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Hi: I would like to start a thread on experiences with stalls. I understand that stalls happen and the weight is lost in a non-linear manner and all that. I am not freaked out about the stalls even though not having thHi: I would like to start a thread on experiences with stalls. I understand that stalls happen and the weight is lost in a non-linear manner and all that. I am not freaked out about the stalls even though not having the positive feedback does deflate your balloon a little bit. However I am interested in listening from long timers, especially those who had had the surgery 3 to 6 months ago or even a year ago. Following are my questions: 1) In a longer term, what are approximate timings when stalls typically happen. e.g. everyone says at 3rd week, but what about 3 months or 4 months etc? What have your stall history been? 2) If you had surgery 3 months or 6 months or 9 months or one year ago, how many stalls did you experience approximately? 3) How long your individual stalls last (try and remember how long it took to get the needle moving)? 4) Were there any special considerations or change to your routine that you undertook to break it? e.g. eat more Protein, eliminate carbs or drink Water or double the exercise? What particularly helped you break the stall? 5) Has anyone come across any research or videos especially from medical or research resources? Please share. Please elaborate. I am interested in experiences. I am not freaked out or anything, just seeking detailed information and stories from people who are going through the journey for a longer while than a few weeks. Detailed responses are much appreciated. Have a nice holiday season. e positive feedback does deflate your balloon a little bit. However I am interested in listening from long timers, especially those who had had the surgery 3 to 6 months ago or even a year ago. Following are my questions: 1) In a longer term, what are approximate timings when stalls typically happen. e.g. everyone says at 3rd week, but what about 3 months or 4 months etc? What have your stall history been? 2) If you had surgery 3 months or 6 months or 9 months or one year ago, how many stalls did you experience approximately? 3) How long your individual stalls last (try and remember how long it took to get the needle moving)? 4) Were there any special considerations or change to your routine that you undertook to break it? e.g. eat more protein, eliminate carbs or drink water or double the exercise? What particularly helped you break the stall? 5) Has anyone come across any research or videos especially from medical or research resources? Please share. Please elaborate. I am interested in experiences. I am not freaked out or anything, just seeking detailed information and stories from people who are going through the journey for a longer while than a few weeks. Detailed responses are much appreciated. Have a nice holiday season.

Hi: I would like to start a thread on experiences with stalls. I understand that stalls happen and the weight is lost in a non-linear manner and all that. I am not freaked out about the stalls even though not having thHi: I would like to start a thread on experiences with stalls. I understand that stalls happen and the weight is lost in a non-linear manner and all that. I am not freaked out about the stalls even though not having the positive feedback does deflate your balloon a little bit. However I am interested in listening from long timers, especially those who had had the surgery 3 to 6 months ago or even a year ago. Following are my questions: 1) In a longer term, what are approximate timings when stalls typically happen. e.g. everyone says at 3rd week, but what about 3 months or 4 months etc? What have your stall history been? 2) If you had surgery 3 months or 6 months or 9 months or one year ago, how many stalls did you experience approximately? 3) How long your individual stalls last (try and remember how long it took to get the needle moving)? 4) Were there any special considerations or change to your routine that you undertook to break it? e.g. eat more Protein, eliminate carbs or drink Water or double the exercise? What particularly helped you break the stall? 5) Has anyone come across any research or videos especially from medical or research resources? Please share. Please elaborate. I am interested in experiences. I am not freaked out or anything, just seeking detailed information and stories from people who are going through the journey for a longer while than a few weeks. Detailed responses are much appreciated. Have a nice holiday season. e positive feedback does deflate your balloon a little bit. However I am interested in listening from long timers, especially those who had had the surgery 3 to 6 months ago or even a year ago. Following are my questions: 1) In a longer term, what are approximate timings when stalls typically happen. e.g. everyone says at 3rd week, but what about 3 months or 4 months etc? What have your stall history been? 2) If you had surgery 3 months or 6 months or 9 months or one year ago, how many stalls did you experience approximately? 3) How long your individual stalls last (try and remember how long it took to get the needle moving)? 4) Were there any special considerations or change to your routine that you undertook to break it? e.g. eat more protein, eliminate carbs or drink water or double the exercise? What particularly helped you break the stall? 5) Has anyone come across any research or videos especially from medical or research resources? Please share. Please elaborate. I am interested in experiences. I am not freaked out or anything, just seeking detailed information and stories from people who are going through the journey for a longer while than a few weeks. Detailed responses are much appreciated. Have a nice holiday season.

Hi: I had my sleeve on 09/06/2016. Obviously stomach capacity was very tight in the beginning and it gradually started loosening. Progressively my stomach capacity now seems to be pretty decent three months out. I am experiencing a bit of a slow down in the speed of weight loss. But keeping at it. Problem is that: 1) I can down 10 to 12 ounces of food no problem if I want to. 2) I can gulp down a Protein shake no issues. 3) I feel like can slowly eat soft mushy food non-stop. II have not tried it yet though. 4) I do feel slight hunger if I have not eaten. ( I work out nearly two hours a day) What have your individual experiences? Is it because I am a male-does gender matter? Please chime in. -J

Thank you folks for your responses. In an effort to go vegetarian a bit, I significantly reduced the meat from my diet and perhaps that was the mistake. jilani

Thank you folks for your responses and apologies for the copy and paste error. The website kinda glitched as I was pasting so I double pasted. jilani

Thank you folks for your responses and apologies for the copy and paste error. The website kinda glitched as I was pasting so I double pasted. jilani

Hello: I was sleeved september 6th. My post surgery experience has been pretty simple. I am ending my 4th week tomorrow. In the last week or so, I feel like a very very low mild pain in the muscle of the abdomen behind the stitches(glue) and if I run my finger, I can almost localize sore spot under the skin. i am not a paranoid or a hypochondriac, but does the soreness of the abdominal wall (almost in a local area) remain after 4 weeks? Anybody experiencing that? thanks

beginanew: DO NOT HESITATE. this is a no brainer. you have much less than 1% chance of complications compared to more than 80% chance of diabetes, heart attack, stoke, HBP, apnea, kidney issues, depression, arthritis and on and on with obesity. IT IS A NO-BRAINER. and really not that hard.

I am about 16 days out and must say that until 4 days ago, I was feeling extra extra week, with brain fog. I was taking in Protein and losing weight at a good clip but the fatigue and cramps in my calf muscle. Today I am feeling better and the changes I made in the my routin are as following: 1) I read an article on Iron and fatigue and the association with Vitamin C so I have attached that article with the post if you wish to read. I am have started taking chewable iron supplements. 2) I switched from drinking broth and sodium laden Soups from the grocery isle to making my own indian style lentils (toor daal OR moong daal many varities in Indian Grocery stores--will post my recipe soon). I blend it with Water and a hard boiled egg (or just chew the hard boiled egg pieces really well) and 1 cup of greek yogurt (19g of protein). So the cup of lentil Soup blended with egg and i cup of greek yogurt is plenty of protein for the meal. 3) I make DARN sure that I take at least 80 ounces of water. 4) Add one banana to the two protein smoothies I have in a day (so two bananas and two whey protein scoops in the whole day) 5) My multivitamins made me nauseous so I switched to my children's flintstones and they seem to not make me nauseous although I do need to chew more pills So far my weight loss is still on track and the fatigue is down by 50% or more. I am sharing this experience with everybody and hope this helps. Just wanted to share. Anemia Following Weight Loss Surgery (2) (1).pdf

Hi there. Have two questions to recent or recovered sleevers. I am exactly 2 weeks post surgery. 1) I never used to sleep 7 hours a day. These days I am clocking 10 hours of sleep. If I seep less, I a usually not focused or like today, end up sleeping close to 3 hours in the afternoon. Any experiencing or experienced this? 2) Multivitamin chewable tablets are making me nauseous. It is very clear. Everytime I have it, I get a bout of nausea. Fortunately have not hurled yet. Any experiencing this? Has anybody found an alternative which does not require wearing a patch? Thanks, Jilani

I get that from time to time. 2 weeks out. I am using a lot of broth and using salt substitute that has potassium. keep up the multivitamins and drink drink drink.

I felt the same. Two weeks out. I have tried to do two things which helped me a lot: 1) Up your Protein. I add a bowl of greek yogurt to my Soup. Greek yogurt is very high in protein and an easy way to make your protein intake easier. I also try to blend an egg in the soup from time to time. 2) Water water water. The only two times I felt dizzy and low on energy is when I less than half what I need to drink. All the best.

Hi everybody, i had my sleeve surgery last week (09/06). It thankfully went perfectly and no hassles except what was to be expected. I am losing weight, but have a small concern. Until two or three days ago when I was on clear liquid diet and stomach was healing and swollen, I could barely swallow and keep up with the dietary needs. But last couple of days, I feel that I can drink a decent quantity of full liquids without any problems. E.g. I can down a 32 oz ninja blender cup of Protein smoothie over about one hour easily. One week out of surgery is that normal. I am not going to get cocky and indulge in real food for the next 4 weeks as my surgeon told me to, but is there anyone who had the same experience. I mean being able to down a 24 to 32 oz protein smoothie over one hour and take big sips, one week out of surgery. Thanks and please share. Jilani

I am measuring the calories to the dot. My smoothie is typicaally ice, one premier Protein shake (30 grams), one scoop whey protein and frozen berries or strawberries or cut peach. Typically about 300 cals to 350 cals. Last me an hour and stay with me most of the day till afternoon. I am probably doing 700 to 900 calories one week out. Experimenting with Soups. I have not started the mushy food yet. Not until mid Oct according to mu NUT. Never was a fan of sweet beverages EXCEPT cappacinos and esspresos. But Lisa Mergs is right. Drinking like a champ.

Hope everybody did great. I will write the salient features of my experience soon.

Hi; I am getting my sleeve surgery done on sep 6th with Dr Allan Cribbins. I would love to hear some experiences and have some fellow sleevers who are going through similar experience around the same day, particularly with Dr Cribbins. If you had had a surgery with Dr Cribbins in the past, would love to hear your experience. I have liked the guy, he seems very laid back and casual and takes time to answer the questions. I had a list of 20 or 25 questions and took almost 25 minutes in my last appointment. He was very patient and never rushed any response-including the hard questions I asked of him. He seemed like a guy who probably sleeps and lives in his surgeon outfit (or whatchma call it) 24/7. As they say, prepare for the worst and hope for the best, for the first time in my life regardless of my years of struggle with morbid obesity, I have felt that I am mentally prepared to tackle the surgery and manage the demands and yes face any issues. Mentally ready to fight the good fight. If you are having surgery around the same time, let us share experiences and pray for me.

Ok Lacee Mouse, all the best. Ping me if you want to know my experience, I went with Dr Cribbins. Good guy.

Look, I am about to have my surgery on Sep 16th. If I lose my expected weight, that will be 140 pounds, It is like as if I carry another human being on me all the time and that human being chokes me when I am asleep, gives me back ache, takes the extra seat on the airline and most of all has not let me run in over 10 years. If I have to give up coffee and switch to decaf to get rid of this 140 pound human being that I carry on me-amen.

I saw dr Nicholson and was told the same. I think insurance approves the surgery for hiatal hernia but does not object to bariatric if it is already paying . Two in one. In full disclosure I am taking the tougher qualification route to instill discipline. Btw we're you asked to do a sleep study also?

Hello I met my potential surgeon couple of days ago. He said that my insurance (BCBS TX - PPO) requires a criteria approval process but that he can expedite it by going the Hiatal Hernia route. As in get the approval for Hiatal Hernia repair and once he is in there, he can do whatever - i.e. do the gastric sleeve. It seems a bit off the track. I am concerned that if there are any risks afterwards like denial of payment in case of complications due to sleeve if the operation was done under the guise of Hiatal Hernia. Has anyone heard of this? Is this common? What should I do?

Yes,peteruiz, I was advised by the surgeon (same as your). My bmi is 48. I do have heartburn so he suggested that .just concerned if there are late complications

Hello, I am contemplating gastric sleeve. I will really appreciate if folks who have actually gone through the operation can suggest names of surgeons with whom they had had good experience. Or which institutions are considered centers of Bariatric Surgery Excellence. Will greatly appreciate.