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How do you know how much excess skin you have? Like in lbs. I watch these shows and its like we cut off 25 lbs of skin. How do I get an idea of how much weight my excess skin is so I can decide if I am truly happy here or if I want to lose a little more? I am at the point of plateau. I have been at 157-162 for 10 months now. I would like to end up at the 145 ish range. I just have no idea how to know if I have 15 ish lbs of skin. and I dont want to cut the skin, not be in the 140s, lose another 10 ish lbs and possibly have to go back and have more skin cut off/ have more sag that I am trying to avoid.

I do think a scan will help as it will tell me if there is anything else really to lose or if my body settling here truly is what it is.

I have an appointment next month for my 18 month follow up. and I have asked them to put me in on the dietary side to for a scan. They have a machine that I think is similar to the Dex ones, you stand on it in a certain position, and wait like 2 minutes and it prints out body fat and bone density and such

im proud of your loss too! I see you all over the forum and loosely have followed your progress! Super proud of you!

Yes I dont think I know of a style or body goal... I want to be safe and know that I will be in good hands. I just want to get rid of the excess skin and find the body that lurks underneath. But also, balling on a budget lol

would it be a different procedure to get the under boob skin removed

How do you figure out what style the specialize in? I am about 2 hours below the OP, in SC but close to Charlotte and getting quoted high craziness... What kind of things did you ask or look for when researching surgeons?

Does your vision go white with the hypoglycemia? Its crazy how things we were on medicine for we now have the opposite issue. I had high BP and was on meds for it, and now, they are considering putting me on medicine to raise my BP. My resting pulse is 53. And thats so weird that they dont want you eating a lot of protien? How much do they want you eating? I have to have 90 and they require us to do one liquid per day for life. So, 80-100 g of protien with 20-30 of that has to be liquid per day.

just make sure your plan approves of that! most gummy vits have sugar so my plan does not allow them

check with your office first and see what you have already paid for. examply my dietician and mental health is included for life. My checks up to 13 months is included. and then i would have them run your insurance and see what coverage you have to stay with them, if not, they can refer you to someone that has coverage.

just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing had my one year followup this week and the doctor said Ive lost 94% of excess weight!

have you mentioned the sticking out part to your OB/doctor?

its all about the cup. Also, I have to have a straw, i know some plans don't allow them, ours says its okay after six months.

This sounds really good!

I did not do that procedure. But I will tell you my opinion on it. While I fully support medical tourism, and getting the procedure in places like mexico, I do think they use shiny gimick words to one up and get your business. I also think that its .... interesting... that they are doing a procedure that no other US doctor is advertising.. Combining that with the fact that it is hard to get a MX doctor to approve you for bypass, they heavily prefer sleeve because they can get them in and out faster and easier. I would encourage you to find a doctor that will approve you for bypass especially if you already have reflux issues

save it for soft! on pureed, as gross as it sounds, eat baby food jars. if you dont want to go that route, look at what all you can do with blended cottage cheese! You can add flavorings to it, warm it up and melt shredded cheese into it, you can mix it with stuff. cottage cheese is very versatile

the best thing I ever did was switching to a hairdresser that also had bariatric surgery. Because she had went through it herself ontop of her general hair knowledge I have felt so much more in control and so good about the decisions we made as far as cuts and products.

im 9 months out and have had several large traumatic events happen after surgery, and i feel like my anxiety medicine doesnt work anymore. I never consiidered the serotin component

I get pushback on my medical team for almost everything. And your team seems to be in the odd group here.. most teams push for 4-6 small meals a day...? Its really hard to only eat 3-6 ounces, only 3 times, and be at 1200 calories? I eat 5ish times a day, each meal being 150-300 calories, and a half cup per meal.

I hope so for you as well! The only thing is I do supplement Biotin, and thats just because I had a very traumatic experience around 4 months PO that made my hair loss accelerate, but that is an optional thing I added

i live in the south east USA and yesterday was upper 80s low 90s... i was in the pool with my son, in a two piece, with teeth chattering. I said I have to get out, its COLD. everyone though i was crazy

1. Basics: GENDER, AGE, HEIGHT female, 32, 5 ft 4.75 2. Total Weight lost in the 6 months BEFORE surgery (if any) 8 lbs on my own, 16 lost during preop, for a total of 24 lbs lost prior to surgery 3. Weight on DAY OF SURGERY. 256 4. Weight at 1 MONTH POST surgery 237 5. Weight at 3 MONTHs POST surgery 215 6. Weight at 6 MONTHs POST surgery 186 7. Weight at 12 MONTHs POST surgery not there yet, I am 9 months PO. 167

my office requires chewable. no gummies bc they have hidden carbs and sugars. no capsules bc they add additional barriers on absorption. My surgeons office gave us a full long list of their recommendations, and broke down which ones had additional supplements we had to add with it (example, if you take flintstones complete, you need to add calcium and b complex) I chose the one that was a complete that didnt need additional supplements, and the dietician said that she does not see defiencies with that one, its bariatric fusion, the one that says complete chewable. https://www.bariatricfusion.com/collections/bariatric-multivitamins

just wanted to say, the tied to a clock thing definetly resonates, esp that first six months. Its also part of why i specifically chose medicine that doesn't require supplementing with additional calcium and iron, i take a full complete all in one that doesnt require anything additional, and I take two twice a day.

I am aware that it is normal and its the loss of fat but dang. i have tried an egg crate cushion, a donut butt coyx or however its spelled cushion. Ive tried them on top of each both ways. The only smallest relief I get is if I set at an angle, on my hip, with my ankle under me to keep me tilted. But this puts my foot/leg to sleep. I have similar pain in my husbands truck, or sitting in my car longer than 3 hrs. I can't change my office chair bc work requires all of our chairs to look identical. HELPPPP.