Mine is a general thinning all over as well. More hair on your hair brush, more coming out when you wash and about 7 strands coming out when you run your hands through it when normally its one or...

I agree. I can't tell you how many times the wait staff or chef asks me if my food is ok. They see a fat girl and wonder whats wrong with the food since im not eating. The other half of the time is...

ditto.

you can only absorb up to around 30 grams of protein at a time. If you are taking those shots all in one sitting you are not technically getting 45 gms in. So you might be shorting your actual...

Yes there are always cravings...
Cake still tastes delicious and it is still a tease since you cant eat all that you want.
No surgery can give you the willpower not to want the cake. That you have...

You put on a robe, they sit you in a stretcher and you take some pills and they hook your IVs up. It was my first surgery as well and they gave me a Valium for my nerves which Ive never had before....

You can drink now no problem. The problem is you can only take tiny sips as well as tiny bites after. There is no way to really prepare your system for whats going to happen, but you can be aware and...

Ya at 400 calories its serious starvation mode, I'm still at starvation mode with my 800 calorie a day goal. In my opinion you're hindering your weight loss and healing. Sometimes when I'm in a stall...

yup, its normal, give it time.

Ideally, no carbs, no fat and 80grams of protein a day.
Just keep them as low as possible.
The beans you have are high in sugar and carbs so technically a no no.
They do have the benefit of some...

I use it on my iphone, if that's the case go to the bottom right where it says "More" (the icon is 3 dots). Then to "Edit Profile" and scroll down to "preferences" and change out your "net Calorie...

I'm 4 1/2 weeks out and try to average 800 calories a day and drink at least 48 ounces of liquids. I try to keep sugars as low as possible, but I find it difficult when I'm reaching 12 grams alone...

Ya, I was instructed to take the calcium 2 hours away from my multivitamin because it hampers the absorption of it so I take one at 10 am one at 1 pm and the last when i get home from work at like...

I had one that stuck out and felt like a coarse hair, I had the surgeon pull it out at my second (one month out) post op visit. He laughed saying he was surprised I didn't just yank it out myself. I...

once a week 1500mg sub-lingual, cherry flavored!
B12 doesnt bother me, the damn 500mg of calcium citrate 3 times a day does bother me.
I'll get sick of taking the calcium chews, pills,chocolate...

This is normal and happens to most everyone at 2 to 3 weeks out. Be patient.

I would think so. I sometimes use Benefiber in my protein drinks or take Vitafusion's Fiber Well Weight Management Gummies. I try to get about 10-12 grams of fiber a day. Also the water retention...

Are you having a bowel movement one day and not the next? That might account for feeling more full or just heavy. Normally our post op diets consist of high protein and low/no carb diet which makes...

I had the pulling tightness in my right side for quite some time after. It stopped completely at around 3 weeks out. Its where they extracted your stomach through the muscle. So they put a large...

I got the surgery because I lost my father 2 years ago who had a myriad of health issues. 2 months after his death my mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I almost lost her as well. I have no...

I for one have never had the life you are speaking of, I've always been overweight since a child. I cried the other day walking out of the mall with a bag of clothes that wasn't designated for big...

My testing lasted about 3 hours, I had to take 2 written tests totaling 600 questions one was called the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the other was a standard test given to general...

Not so much, just my hand really hurt after coloring in all those little circles. hehe

I still have a ways to go, but seeing this makes me keep pushing forward. I'm still in a bit of shock I let myself get to such a point, but so happy I'm no longer there.

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I take a Centrum Chewable or Flinstones with Iron and a extra pill of B Complex. I also mix it up with a GNC Solotron vitamin on somedays, no extra vitamin B needed when I take that. Variety is my...