Paola

I think there might be something wrong with my knees. Since last week my knees, more so my right knee, has been bothering me. They don't hurt, but they don't feel normal. I am hoping its because I have been doing my stationary bicycle almost everyday for the past few weeks for 1 hour. This week I am taking a break, hopefully it will get better. I am afraid if I go to the doctor they will tell me there's something wrong with them and I can't do exercise. I still have 100 pounds to loose. Has anyone else experienced anything similar? If so, what did you do?

I am almost 3 and a half months out, but I still get this buzz in my head when I get up from a chair. This doesn't happen every time I get up, or everyday, but the days it happen it happens a couple times a day. Usually it happens 3-4 days in a week. When I get up I will walk a few steps, feel the buzz, walk a few more steps, and its gone. Has anyone experienced this before? I don't consider it to be dizziness, more like static in my head for a few seconds.

I don't think I am dehydrated, I have this water bottle that takes 28 oz, I drink a minimum of 2 of those a day, plus my Protein shake. I must say though, that I don't really start drinking much water until noon, its like when I am home I am not awake enough to drink until noon; The few days I work I do drink alot more in the mornings. My surgeon never said anything about a straw, so even though I have read that some doctors say no to them, my bottle has one and I love it. I just don't know how not to gulp water, and the straw makes it easier.

@ ShouldBlittler and Dorrie: I was on ketosis for months before the surgery and I would never feel the buzz, I don't know if the surgery changed the side effects of ketosis for me. I don't actually know if I am in ketosis because this month I started eating more carbs, I will check that next time I go to the bathroom. @Traceyc: Next time it happens I will get my blood pressure measured, thanks for the article! Thank you all for the input!

After months of model behavior I fell off the wagon for a few weeks. I ate too many carbs, I stopped tracking my food, I even stopped coming by the forum. This has happened before, for some reason there is a point were I grow tired of the same foods, or I don't think I am losing weight fast enough, and I end up self sabotaging myself. I have continued to lose weight, but much slower than before, I think that is because no matter what I ate I never stopped doing 1 hr exercise almost everyday. My eating carbs reduced the amount of Protein I ate and that in turn means that every time I run my fingers through my hair some always comes out. So now I know that my actions have consequences, I have to take better care of myself, and I will. The good news is that I have recognized my self sabotage and I refuse to throw in the towel. I am very close to the smallest I have ever been as an adult (245), and I am going to get to my goal weight (150)! Now that that is off my chest I feel much better

Thank you, but I must tell you I still consider myself a newbie

Being hungry isn't my problem either, truthfully there are very few times when I ever feel hungry. I just like food, and I like eating, I thought I was over food but I still need to work on that. Because my hair is falling at an alarming rate, and my hair is my one true vanity, nothing but Protein is passing through these lips. I love this sleeve, because it has stopped me from gaining weight during my weeks of madness, I have never been so happy about getting full so quickly. Thanks to the sleeve the damage to my weight loss was minimal. Now I just keep repeating to myself that food is not the boss of me. I remember telling my mom once that food is an addiction, and it is. In my opinion it is the hardest addiction, because you can't quit food. You can quit smoking, drugs, alcohol, but you can't quit food. But like you said, I am aware, and I know that with my faith and my will, I will succeed.

My family has given me a weird look or two when they see what I am eating. For example I love to have a scrambled egg and pour 1 or 2 tbsp of natural yogurt on it. Another one is some tuna with mayo and a hint of honey, I know mayo and honey wouldn't usually be considered diet food, but I only eat 2oz of the whole can. Do you find that you crave weird combinations?