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Raise your hand if you have Calcium in a plastic bag in your purse or backpack.

This is my schedule. The vitamins were all part of my plan. With breakfast, I take these with tomato juice to help get them down: Multivitamin w/iron High potency iron/vitamin C B12 vitamin D Then I take my 650 of calcium at lunch, dinner, and bedtime. I was taking my iron all at night, but lying down after taking it + not drinking enough water with it made me feel sick.

650 3x a day. I've been told that we shouldn't take iron within 2 hours of calcium due to malabsorption.

I didn't lose any. I had to stop Biotin because it was making hair grow where it didn't belong. I attribute it to eating a lot of protein and not dropping my calories as low as a lot of people, but it could just be luck.

I use a free app called Medisafe or I would never remember a couple of midday ones. https://www.mymedisafe.com/

I was able to take my pills the first morning after gastric sleeve surgery, as are a lot of people.

Progress pictures. SW: 250, 5'6" Surgery date: 10/15/18 1/2/19, 216 lbs. 6/16/19 183 lbs. I didn't notice this until I posted, but I seem to have lost a double chin.

I didn’t tell anyone at work. I said I had to have a minor surgery and after I would be on a medically supervised diet. My HR person tried to get it out of me, but nope! People have different ideas about WLS and I thought our CEO might resent my insurance (through him) paying for it.

Yeah, I have anxiety and depression and take medication and all they wanted to know is if I was going to continue to see my psychiatrist. (Yes) I think the test is more to make sure you have the cognitive ability to give informed consent to the surgery and follow your plan. Having given the test also reduces the surgeon's liability if something does go wrong.

It sounds like you might benefit from talking to a therapist that specializes in bariatric patients. One thing the surgery won't do is prevent you from eating the "worst food." You will still be able to eat unhealthy food with your sleeve. If I get hungry during the night I drink almond milk because it's filling and low calorie. To lose weight, sleeve or no, you will need to eat a healthy, low-calorie diet.

No problem!

No regrets at all! I wish you all the best, and if you are in pain or have regrets, I hope you feel better soon.

This was what threw me, sorry!

I eat around 1,200 calories. I think everyone should eat what they want, but there are some potential dangers with very-low-calorie diets like gall-stones and loss of mental function. I know I can lose weight at 1,200 calories a day, it will be a bit slower, but there are some health benefits and I feel better. Again, I think everyone should talk to a dietitian and eat the calories they think will work best for them. All bodies are different. Check out this WebMD article.

Pre and post opp I lose weight like a ladder. Lose 4 lbs. gain 1 back, lose 2 lbs. stall lose 1 lb. gain 2 back, etc. I look at long term trends instead of my daily weight. Water retention or constipation could result in a small gain like that.

There's a lot more you need to know about a woman's health before you diagnose a woman's chronic fatigue as poor diet and I think your advice elsewhere that women should eat 600 calories a day for a year after surgery is dangerous.

I'm not sure what you are talking about but being fatigued right after surgery when you are eating around <500 calories a day sounds normal to me.

I had a hard time giving up coffee. I did a week before surgery and about three weeks after. I didn't get headaches, but I felt like a zombie all the time. I got sugar-free mints on Amazon that have the caffeine of half a cup of coffee and had one or two of those for a while. Now I drink less, like a 4 oz cup of coffee in the morning. As @KCgirl061 mentioned, I make sure to up my water intake.

I was thinking about what @GreenTealael posted in another thread about how we aren't the same people as before we lost weight because I'm having an unusual morning. Before surgery, I had severe chronic back pain and often spent one or both weekend days resting in bed watching TV or on FB because I was tired, my back hurt, and the drugs I was taking for my back made me tired. I'm off the pills now, and my back pain is quite mild. Today I got up, had breakfast, and then my husband went back to bed. I cleaned out our disgusting screened-in porch, removing piles of leaves and dirt. Then I took all my makeup and other bathroom items off the crusty mirrored shelves, Windexed the shelves, and managed to throw some stuff out. Then I went on my treadmill for 20 minutes. I justed changed the sheets and started laundry, and I'm heading out to wash my car in the driveway instead of a carwash. In short, who am I? This surgery and corresponding lifestyle have made my life so much better, and I'm so grateful I had it!

Since women face a lot of societal pressure not to get angry, I wanted to add, when people treat you badly, it's totally OK to get angry. If you want to stop being angry, then yes, therapy, realizing you can only control how you react, etc... but being angry and female is not, in itself, bad.

As you recover from surgery and eat more calories, you'll probably have more energy. Good luck!

Yeah, I don't either, they are fine in my program. I have seen other people say they aren't allowed on theirs.

Is your pain something physical therapy could help? When I started, my exercise was walking on a treadmill and going to physical therapy for degenerative disk disease. After nine months, I just "graduated" from my physical therapist to a personal trainer and we are working on functional movement. Having an apt. with a trainer makes a big difference in motivating me to go exercise.

Oh, thanks! Well, if I'm hungry I think it's worth the calories since I like them and they're easy to digest. I think of juice, beer, etc. as empty calories, but protein shakes fill me up.

Snacks I like: Banana Light Greek Yogurt Light String Cheese 1/4 cup mixed nuts (I know some people can't eat nuts.) Quest bar Protein shake (Some programs do not recommend after a certain point, not sure why?) Besides the banana, protein seems to be the key here if I'm hungry.