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It's pretty common to fluctuate in weight as aggravating as it is. I don't know what your eating but I know when I was doing a low carb diet before surgery it seemed to be high in sodium which will cause fluid retention. Also low carb diets have a tendency to cause constipation maybe thats a issue? I know TMI but if it is try drinking some "smooth move" tea to keep everything moving along. Keep tracking everything and make sure you really read those lables. There's so much hidden sugar in everything. Try to cook your own food fresh so you can season and know what's actually in the food. If your already doing all this than just you never mind me:) good luck!@@Scarlett72

Ha! That's great! It's the little things that can make a person happy

Good luck!

Congrats!

@@downsizingdiva Mine took a it two months. It started out sounding like I had demons living in there and now it's pretty normal.

@@Pac-woman Ha! That's funny I just order a squeem last night. It won't be here until Friday so I can't tell you anything about it yet.

I'm sure it is

Yay! Congrats!

Well maybe...but not this lol! I don't care to eat either but you just have to make yourself. I have good days and not so good days. I can't tell you if it will Come back or not but it's likely it will.

@@wannaBthinsoon Oh well thank you! I like to share any information that will help us along this journey....and save us money!!

@@kyrickchick64 That's good to know!

No, and yes it's bad to do so so don't do it! You can't see your insides, you could do damage. Not worth it, I can almost promise you you don't want to be cut back open. I'm sure your surgeon would frown upon that

Give it a few weeks. Make sure you get your water and vitamins in especially the B-12. Will your Dr allow zzzquil? That's the only sleep med I ever use but it sure works!

I didn't have nausea once I left the hospital but I did in the hospital. Do you have a prescription from your surgeon for nausea medication? If not you may want to ask. Make sure your at least getting fluids in.

@@TAK66 I did 14 days. I just upped the willpower and did it. There's not a whole lot you can do but know it will end.

Go back to the basics!

@@SouthernBelle69 Ha! It's tough but if you keep the end goal in mind and the willpower high you will make it through it a right of passage! I also tell people what worked for me was taking a picture of myself in a bra and undies on my phone, then every time I thought about cheating I pulled that baby out and looked at it and what do you know BAM that craving was gone....I'm not kidding It really got me through and I didn't cheat at all!! PS: if you do it for the love of god whatever you do DO NOT lose that phone!!!

Sorry I just noticed that you got your answer

@@mykdzmom Yes my surgeon had the forms and sent over the prescription, the b-12 is a prescription strength if I understood right.

@@Alex Brecher That's awesome! Thanks Alex!

Update: I called this morning and my insurance approves it! My co-pay is actually 25 dollars but still great! @@sunflowerchild I didn't do the monthly shipment plan. I want to try them out for the first month first to see if I like them Here's a number if anyone else is interested in calling to see if your insurance covers it. I have BCBS FEd

That's awesome!!

If you want more complex I can give you a list of my medical/chemistry books and you can spend the next 10+ years studying them! You'll probably be skinny by then and won't give a hoot though. Lol!! Seriously it's more complex than you probably really want/need to know. Just save yourself some years and call it a stall!!

It does have to do in part with your body adjusting and catching up. As "generic" as that may sound it's human physiology and your DR should know that maybe he didn't feel like explaining the human body, I don't know. I've been in college for going on 8 years to learn it so I wouldn't have time to explain it all either . There can be a million reasons why someone has a "stall" even when they are doing everything right. Just one example:Water weight can affect your total weight anywhere from 1-5 pounds and sometimes even more. It is important to understand what kinds of dietary factors can make these Fluid shifts happen. To start, many of the high Protein, low carbohydrate diets can cause a dramatic shift in your water weight. This is because as you cut back carbohydrate intake, your body starts breaking down the stored carbohydrates (glycogen) to use as energy and this breakdown causes the body to excrete large amounts of water. Once the body begins to use stored fat for energy, weight loss slows. This is the reason why most people lose a significant amount of weight right away on a low carb, high protein diet. (Which many of us do) When a person following a low carb plan eats a carbohydrate-rich food they can easily gain 1-3 pounds. However, this weight gain can be misleading because it is usually your body replenishing the fluid it lost and not gained fat. This 3 pound fluctuation becomes frustrating for many people and they end up yo-yoing back and forth with fluid weight thinking that it must be the half cup of rice they had the night before that caused them to gain that 3 pounds when in fact eating the rice just allowed them to regain some of the fluid they had lost from following a strict low carb plan. The fact is, carbohydrates do not affect your weight quite that simply. Excess carbohydrates can strongly stimulate insulin production, which may promote fat storage and increases appetite. This kind of weight gain will happen gradually, not dramatically overnight. Sodium is another dietary component that can lead to fluid gain. Sodium can cause the body to retain fluid, leading to these frustrating daily weight fluctuations. Some people are more sensitive to sodium than others.....blah blah blah. Now, see why it's easier for people to just call it a "stall" especially if they aren't medical experts or understand how the body works? That's just a few examples (still all body adjustments). Take it for what it's worth call it what you will the majority of people would just call it a stall....or AKA the part of the weigh loss journey that "sucks"

I don't have any regrets at all..I may still be living on cloud 9 though.