is great if you're into natural history. We also do a lot of just walking around when we're in Chicago (I live two hours from there, so we do weekends there several times a year). the Drake is pretty far north in the Loop - north of Loyola. The area around the Loyola campus is nice. But go beyond that and walk down Michigan Ave - so much there. we've been to so many restaurants, but I can't think of any one particular one to recommend - you'll stumble upon tons just walking around. We usually try to hit ethnic places, usually. Scoot over to some of the other streets that parallel Michigan Ave - there are lots of restaurants over there as well. You could always pick some cuisine and do a search on that. We've been to Colombian places, Argentine places, Turkish places, Middle Eastern places, Cajun places, pizza places, delis, so many.....they really have everything there. P.S. there's a Nutella Cafe on Michigan Ave. Might want to avoid that one! (it's great but...Nutella - you'll gain 10 lbs just walking in the door!)

Dr. Cardenas is an excellent plastic surgeon and is quite well known in the bariatric community. Lots of bariatric patients have had her do their plastic surgery. That price for the two body surgeries is much lower than what I paid in Chicago. The facelift piece isn't any cheaper than what you'd pay stateside, though (although maybe less than California prices - I'm not sure). I actually went to a someone who specializes in facial plastic surgery for my face, though (for the body ones I went to someone who specializes in body contouring for massive weight loss patients) Dr. Francisco Sauceda in Monterrey also specializes in massive weight loss patients and a lot of us have used him. I don't know how his pricing is now - when I got an email quote from him, it was very reasonable (I think $16K for all the body stuff (I didn't ask about a facelift)) - but that was four or five years ago)

Having several consultations is always better It’s pricey (especially that area of Mexico) but I’ve read in various online groups that it’s because they cater specifically to American patients. Also if doing a face lift perhaps go with a surgeon that does only face work so you can see a lot of anticipated outcomes Good luck!