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My husband and I have been having this. Two suspects for us. Low calories for sure. For him also he is on BP meds and sometimes his BP falls low. We both have to be very careful about getting up suddenly or bending over. We're about 3-4 weeks post op.

It's the lactose. I'm the same way. If the milk has been fermented or treated, it reduces the lactose in it. I cannot touch milk without getting violently ill but I can do cottage cheese, yogurt etc with no trouble. I used to be able to eat ice cream and cheese in small quantities before. Take 1-2 lactaid and see if that helps with milk and cheese.

Me neither I'm only a 40c now. I would love to lose band sizes but I can't afford to lose cup sizes, esp with my breeder hips. I accept I may need a lift after but I have yet to see fake boobs that don't look like they're about to take someoene's eye out if they got too close I mean I'll prob be 50 before I'm ready for them and 50-year old boobs don't stand at attention so not sure how weird fake books would look. Aaaand I'm worrying about nothing because who the heck knows what my body will do, but I can't afford to lose mine.

I was the same way! It took me the whole three weeks to get back to work properly. We were both constantly feeling bad that the house was a mess. But we were having to sit down so we didn't pass out in the middle of doing the dishes so.... I still felt guilty I wasn't working full time. This week I went back to it and let me tell you! I am ready! But I definitely wasn't last week. When you are up to it, you will naturally get up and start doing your fair share (unless you were always a lazy person )

Okay so here's another one that might explain the TIMING of the stall. I keep reading articles that suggest that people stall after they lose about 10-15% of their body weight. I will say with my husband and me, it was like clockwork. I had a small stall at 23 lbs lost, and he had a small one at 27 lbs--exactly 10% of body weight for both of us. Did that happen to you? http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-03-01-WLCstubbornweightloss01_CV_N.htm

That sounds fantastic! Congratulations! I don't have the experience that you do so I could be totally off-base, but you say you're eating more simple carbs. Do they maybe trigger you to feel hungrier as your blood sugar drops from the surge? Could it be that by not eating protein first, you aren't feeling the fullness you used to? Just thinking out loud.

This thread has articles that might help you. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/91424-this-is-a-public-service-announcement-concerning-stalls-plateaus/page__hl__%2Bthis+%2Bpublic+%2Bservice

I keep trying to remember who said it but can't. You may want to start a new thread with" nausea related to anemia" or something as a title.

Tell him you had surgery. Also he will spend his time trying to sell you services for after. That's his job My advice? Use that time to learn how to adjust each machine to fit you, and make note of how to use each one. After that, you will be set. There are many many apps, books, etc that will tell you exercise routines. You don't need the trainer for that. But if you can get them to show you how to set up the specific machines in your gym, then you're god to go. Tips on form are also helpful.

There was a thread here a while ago saying "okay who lost all their weights eating NO CARBOHYDRATES" or something. It made for interesting reading. Just as we all got fat in different ways,we all seem to lose it in diff ways. My encapsulation from spending (too much) time reading posts on this forum? 1.,there are the who are carb sensitive and will not lose if they eat over 60-80 of carbs while other are not carb sensitive and lose with 100+ gms of carbs 2. There are those that are triggered by eating carbs and then crave more carbs, and others who are not 3. There are moderators who can have a little bite or three of treats with no ill effects, and there are abstainers who can't have a little without craving a lot. 4. There are those who lost weight with no exercise, some fast, some slow, but there are others who, if they don't exercise, simply cannot lose it. Perhaps the important thing is for each of us to find where we lie on each of these spectrums. (spectra?) Pity we are not yet in an age where they could "read" our chemistries and give us a personalized prescription. We were born too early

I'm 47. Potentially more than half my life is over. I wanted to live like a thin person. After years of yo yo dieting, I could no longer lose weight, pretty much no matter what I did pre-sleeve. After losing 45 lbs due to almost dying, I put it ALL back in 3-4 months! There is no way a person can eat enough to put on 45 lbs in 3 months I know I didn't. At that point, I had to accept my metabolism, my body chemistry, something somewhere was broken. I could control my behaviors, but I could not control the outcomes. I could eat like a normal person, I could restrict calories, I could exercise, but I could no longer effect my weight. There are things I want to learn and do. I want to learn to scuba. There are many places I want to snorkel. I want to fly overseas without having to buy a business class ticket because we are too big to comfortably sit side by side in economy for 10 hours at a stretch. I want many more years with my husband whom I met late in life, but who brings me so much joy. I want to go hiking and take in the view from mountaintops. I don't want to be diabetic, have high blood pressure, and be an old, sick person. I want to be healthy and active because that's how your brain stays sharp. I don't want my children to have to take care of a mother who is completely losing her marbles, but manages to retain her stubbornness and independence. And that's the main thing. I want to be independent and not have to rely on others to take care of me. I need that, and the sleeve gave me a path to all of it.

The other thing is even the high-fat fasting rats lost abdominal fat. The only boo-boo was not the best glucose functioning/metabolism. If your blood sugars are low, and your diet is low in both carbs and sugar, that may not be a show stopper.

I also saw a post the other day with someone who said she had these issues due to her anemia. As soon as that got treated, the nausea went away. Maybe feosol will help?

This thread worries me. I have smaller breasts to start with. I don't want to be one of those " pancake ladies"

So before I get too far, let's just acknowledge that the problem is me. For whatever reason, I find myself really irritable, even with people I ordinarily love and adore. NOTHING is wrong in reality but man! I'm cranky! Working hard at controlling it. This is not the usual me. It's not hunger, it could be hormones from the weight loss? I don't know. But on the positive side, hey hey! First work-related trip yesterday! I just did fine and today, put in a whole days's worth of work with no trouble. Dinner with client still to be done, but feeling good. It feels really good to be back to normal. And very scary. While I was at home, I could control the food we had around us, meal times, shakes, etc. Now, outside in the real world, it has become abundantly clear to me how people eat around their sleeve and gain weight. I still have to make smart choices. Cake still sounds better to me than grilled chicken breast. The bread that arrived with my dinner looked like it would taste just fine rolled around in the oil and butter that accompanied it. Everywhere I go, there is food I have decided not to eat. I mean, EVERYWHERE. I read all the vets saying how this was just a tool, and that I still had to make the right choices, and each time, I nodded my head and I thought I knew what it meant. Honestly now? I don't think I understood it until I got on this trip. There is "bad" food everywhere. I always have a choice. And I will almost always have to fight temptation to not eat the bad food. Now that I am on real food, it's a much bigger challenge. I am measuring my food out, because if I didn't, I'm quite sure I could comfortably eat more than 1/4 of a cup of food. I understand that down the road, maybe that's okay. But this early into soft foods, I shouldn't take a chance. So I still have to make smart choices. And I still have the limit quantities. The sleeve won't do that for me. I will have to do that for the sleeve. It's a rude awakening and a much-needed reality check. So although I'm irritable today, I'm also grateful that I learned this lesson, and that I did that without breaking the rules. I think this is my next big challenge now that I have healed from the surgery. So bring it!

I felt like an alcoholic in a bar

Miss Mac, you are so right about real food. I agree with you totally. We cook everything from scratch at home. We don't use packaged food, convenience foods, fast food etc at home. It's very easy there. The problem on the road is very different. I was at the Boston airport at dark thirty this morning. After much deliberation, went to Starbucks, asked for a chocolate vivano (protein shake). They very nicely agreed to use no banana, my protein powder and soy milk. I was feeling very good about myself! Until I took the first sip and realized that they make it chocolately by putting in Hershey's chocolate syrup. There went that shake into the trash. It's a good lesson that we have to be hyper vigilant about how outside food is prepared.

Bad news. I've been depressed, lethargic and feeling blah, meh, blue, and blobby for the last three days. Good news: There is absolutely NOTHING wrong IRL, so I know this is just recovery/hormones. I don't know what the heck is wrong with my body but really, everything is going well surgery-wise. No problem with intake, protein, fluids, etc. Blood tests came back looking great. I'm just down. I knew this would happen, but I didn't think it would last thing long. This whole week, I've struggled to do much of anything. I lack vim and vinegar and zip and zing. Over the last 3 days, it's been more pronounced. I'm sort of slug-like right now, and I'd like the old me back please. I suspect so would my employees who aren't used to me being quite so out of it. They all know I had surgery, only one of them knows what kind. R of course is bouncing all over the place like nothing happened, but I notice that he gets angry easily and is very sensitive these days--which is his version of depression. So we're both having to be a bit gentle with each other and cut the other some slack. He's been great about giving me room to be depressed instead of trying to talk me out of it. I'm trying to do the same for him. I lost a pitch yesterday. I HATE HATE HATE losing. I could not have made any profit at the price they finally paid another company, so it was okay to lose it. But what surprised me was that my body reacted immediately and badly to it. As soon as I read the email, I broke out in a cold sweat and almost passed out. No exaggeration. I think my new tummy handles emotion/adrenaline differently. I noticed this when we tried to watch a movie right after the surgery and the rather tame thriller upset my stomach and my nervous system so badly I had to stop watching it. I think with a smaller tummy, the same rush of adrenaline doesn't feel as it used to. It's a horrible, uncomfortable, tense feeling and you want it to go away. Don't know if all adrenaline junkies have to deal with this or not, but I now know that *I* have to deal with this. I want to kick myself in the pants and "snap out of it". I'm keeping it from getting worse, but I haven't snapped out of it yet. Welcome to recovery, emo-style

Hi there! I have posted a lot in the blogs as well as on the boards about our journey (another way of saying I talk a lot) it's working very well for us. I too am 47, my husband is 60 and we're so happy we got this done. If there are specific questions you have, please do PM me and I'm happy to help in any way I can.