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FANTASTIC!!!!!!! COngrats, you have done an amazing job!! )

Thank you swizzly for letting me know I am not alone, I wish things get better and the real good news that I was able to get an appointment today with my doctor and he kept telling me tht this is completely normal and I should stop freaking out. he told me I can go for month or two without scale changes but he can tell by the look at me that I have lost weight. He also mentioned that I should stop playing with my carbs as many said, and that I should continue consuming them, cause now I am doing damages to my body, he said that the scale might bounce up after re introducing carbs but that I shouldnt worry. Also he said the fasting might play a big role cause the body might think it is starving and that is the starvation mood everyone kept telling me. So he told me to go easy on myself and wait for few weeks to see a surprise when the fasting stops and the normal routine is back. He strongly adviced that I should keep working out too. So hang in there Swizzly and everyone, myself included. thank X

The full feeling, what a great question, IT was something I wondered about at first too and I never imagined that it would come in stages. the first few days I was literally disgusted with all kind of liquid and didnt have the urge to eat, I didnt even felt empty, like someone just switched down the tv. But still liquid went through and I still didnt feel either hungry or full, there was still pain when I drink too fast but that was it. Then the first 2 month came the challenge, at first it took just 3 small bites of everything to feel like I am scared and I just dont want anymore, then the scared feeling went away and I upped my intake a little bit and here I felt like the chest pain that I should stop. Then by the 3rd month when I went for another extra bite I felt like I wil throw up and to be honest sometimes I gave in and head up to throwing up. After these errors and trials I learned my limits and suddenly the final stage arrived were I really felt like I am satisfied and I dont need more, u will get the full sensation by then and the extra bite will cause u discomfort. Burping came in but after I finish eating not while, also if u go for more food u will have extra saliva in ur mouth afterwards "thats a sign that u went for too much or just ate too fast" Everyone is different and also every food has different effect, with more dense food u will feel it better sooner but wth liquids and mushies u will be able to have more bites. best of luck figuring it out:)

YAY!! Great NSV!!!)))) it is just stuff like these that keeps ensuring us how great we are doing!! WAY TO GO and congrats!!! thanks for sharing and drawing a smile on our faces:)

U go girl!! and I SO AGREE with u!! THANK U DIVA for keeping us that up and aware of our steps with these mini challenges:))) although I am still 1-2 pounds away from my goal weight to this challenge but I consider myself at the finish line:))) I KNOW NOW THAT THE SCALE DOESN'T DEFINE MY HARD WORK:)) KEEP IT UP everyone you are inspirations to many of us who might be participating and others who arent but reading and pushing it forward because of u:) XOX

wowowwow!! AMAZING I cant even tell that u are the same person!! I CONGRATS:)))

I agree we Janae, U shouldnt cancel, and I am sure ur NUT wont be disappointed 80 LBS in 6 month is such a huge achievement and you shouldnt be affected by anyone who would told u that u are disappointed. Stalls are really disappointing but keep ur chin up, and go to your appointment to gain more info about this new stage of ur life where u are 80 lbs lighter:) Come back as Janae said and let us know, I am experiencing a stall myself right now its been 40 days since I lost anything and I keep bouncing up and down the same 3-4 pounds, I am 4 month 14 days out and also lost 47 pounds to date. SO I think I will be so curious to know what u will NUT will say to shake things up and break this stall. Best of luck )

Amanda, I totally believe you are right, yesterday I kept thinking If I am doing everything right then where is the change and when it really started to happen and u were right it started a week before ramadan, may be that week I was meant to lose but when the fasting got involved I started bouncing up and down. Also I kept thinking if the 3 meals are better spreaded than just being from 7 Pm till 3 AM I think it would have made a difference, at a normal day I should be eating from 11 am till 11 or may be late at 1 am. So that gives me 12-13 hours to eat, but now I only have 8 hours!! with the water involved ( 100 OZ) it is all crashing and I might be coming short of my calories cause sometimes I overestimate what I am eating. and Also I had to cut down on snacks, cause there is no time. I appreciate the time u took to think this!! I will wait after ramadan and see how things are gonna change. Thank u so much for listening:)

Aww again!! I am really blessed to have found this place and come to know amazing people like urslef and many others here, but seriously I always look to u as my mentor, u have been from the very begining of my process since the band and I am " saving my band over my closet" like u did lol just to remember how far I have come. I will try to push more carbs ( good carbs) and I seriously am reliefed to hear the word stall! I kept telling myself no it is not a stall, I am done, but to hear it from u now I am convinced! I dont mean to spoil u with words but u truly deserve them! I will shake things in different ways and I hope to come back to this topic and laugh as I did when I saw my first topics about how horrified I am to begin such amazing journey!! THANK U THANK U !!! hugs xoxoxoxo

awww, u are a magic girl!! U can totally take me away from all these thoughts by simply picking up on the real problem !!! I WILL WAKE UP with this spirit, I will actually will start practicing right away!!! THANK U my lovely friend XOXO

I feel you sooo much!! I am in the same situation although I am still 30 pounds away from my goal but I CAN SCREAM cause It is been over a month and I am not losing while being so discipline about following the rules, and I cant wait to visit my doctor in 15 days to discuss it and I SO HOPE he is not gonna answer the same usual answer "thats this is normal" I wish he can provide me with a solution. Good luck with ur tracking and I HOPE u discover the hidden thing, although sometimes there is no hidden calories and the body just tends to play us up:( BEST OF LUCK and let us know how did it go:)

Thank you little longer, I have been reading posts about slow losers since u recommend it and am still searching them:) Rev me up, I have been bouncing those 3-4 pounds for over a month nowgive or take 40 - 50 days. I wasnt counting carbs before but I started limiting them since the weight loss stoped, I will try adding oatmeal to my Breakfast tomorrow, cause yesterday I added some carbs and I woke up with another pound gained:( I know u are right about the rapid weighting in, but I am afraid if I let go of the scale for a week I will find myself flying over 10 pounds gain! I am really sooooooooo down!! I am gaining like crazy:(

Thank you longer- life, good luck on ur upcoming surgery and to tell you the truth it is the best thing u will ever give urself "just a side advice" I am still grateful for the 47 lbs I lost with the sleeve, and not only that, my life is not anymore about whats my next meal is and food in general. With that said, We are currently here having a month called ramadan which is coming to an end " it is a holly month were we fast till sunset" and after that follows a week of feast , My doctor is not here for this whole vacation, So I think I wont be able to see him except in 2 weeks from now or may be ten days with all the weekends involved:( I have always loved these boards and I was the one who always love to spread positive thoughts here. But now my body is acting really strange and I really was looking for help:( about someone telling me I am hostile, I am really astonished, Cause I was just answering to his "GENERA:L" thoughts and advice when he said that I shouldnt expect the surgery to do it all for me although I stated that I am discipline, and also I didnt like it when he said that I can eat my way through surgery, I felt like I was accused of stuff I didnt even do. I was answering honestly and I received a very harsh response about how these boards is. I will totally advice him to go back to my posts and topic and see how I respond on here. I would also advice to not always answer in "General" under specific topic. to be honest I was hurt.

English is my second language, I wasnt hostile, I was explaining my frustration. Edit to say: Thats not my real issue here, and please read my posts well, u assumed I am eating some stuff that I am not and I am still asking about STARVATION MODE!! SOME help explain how am I going into starvation mode and every sleever around here is eating 800-900 calories here too and not going into starvation mode, plus it is whats recommended from different surgeons, PLUS I am only 4 month and 11 days out. should I really up my calories?.

I am just venting Thomas whats wrong? and I know what this board is exactly! I have been here a while btw. Anyway thank u so much and I am glad with all your success. I have also lost more than 140 pound before my surgery. I am really confused with ur advice of not taking it too personal and u pointing out that this is a friendly board!!

Believe it or not Thomas, I am one of the strongest believers that the surgery is not a magic pill:) and also I AM NOT eating fatty or starches food like u think. and thats exactly whats driving me crazy, I also dont expect the surgery to do it all of me, I have learned from the best, Learned from my band experience. I am a hard worker, and thats whats depressing me, that I have been busting my everything the last month or may be 60 days and I keep bouncing up and down the same 3-4 pounds. I do eat carbs as I said before, I used to eat them normally and I wasnt a freak about them but then when the weight started slowing way down I had to go low carb, I tried low car, super low carb, NO CARB! and none of this worked. I drink always and forver non fat free milk! I am a huge fan:) AND I SWEAR I AM NOT EATING MY WAY THROUGH MY SURGERY:) Then why after all of this "and I see people eating 800-900 calories maximum here" .. my body is going into STARVATION MODE:(?

Coops and Miters, I hope it gets better for all of us and please let me know the minute u break this barrier

Kelly, u mean I should go over 800-900 calories? if so let me know. I will do my best but do u honestly think my body will ever lose again?, It is like I spent the whole day doing shopping and I walked for soooo long and I came back home "weighed myself to know I gained a pound" I know weighing too much is bad but I am in a critical place right now I dont wanna gain:(

I am really confused right now, It seems like most of you who have their weight loss stopped are more than 6 month post op. and I am still 4 month and ten days out, Thats why I am hugely surprised that my weightloss has been suffering that early, I dont actually mind stalls at all cause when I kept losing fast in the beginning I got so sick, and my immune system got weak, I started having bacterial infection in my tongue , throat and then my eyes. I started taking B- complex and B12, and I started feeling so good. Thats why I am really not minding stalls at all I swear, I know it is the way my body is defending itself and actually saving it. But now, When the weight loss started to stop awfully I knew that is not a stall, I knew it is like my band days, when my weight starts to jump up and down the same pounds whatever I do, So I was never a carb sensitive person or a counting one, and thats why I tried to go low carb may be thats the reason, I varied my exercises as you are suggesting and I really pushed myself to eat under my sleeve. my calories intake varies from 800-900 a day. These are my main concerns, I am really way too early to stop and I am really in need for those last 35 pounds to be shed. I even set my goal weight to be 155 which is above my normal BMI with 20-25 pounds and I am not aiming to be a model. SO how come my body wants to settle for 188-186 pounds? I am soo disappointed and yet so grateful!

It sure takes time! and some other times it is just UGHH! whats wrong but all pieces will fall in their place dont worry ) I AM CHEERING FOR U and everyone on this journey who knows how valuable a pound lost is!

Incredible results!!! U have really done sooooo good:) CONGRATS:)

SN.......Surgery weight.....Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Looou.........235...............186............185........1LBS woooohooooooo:))

Yes, I go through days like this, I dont know what trigger this pattern but I think afterwards that I either ate too quickly or just ate something that bothered my sleeve. Sometimes a little tiny bit of spicier ingredients does it to me. also sleeping/lying down after short time of eating or drinking do the same to me. Drinking too fast. Or having a denser food the day before. Dont worry it just comes few days a month and it fades away and it is nothing u should worry about.

way to go:) U will reach ur goal like a champion XOX