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I just ordered the Ultra FitBit, does anyone have any advice or tips on it? Thanks!!!

Good luck! You'll go through so much this next week and will need lots of support so be sure to share often and ask lots of questions here cause you'll always find good answers from this site as we've all Been where u are.

Today marks 11 weeks. My loss is slower than a turtle and yet is going up and down too.???? My major issue is the acid reflux and heartburn. I'd hoped it would be gone by now. The dr says just keep trying new RX and OTC meds until one works. Ughhhhhh ???? I weigh on Monday's and today I'm up two pounds. I'm following diet and exercise and calorie suggestions but obviously need to do better. I've gained on other weeks too and then lost the same week. It's All an emotional roller coaster. Even tho as of date im only -21lbs, I'm just trying to stay positive in looking towards a year from now and hope I'll meet my goal of -90lbs. (I know i know I'm in lala land-lol, but can dream right?)!!!! It's a slow painful learning process but hopefully it'll all be worth it someday!!!

Angela- Use myfitnesspal. Add people from this forum and loTs will have diaries u can see so u can look at recipes or food people eat too! It's a wonderful wonderful way to track diet and exercise and progress

Angela- Use myfitnesspal. Add people from this forum and lost have diaries u can see so u can look at recipes or food people eat too! It's a wonderful wonderful way to track diet and exercise and progress

I gained too. Like 10lbs and it took a out two weeks before I started seeing a loss then I stalled for two weeks and lost again then gained during my period (always normal for me) then lost. Overall during my almost ten weeks I've yo yo'd and that's been frustrating an I've only lost -18 so far but c'mon two pounds a week loss is still more than I was doing alone so I'm confident eventually that will be a steady loss and in a year it'll all be worth it

My doc have me a Prilosec RX but I chew a lot of Tum's too. The minty smooth dissolves work best. For me it lasted almost a month and now it's just every once and a while

I have and really like the magic bullet! Got it at Costco with all the extras for $45

I was self pay too, so didn't have to do a lot of the things prior to surgery so from my consult to surgery it was only a matter of weeks. I saw a few surgeons and know people that went to Mexico for a third of what I paid. Even tho I know I paid more than anyone I know, I felt my surgeon and the location to my home was right for me. That's what was most important to me. The first week I refer to as hell week. I learned a few things after surgery I didn't know and was mostly prepared otherwise. I'm almost ten weeks out and haven't lost a lot get. It's been very very slow for me. I'm at -18 but I'm truly happy with how much better I feel everyday. I started at 244 so if u weigh more you'll lose faster to start. So don't at all gauge by my loss. The gas and burps were and still are a huge part of this. Walk walk walk!!!! Have someone rub your back in circles to help u burp. Like u would with a baby! Drink LOTS of water! I'm a dasani Water addict cause it the only one I can drink room temp. Cold water is hard to handle for about two weeks. After a few weeks switch to smart water for the electrolytes it offers.. I pre bought all my Vitamins per my dr's advice, through the beariatrics online site, and I was so sick taking them all. After week 4 my doc gave me a b12 shot and took me off the vitamins. Said wait another month then start again but instead of all the individuals 3 times a day take my b12 shot monthly and buy the Vitamin crystals instead. They're a package like crystal light u pore in water twice a day. I will start those soon. Good luck and keep talking to people here. It's an amazing resource.

I wish I knew the dr would cut through a muscle in my side. That pain was so unbearable that day 4 post op I went to the hospital!!! I had no idea!!! After that I used heating pads and favored that side a few weeks! It's fine now 10 weeks PO

Wow it's been since high school for me since I've seen an 8. Ten when I had my first kid and 16 @surgery and now a possible 14. So not much loss since surgery 8 weeks ago but I'm at least moving in the right direction! I think I'll take down my motivational pic of myself when I was smaller and use yours instead!!!! You go with your size8!!!

You really looked good before and now just a smaller good looking u! It does not look like you've lost that much weight.. That's crazy thr pic one was 61+ more than thr last pic! I can't even imagine 61# gone? I'm two weeks out and only -18! You must feel so different in many ways? Looks like u are enjoying the new you. I can't see -26 more as u look so small now but I hope you reach your goal just the same.

That's really great! Congrats to u

My fitness pal= browndes :-)

Well, other than the horrible acid (yes I have a daily rx), and the severe nausea from Vitamins (which dr said I could stop for a few weeks &he gave me a b12 shot to hold me over), and the insomnia which cause severe tiredness around dinner time... After all that... I would not know I've had a sleeve surgery. Sure I'm full faster but eating a few ounces several times a day is way harder than three meals a day. It's hard to go anywhere and manage the right foods. I lost 8lbs the first week, 3 the next Rhein gained 3 the third week. Lost two if those the 4th and one the 5th. So overall I'm back to the -11lb lost I had on my ten day post op. It's a frustrating thing. I'm eating what my nut says and exercising (not weights tip cause I had a stran in my stomach from my muscle that was cut and not healing correctly, do was told to wait 8weeks for strenuous or weight exercise). I'm getting in my Protein and drOwning in my Water... So I'm doing what I need to.... But my body isn't. Over a long (long long) stretch I do feel that I'll loose. But it's hard to be seeing and reading all the fast and over wheeling success everyone has and I see that I'm $20 thousand dollars (cash) in the hole and feel like crap everytime I eat and I'm not enjoying eating out and miss my Friday night drinks with my hubby. I hear everyone say they have total New found energy And the lack of energy I have makes me feel broken. Ok ok ok ... I'm done venting.... Just really need to see if anyone else isn't making big strides either? Or am I just doing it all wrong?