sleeping beauty

Im guilty...I havent been on for more than a year. Sorry! I am down 75 pounds. My start weight was 230 and I am currently weighing 155. My goal was suppose to be 150 but I havent gotten there yet. Its been a year and four months and I must say its getting harder to maintain. I go up about 5 pounds and then I drop it. I find myself hungry all the time. I have to watch myself because I tend to turn to slider food. All in all I am happy with my weight loss and will continue to control my bad habits. I dont ever want to go back to 230. I feel so good at this weight. Last time I was this weight was when I was in Jr. High School. I feel so nice and dont want to go back so I am definetely watching my eating habits. Will try to log on more often. I need the support as I feel at times that I am slipping to bad habits. We all need to stick together in this journey. Hope all is well with everyone. Please keep in touch... Sleeping Beauty.... I still love to sleep!

I am 3 1/2 month post op and only losing 1-2 pounds a week. I'm happy with that as I was a low BMI. I have lost 53 pounds already. 25 more pounds to reach goal. Not bad for 3 1/2 month. My only concern is my hair is starting to fall off rapidly. I get all my protein/ vitamins and water in everyday. I drink 10,000 mcg of Biotin. I'm so afraid of becoming bald. I don't know what else to do. Was reading up on hair loss and most ppl lose the most within 3 1/2 month till the 8th month. I want it to stop now...!

Try the cappucccino its really good if u like coffee.

Start weight 228 Surgery weight 216 Today's weight 178 Total of 50 pounds in 3 1/2 months The only problem is I'm losing too much hair. I'm drinking/ eating all my protein and vitamins. Also taking 10,000 Mg of biotin. Not sure why my hair is falling out so much. I'm so afraid of being bald. However I'm very happy with the weight loss. I'm 27 pounds to my goal. I am able to eat everything I desire so far, minus eggs. I can eat eggs but my sleeve doesn't really like it so I'm staying away from it. I can use some advice on the hair loss, Pls...

3 1/2 mouth post op and losing lots of hair. So afraid of brushing my hair. I take a 10,000 Mg of biotin daily. I take all my vitamins as well and 70-80 gm of protein daily. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I'm happy with the weight loss but sad I will be bald by the time all the weight falls off. My question is...when does it stop? How long does this stage last for? And what else can I do to provent it from falling out so fast? I am desperate... urgh!

Try Nectar vanilla bean from Syntrax. Go on bariatricpantry.com. I had the same problem and this protein helped me. They have many flavors. Ive tried vanilla, cappuciono, and chocolate so far and I love it. Its pretty expensive but worth it. Also one scoop has 23 grams of protein and if u mix it with one cup of skim milk that's a total of 34 grams of protein in one cup. I use farmland skim milk. Good luck its hard to find a protein shake that you like in the beginning.

Ok so I tried SYNTAX vanilla bean. It has 23g of protein. I mixed it with skim milk which has 11 g per cup. It taste pretty good. I think my problem was in texture. The thickness in the shake. Using the powder with skim milk made it thinner and more tolerable to drink. I think I'm gonna stick to this for now. Not bad for 33 g in one cup. I can do this!

Congrats to you. I was sleeved on 2/25 and I still have two more weeks to go on liquid. I can't wait for puréed food. I lost 25 pounds so far but I feel hungry most of the time. I'm hoping puréed food will fill me. Good luck!

Sleeved on 2/25, down 25 pounds including pre op diet. 228 start weight 216 day of surgery 206 post appt 203 today 3/11

Omg you look awesome. You are an inspiration. Wow... Keep up the good hard work. I'm only 2 weeks post op. I can't wait to see a big difference in me.

Thanks all for the advice. Yes I've tried muscle milk and I like it but for some reason most of the protein I've tried all taste like metal to me. Oh lord don't ask me why I just said metal. It just has a weird after taste that makes me nauseous. I guess I have to keep trying until I find one I like. I sure don't want to be bald. No way! I'm curious to try the unflavored in coffee. I love coffee so this might be it. Looking forward to try this. Thanks again all. I really appreciate your comments.

I'm 2 weeks post op and I'm sick of protein shakes. I've tried many and I can't drink them suckers. I'm done! I hate the way they all taste. I'm still on liquid for 2 more weeks. Not sure how I'm gonna get through this stage. I'm barely getting in about 30g of protein, when I should be at 60g. I'm drinking all my water and vitamins though. Im starting to worry. What will happen if I don't get all my proteins in?

I'm trying to stay off the scale but I can see myself getting on it in the near future.

Had my post op appt today and I lost 22 pounds. My surgery was on 2/25. Lost 12 on preop diet and 10 as of surgery in 9 days. I have a scale at home but I decided not to weigh myself. I'm not gonna be like most to check the weight everyday. I did this for my health and the weight will come off on its on. I kept my promise so far, not weighing myself and I tend to keep my promise... I hope.... Lol blood pressure was normal... Woot woot! Can't wait to see how my first lab work turns out. 228 b4 preop 216 day of surgery 206 post op Can't wait to be in the one hundreds. Haven't been there for over 8 years.