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Congrats pal and welcome to your new journey.. wishing you success.. stay strong and follow the plan... best of luck

Hey, I feel the frustration, I also ran into same issue... hair falling and all over shower LoL... increase your protein and don’t forget your biotin.. It will stop by 8th month.. same as you thankfully I have tons of hair and was not noticeable. Best of luck and hope this is just temp..

Check with your Dr..I remember I had Nyquil 4 months post surgery with no Issues, better to double check with doc

Congrats... keep it going.. I hope you hit your goal weight soon...

Myfitness pal is my favorite so far...

Will take a while to meet your liquid intake at beginning.. eventually you will be able to get your 48 oz of water per day. Talk to your Dr if you can drink coconut water to keep you hydrated

Awesome turn around.. glad things worked out and you are comitted to plan.. stay on track..looking great!

Night and day ... awesome results..stay in track pal..

Great results!!! Keep it up pal...

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Awesome results! Very glad you are doing well, and happier that you are hitting the gym, workouts / weight training is important too.. stay strong pal

Congrats in your achievement.. keep up

Try spotify.. they havea freat music selection.. all depends what type of music you like...

Dont regreat it.. just keep moving and stay focus... best of luck pal

Way to go pal... keep it up

Good job pal! Keep it up & congrats!

1. What day did you have your port removed and do a leak test? Leak test is performed immediately after Dr staples your new stomach and removes excess stomach. 2. Did the leak test make you have diarrhea? (Just thinking if I should spend an extra day there because the idea of being sick like that on a plane sounds like 0 fun) No, at least had no effect on me.. I was at hospital 2 days. De wanted to monitor and make sure I was able to meet my liquid intake prior to go home. If any complications I would be in good hands. By the way, no complications at all 3. Did you need to take blood thinners for flying so soon after surgery? In my case I had blood thiner shots few hours prior surgery, and first/second day while I was at hospital. This is just to prevent blood clog 4. Is it true that after surgery you tend to have a lot more gas? Even months after surgery.... The reason for that is because Drs use gas to inflate your stomach. Once surgery is done, you still have residual gas. In me case Dr recommended gas X strips to release gas and walk as much as posible once you get up. It wont me easy because you will feel that gas discomfort in your abdominal area, chest and stomach. But will go away in days, every days that passes it feels better 5. I have PCOS which is a contributing factor as to why I'm considering this surgery. I'm not wanting kids just to be a healthy weight.....for once. Anyone else out there have PCOS and the surgery? How is your journey going? Not familiar about PCOS, sorry can’t contribute 6. Is it realistic to be able to go to work a week post op? ideally 2 weeks, but yes 1 week is realistic, I took 1 week off and came back to work. I still had a bit of discomfort in my stomach due gas.. but all good. 7. I have zero desire to tell anyone I'm having this surgery, is going there solo etc okay? Were you able to drive yourself home after you made it back? no need to be ashamed or hide it. As many people know about it, the higher support you get. At least to close family 8. I've heard there can be a lot of pain even months after surgery, eating different foods etc is this the rule or the exception? the pain is mostly discomfort due gas used during surgery. I was back to normal (100%) 6 weeks post surgery. You will have issues swallowing, meeting liquid intake or eating because your stomach pouch is smaller than a baby, it is like everything with time gets better, at my 2nd month post op I almost forgot I went through this surgery 9. If you've had the surgery knowing what you know now what is one piece of advice you wish you could have given your self pre-surgery? walk as soon as you open your eyes post surgery.. set your timer and walk every 1 or 2 hours. Take your gas x, use compression belt , at beginning drink coconut water to hydrate, pain/discomfort wont last long as soon as you keep active. Most importantly do not hesitate, get it done 10. How uncomfortable was flying? If driving was an option would that have been easier? When flying would you have waiting more time been a better idea or was it okay to go when you were cleared? I haven’t taken vacations since then, so I cant say anything about it.. bit shouldn’t be an issue.. Best of luck pal

checking in 12/6/17 CW -> 231.2 lbs 1/10/18 GW -> 215..

Thanks.. will check it out..

If you dont mind asking, was it out of pocket or did your insurance covered it? in USA or out of USA? I might have to go through that.. I see some loose skin and still have to drop 40 lbs... thanks

What the recovery time frame?

Ever wonder what will be the best part that made you feel great about your weight loss? For me, it felt great when I was able to tie my shoes without a struggle lol. And recently when you actually can see your hip bones after every workout [emoji854] What’s yours?

Check out bodyrock workouts in you tube, if you like them you can always signup for most up to date workouts.. its all about lunges.. you could also add spin class.. good luck 😀

Awesome job!! What’s you WL stats? Congrats!

Keep it up and congrats