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Got on the scale this morning and I have gained 3 lbs, I have no idea why

I am very sorry to hear that!

Where do you get these supplements? Can you buy them anywhere?

Well I fell on the ice a few weeks ago and my butt has been hurting ever since. People keep joking its because I no longer have a butt LOL I have lost everything but this stupid stubborn stomach. Literally everything else one me has gotten tiny. I lost half my boobs but they have stayed the same for a while now. I cannot find the facebook group.

What's the name of the Facebook group?

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yes Suzann I am also FREEZING! LOL I used to sleep on top of covers now I am buried under 3. Congratulations Devint on your go ahead to try and conceive. In July of 2013 I miscarried at 12 weeks. I tried to conceive again but it did not happen. My surgeon said I must wait 18 months even though my blood work is good. I have had to sign a "contract" to not get pregnant until that point. The sad part is that I will be 39 at 18 months so not sure I will even want to conceive at that point but it was a no win. The reason I couldn't conceive was my weight and now I can't conceive because of weight loss surgery - Oh the irony. So new question of the "weird things that happen to me, is it happening to anyone else". I have never been a junk food eater, I know that sounds untrue but trust me its true, and all of a sudden I want chips and chocolate. What's up with that???? Before surgery I never ate that stuff, I ate a lot of Pasta but NEVER chips and only occasionally chocolate. Anyone else craving bad stuff that they didn't even like before?

I have always had a high desire even as a bigger person but almost immediately after surgery my desire completely left. Of course at first we couldn't anyways cuz the Dr said to wait 3 weeks but I had NO problem with that request. I have had zero interest since. I wasn't expected it to go up but I wasn't expecting it to down either. I feel bad for my husband, he has a thin wife now but she has no interest in being intimate with him.

How's everyone doing? I have a personal question to ask and I hope its not TMI. Is anyone experiencing sexual issues since your weight loss? I have completely lost my desire for sex. It seems odd to me, I would have thought losing 65 lbs would make me want sex but it has had the opposite effect on me. I am hoping its temporary but its not something I really want to ask my surgeon about. Anyone else in this same boat?

Yes I did my 6 month check up blood work and everything came back in normal range. My actual surgery area doesn't hurt me at all LOL. I am weird! Yea my collar bones are really poking out now also. I guess this is probably all just part of the process. I showed my mother the bone on my chest I was talking about and she said it was always like that, I guess I just forgot since I have spent 10 years with it covered in fat!

SO I have a kind of odd question. Is anyone noticing that things hurt you more? For example my husband has always pulled me across the bed to cuddle with him (I am not a cuddler and this is his way of forcing me to cuddle LOL) well it never hurt but now its like it hurts my ribs and my stomach. I am not sure if he is using to much force because he thinks he needs more strength to pull me or if my bones are more sensative. I feel like it may be the latter. We moved some furniture around for Christmas decorations and I have bruises all over me and I very sore. I don't think I should be this sore since I exercise pretty frequently. Ok another weird thing - I am noticing that I have a bone that sticks out on my chest near my collar bone. I am wondering did something change or is it just not hidden by fat anymore? Anyone else experiencing weird stuff like this or should I talk to the Dr?

That's awesome that you are doing so well! My surgeon said something kind of similiar. He said that the average loss is 60% of their excess weight in 18 months. I have lost 75%. He stated that I am going to have to work for the last 25% which I already knew.

Went for my 6 month check up on Friday. Good news is that all my numbers look really good. I met with the nutritionist while I was there. We ran through my daily eating and exercising. She thinks I am not taking in enough calories and not drinking enough water. So I am going to try to eat more (ironic right) and drink more water and see if I can finally break this stall.

I agree! It is scary how much and what I can eat now although I still stay at around 800 calories most days. I am also hungry way more than I used to be!

I started at 221 and have lost 60 pounds. My insurance paid for my surgery but I had about $1000 out of pocket in co pays. I am sure my insurance would pay for me to see the nutrionist again, I will look into it. I have only seen her twice and both times were pre surgery.

No I didn't take measurements I really wish I had! I know that I am down from a size 20 to a 10/12 and I am very happy about that! I am trying to just wait it out and be happy of where I am right now. At least I can buy clothes and not worry about them not fitting a week later. Is that the bright side?

It could be muscle but it doesn't seem like it. I really wish I could stay off the scale, it's an addiction!

What's really weird to me is how different I feel just those 3 little pounds of weight gain. I feel fat again. I know its completly mental cuz I couldn't possibly look any different but I can't shake the feeling. So I have cut more calories and exercised harder. Any other ideas to get over this now over 2 month stahl? I knew stahls were going to happen but everything I read said it would last a week or two weeks. Not only has mine lasted this long but it happened only 3 months out. Am I alone in thinking there must be something wrong? I go for my 6 month check up on the 21st. It will be sad if I weight the same that I did at my 3 month check up.

What's the facebook group? How do you join? So I thought I was starting to lose again BUT alas I gained back the 3 lbs I lost. I think the problem is just because I am so close to goal. At some point my stubborn body will have no choice but to lose cuz I am not over eating and I am exercising. As far as getting tired of people complimenting you. I haven't experienced that yet. But I am getting tired of the "how did you do it comments". That's kinda annoying to me.

I didn't say I had a different surgery; I did have a hernia surgery at the same time. The ONLY reason I had to tell my supervisor about my surgery at all is because our internal policies dictate that when we request more than two days off in a row we MUST state the reason why. Now if I had said I was going to Disney world and that's why I needed off than that would be a lie. I really didn't even want to tell that I was having the hernia surgery (which I did have) but I was forced to and it is also a privacy issue to me. I did not nor do I currently have any delusions concerning my weight. That’s a very unfair assumption you have made. I was always very tiny until 8 years ago and each year after I have gotten bigger and bigger until I was morbidly obese. Even now 61 lbs later I am still fat just not as fat. I definitely don't think my surgery has done all the work for me. I have worked my butt off for what I have lost. Considering I have 3 close family members who had the same surgery I knew exactly what I was getting myself into and how much I would need to work. Yesterday while at a youth sporting event another mother was talking to me about another individual who apparently at some point weighed 300 lbs and now weighs maybe 100 lbs soaking weight. I made the comment that she looks good and should be proud of herself. That person responded back to me "Why should she be proud? She had surgery that's the only reason she lost that weight, she is lazy and should be ashamed." Now confronted with this situation I had no choice but to admit that I also had surgery and that was a very unfair statement of her to make. I had never discussed my weight loss with this person, we are not close. So I am not hiding it, I am just not shouting from the roof tops my personal business but obviously when confronted with the situation I will tell someone I have had weight loss surgery.

I haven't lied to anyone. I don't go around telling people that I had a miscarriage last year either. How is it any different? I am a private person NOT a liar. If someone were to point blank ask me if I had surgery I would say yes but that has not happened. I choose to not talk about personal things with anyone but the people who are close to me, I really don't see what is the problem. Just like some people tell you EVERYTHING about themselves and others keep their lives more private to me it's a personality preference.

I like that idea only thing is your answers are exactly what mine would be!

Got on the scale this morning and was down 2 lbs. Woot Woot! I am praying this means my stall is over!

I have only told my immediate family and my best friend. Everyone else believes that I was on a liquid diet and now I watch what I eat. Which btw neither of those things are a lie. I only took 4 days off from work but just incase something did happen I told my boss I was having hernia surgery. Which was the truth as my hernia was fixed at the same time. Unless you work a manual labor job you don't need 6 weeks off. I was fine going back to work after 4 days. If I had to do it again I MIGHT take 2 weeks off at the most. One person at work did figure it out because she herself had surgery also, and my mother works in the same building as me, so when this person began talking to her about it my mother thought I had told her and confirmed that I did have surgery. I don't believe she has told anyone but I really don't care at this point anyways.

I am so sorry to hear that! You should look for a support group with other parents whose child has this. I know a few people and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there!

Yea I didn't realize about the stomach noises either but thankfully mine doesn't do it nearly as much anymore. I did think of one positive one. My periods are way shorter and very light.