Maintaining goal weight

[Deborah J Moore 0]

My daughter and I are going to have the gastric sleeve in March. And we are concerned with loosing too much weight, how do you stay at your goal once you reach it without loosing more weight. Also is there anything that we can do prior to surgery to help with Hair loss, and saggy skin on face as I am older and that is one of my big concerns. Thank you

[Kindle 8,667]

Don't worry, your body will stop losing. As time goes on you will be able to eat more and your body finds a balance between calories in and calories out. It takes a lot less calories to maintain and function as a 150 pound person than a 300 pound person. Most people have a harder time reaching goal than those that have a problem of losing too much. Once in maintenance you just adjust your calories as needed to lose, maintain or gain.

As for hair and skin, there's really nothing you can do. Hairloss is gonna happen or not. Getting in all your Protein may be the best deterrent, but not a guarantee. Many people take Biotin and use special hair products but lose hair anyways. I did absolutely nothing (except always get in all my protein) and I never lost a single strand. My hair is actually longer now than it's ever been, likely due to much better nutrition than preop. It's really just a crap shoot. And worrying about it actually adds more stress that will only make you more likely to lose hair.

And loose skin is gonna happen or not. Genetics and skin elasticity determine that. I had a lot of loose skin on my face, neck and upper arms that has tightened up over time. I still have more wrinkles and look older, but I can live with it. However, my loose butt, boob and thigh skin is still VERY saggy and nothing but surgery will fix those areas. But I have no plans for plastics. I used all kinds of "anti wrinkle" creams and lotions Claiming to help with stretch marks. I doubt they really did anything except make my flabby skin really soft. After all, if they actually worked who would need plastic surgery?

Good luck to you both! It's very cool you are doing it together and have your very own surgery buddy

Edited November 29, 2015 by Kindle

[rking 484]

I started my bariatric Vitamins three weeks early to try get my body healthier for surgery. I am making sure I have all my Protein because I absolutely do not want to lose any hair. Instead of worrying about it though I have made up my mind that if it happens it happens and it will grow back. All in all I will look better and be much healthier having the surgery.