Hi Tonna.  I didn't have a leak with my revision.  Hoping that some others might chime in.  Just sending hugs your way. 

OMG, those look so good!!  Thanks for the tip, girls!!

Awe, thanks, Jenn!  You are too kind!

Great pics!!  Everyone is very inspirational! 

Here is me, before LapBand, after almost 2 years, LapBand, another pic that shows some regain during complications..........then me today with my VSG, less than 20 pounds away from my "after LapBand"

 (I am a bit smaller today, but don't have a recent shot of my body, just face....

I am getting to where I need to be slowly.  I definitely love my sleeve!

I do believe that metabolic resistance is real.  I know that when I do everything to a "tee", my weightloss is VERY SLOW.  I have never had my metabolism tested, but I suspect it's slow. 

For myself, I know that I have NOT been compliant nearly enough this last year.  Therefore, I have myself to blame, right now. 

If you know for sure that your hard-fought, slow weight loss is related to your metabolism, then checking in to the DS might be just what you need to do. 

So proud of you, Michelle!!  You rock!!

Jenn,

You are so brave to battle this out and put it out for everyone to learn from and emulate.  Seriously.

When I had my band slip fixed (2 years out), I started to gain weight.  I didn't panic at first.  I didn't do anything to get myself back in line.  But when my 10's would no longer fit ,and my 12's were getting too uncomfortable to wear, I started getting upset.  However, I had a ton of stuff going on in my life, at the time, and didn't devote the energy and discipline it took to lose the regain.  Before I knew it, 50 of my 105 pounds loss was back! 

Fast forward a couple of years, I had a revision to the sleeve.  I had already lost about 15 of the regain but, was hoping the sleeve would help me sail back to where I wanted to be.  Ha.  No, another 20 gone after surgery came off, but my eating wasn't what it should have been, so I stalled out. 

I am back on track with you, girl...... it's painful to pick yourself up and lose again, but we are doing it!  I hope that we really remember these lessons.  It's a life long battle.  No getting around it.

Sorry to hear that you are having some issues with keeping foods down.  That reminds me of my days with the LapBand.  No fun.  Hopefully, it's nothing serious. 

As far as the NUT, mine is pretty much the same.  She does not want me going below 800 calories for any reason.  I talked to my surgeon about it and explained that my metabolism is so dang slow, if I don't shock it with really low calories I don't seem to lose weight.  He agreed to condone that as long as I drank a protein shake to keep my protein up. 

Yes, of course.  I got the idea from my son.  He just turned 21, and he is a male, so his metabolism is MUCH better than mine, but he started doing this type of IF last summer and really dropped some weight.  He didn't need to lose that much, but he ended up losing about 25 pounds. 

I will keep you posted on my progress!

This is my second week of doing intermittent fasting.  I am doing the eating window of 3pm-9pm.  I am still trying to tweak it and do what works for me, but so far, I love it.  I have dropped about 5 pounds, and for someone that  has been stalled (my fault) for months, I was happy to see that!  It isn't nearly has hard as I thought it would be!  I also give myself a cheat day on the weekends to help keep things shook up. 

I agree with what others have said.  If it isn't broke, why fix it?  My surgeon wants me to ALWAYS have a protein shake in the morning, or for one meal, at least.  I know not all surgeons feel that way, but I am just putting it out there, so you know it isn't totally off the mark to drink your protein.