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I had my 2nd post OP visit today since my surgery on 7/31. My doctor was super pleased with my progress. When I told him that everything I eat makes me head straight to the potty, he suggested I add more fiber to my diet. I thought that would cause me to go... apparently it works both ways. I'm willing to try anything at this point. Hope everyone else is doing well!! 5'4" Starting weight 297 VSG on 7/31/19 Surgery wt: 266 CW 238 GW 135 Sent from my [samsung Galaxy] using BariatricPal mobile app

And the answer to you @ Polly is yes, topical are a Friend to You, sometimes the only Easy option. And I know what I advise - Right knee replaced December 2014, Left knee- February 7 2017, have had joint in Right thumb removed October 2017, right rotator cuff April 2019, right now 2 weeks past. ganglion cyst removal, "ortho" promises when everything settles down I get more than simple rotator cuff repair on Left shoulder, I get a total reverse shoulder replacement, due to arthritic degeneration as well as rrotato cuff. Actually had it lock/ freeze in place a couple weeks ago. And right now ahead sooner? A fast growing lipoma( fatty tumor) removal on September 24th, and about 10 days later My Left cararact is removed, That One set up 11 weeks ago, Opthamologist booking THAT FAR AHEAD- but I AM in Wonderful shape for the shape I'm in, or so My Medical grouping says- this year I have made so many Surgeons wallets fatter somebody. ought buy Me a Big Basket of🍏🍊🍋🍌🍑🍓🍈🍇🍒🍐 Fruit for Christmas! Fully expect to be anesthetized and to awaken with Magic Marker and autographs all over my Now Smaller Body, everybody staking a Claim to what they want to slice and dice. I'm just a Giant Dart Board, aren't I? So Norco and Tramadol, put them in a Pea Dispenser, I'm sure SOMETHING GOT TO BE HURTING pretty soon. When everybody gets me repaired gonna fly with the Eagles! Or maybe I'll just listen to their music, always thought Don Henley sounded FINE!

I had a DEXAscan when I weighed 146 (I hover around 150 now). I thought I had another 10-15 lbs to go, but the technician said my body fat percentage was 22%, which is considered lean for women. In other words, within the normal range, but on the lower end. She advised I consider stopping my weight loss. My PCP agreed. I did eventually get down to 138, but I felt too thin. I knew it was time to switch into maintenance mode.

I’m having the gastric sleeve on 10/11/19 and I’m sooooooo nervous already!!! I had the Obera ball a year ago and gained all the weight back from that (all 20lbs) what a waste of money that was! And I’m so scared I won’t lose anything with the sleeve to be worth it or worse, I’ll gain everything back like I did with the ball!

I think being in the normal BMI is good however due to our extra skin and probably more muscle than the average person at the same weight I would look sick at a low end of the normal BMI. I am also now is size 4 jeans and feel like that is the lowest size I want to be. A lot of small tops fit but some are still baggie around me but tighter in the arms. I don't want to have to shop in a juniors department and would if I dropped another 10 pounds.

I started purees today. Couldn't eat but a few bits of ground/pureed chicken (10 grams protein per 2oz), egg & broccoli this morning. I even divided the 2oz to .05oz. For lunch I decided to open one of my many infusion tuna (2.8oz -22 grams protein) containers that I primarily got for my lunch at work starting next week. Put a little greek yogurt in it - tuna already seasoned with lemon/thyme. As I was making it I was feeling (I'm not even hungry) but I put a little tuna & a little ground chicken measure from breakfast in a plate. My nutritionist wants me to try to eat 2oz meals for breakfast, lunch & dinner. I have tons left! I will try to eat a little every 2 hours - 30 minutes after liquids. My before/after plate & left overs to try to comsume by end of day. One protein shake or fairlife milk will get me to 60 grams of protein for the day. P.S.: It was very flavorful & smooth ; )

I weigh most days and plus have to fit into my clothes. I too use a 10 lbs window with 125 lbs my happy place. I was up over the summer but am back in the window. My scale always is kind to provide a fat percentage. About 18-20 percent.

Yesterday was a busy day for me, had some job shadowing for potential new job, taking dog to the vet. Lots of walking which was good. I am experimenting with trying to not do any heavy exercise to see if that was making me way hungrier than i needed to be. I'm going to start some light exercising with my Mini-bands instead of weights. When this freaking heat wave is over i'm going to start walking the dogs every evening. so far, I'm less hungry so hopefully this works. I figure I will start heavy exercising when I'm around 150 lbs, maybe, we will see. I'm going to also start phasing dairy and gluten out of my diet. I have fibromyalgia and from what I read, these cause inflammation and more pain. Also going to cut out artificial sweeteners, switching to stevia and monk fruit. also, i need my husband to stop buying the pretzel crisps, i love crunchy lol our Food Diary For: Thursday, 9/12/19 Thursday, September 12, 2019 Calories kcal Carbs g Fat g Protein g Sodium mg Sugar g Breakfast Calories kcal Carbs g Fat g Protein g Sodium mg Sugar g Honey bunches - Of Oats, 1 cup 160 33 2 3 187 8 Blue Diamond - Almond Milk (Unsweetened), 0.25 cup 8 0 1 0 45 0 Add Food Quick Tools 168 33 3 3 232 8 Snack 1 pretzel crisp - snack , 42 gram 150 36 0 3 0 0 Starbucks - Iced Flat White- Almond Milk, 16 oz 70 6 4 2 105 3 Add Food Quick Tools 220 42 4 5 105 3 Lunch Add Food Quick Tools Snack 2 pretzel crisp - snack , 42 gram 150 36 0 3 0 0 Add Food Quick Tools 150 36 0 3 0 0 Dinner Kirkwoods - Chicken Breast, 3 oz 83 0 2 17 165 0 Green bean, 0.13 cup 4 1 0 0 1 0 Earth Balance - Vegan Butter, 1 tsp 30 0 3 0 300 0 g Hughes Sugar Free Bbq Sauce (8/2019) - Bbq Sauce, 1 tbsp 5 1 0 0 100 0 Add Food Quick Tools 122 2 5 17 566 0 Snack 3 Halo Top (dairy free) Vanilla Maple - ice cream, 136 gram 140 30 5 6 150 8 Add Food Quick Tools 140 30 5 6 150 8 Totals 800 143 17 34 1,053 19 Your Daily Goal 1,000 50 32 128 2,300 47 Remaining 200 -93 15 94 1,247 28

Yesterday I went to Dress Barn to purchase some smaller pants. It was the first time ever I went to the regular size side of the store YEAH. I must admit I did feel a little lost, had no idea what size I am. The saleslady had me spin around and told me I was a REGULAR size 16!!. When I went to purchase the pants she told me I saved $10 on each pair because regular size is cheaper! YEAH

10/15 here.

September weight loss challenge support for motivation. https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/427650-💜-sep-2019-challenge-💜/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-4809589

10-29 Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Congrats to jfc!!! Compliance means We the Individual must do our own share of the work. Glad to see some are more disciplined that I sometimes manage Same Band since 2004, last fill adjustment nearly 10 years ago.

i was diagnosed with seveare sleep apnea (bipap level 22/17) since i have lost 70 pounds since diagnosed in january. i have set my bipap to auto and then read the results on sleepyhead.com (you can watch a youtube video on the lankeyleft channel to figure it out.) the read out tells me if i had any periods of apnea. i think i'm at a mild level of 10 now.

Absolutely! I just got the call that the insurance company approved my surgery for 9/17/19. We scheduled it way out because my insurance wanted me to quit smoking for 6 months but would not approve it if I proved I hadn't smoked. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using BariatricPal mobile app

I have had my band for 11 years.... for the first year, I was toooooo tight - throwing up all the time - lost all my weight, but had the band replaced after a year because it slipped. Ten years later, I have kept all my weight off, but there is a leak in the tubing somewhere so the saline doesn't stay in the band. I can get a fill, feel a bit of restriction, and then it fades. The scar tissue and band itself provide some restriction - enough to keep my weight stable. I am at 143 lbs - about 10 pounds higher than where I used to be a few years ago - but better than being 265. I believe that each weight loss surgery serves a purpose - one isn't necessarily "better" than the other because each person is different: some of us are volume eaters with no off-switch, others are emotional eaters, some of us have certain health concerns that would make duodenal switch or bypass a better choice than the sleeve.... It doesn't matter which surgery that you and your surgeon decide to go with, it is a difficult life-changing decision. Feel confident in your decision and stick to the guidance that your advisor gives you.

Can we say "excited". I bet you 2 are reeling right about now. My surgery date is 10/1 and I think that date is closing in quickly. We will all be excited to see posts about your progress.

Y'all....tell me this is going to pass....I thought I had a better day yesterday...made it through the whole day at work, and I actually managed to eat one extra time, so I had about 300 calories before dinner. Got home, fixed my "dinner" -- I got two bites down, and my stomach started HURTING. I stopped eating, but...not 10 minutes later it all came back up (I actually felt MUCH better after, so I won't be afraid of that happening now...) This morning, I had my cottage cheese - I usually can eat about 1/4 cup for breakfast...got two bites, and I felt really full so I stopped. Haven't eaten since, and now I'm getting a dang headache which I'm sure is from lack of food...ugh!!

Sorry if I am repeating myself but I feel like this is the only place I can vent my frustration and my concerns without someone rolling their eyes. I never in my life thought I would have this issue and it's freaking me out. I was concerned about losing too fast at the end of July at 136 even thought I was just into the healthy BMI. However my concern was I kept losing a steady 2-3#/week. I increased from 800 to 1000 calories and seemed to work with a little loss but bouncing around 132-134 for a few weeks. Then suddenly then past 2 weeks despite an avg of 1200 calories without increased activity I have lost 3 pounds in 10 days. So the past few days I have increased to 1300-1400 but still lost another pound this morning. I am still mid range BMI however I am looking too thin since extra skin and have big muscular leg from carrying extra weight don't factor into a standard BMI chart. I am trying to stay put around 130 but now am at 128 and don't want it to keep slipping. I think the weight gainer shake may be my next step. I just don't want it to make me feel sick. I am forcing myself to get in every bit of that 1400 calories the past few days. It is like a full time job and is now giving me food aversions. OK vent over.

Got my date. September 26th, 2019 here in metro Atlanta. I’m nervously excited.

Everyone looks so fab!!! @Sheribear68 You are absolutely shrinking in front of us! Congrats on 10s!!!

Slightly outside my comfort zone bc both pants and top are tight. Size 10 pants, medium top. Last day of the 6am hell shifts.

Could well be oesophageal spasm which is horrendous and can make you feel like there is pressure at the back of your throat and can burn or just be 9/10 pain if the spasm is strong enough. Something is going on seeing as you have the ongoing hiccups. Hope you get to the bottom of it

Okay so now that I’m 7 months PO, I’m about 10-15 pounds from goal weight and it’s amazing to me that I’m not the fat chick anymore. From here on out, anyone I meet will never know the old me and will never realize that once I was MO for over 20 years. I know this never made my original list of things I was looking forward to, but it’s one of the things I love most now.

Thanks for that! Honestly I think I’d be “okay” with just another 10 pounds to get me solidly in the 150’s. Last time I weighed I was 163.4, which was last weekend. One more day and I’ll have worked >90 hrs in 9 days and I’ll have a day off! Waiting for Friday am to get on the scale as my poor feet and legs are puffy from all the standing. Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised to be 2-3 pounds up and that’s just something I don’t want to see after I’ve worked my butt off so I might even give the weigh-in a solid miss until a week or more from today. Tomorrow after work I’m on the hunt for a bra that’s gonna give me some boobs. Hubs and I are going to Bartlesville to visit my MIL and go to an art exhibit and throw a football party at her house. I’ve got a cute cute dress for the art exhibit, but the top is pretty large. Lol, I don’t even want the fake boobs for vanity— I think I’m going to need them just so the top part of the dress stays on!