As for the bypass having more weight loss, I lost more than my friend who had the bypass 6 months before I had my sleeve. I'm still losing too.

 Thanks. I survived. I took Tylenol for the past year. Well it's crap as we all know, but luckily I didn't have much pains this past year. I just had a minor foot surgery and knee injury at the same time! So there's no way I wasn't taking something else.

 I just took one Alleve and i'm worried. I took it with food. Have you had any bad or ok experiences with it? Surgeon said it should be ok but now my tummy is making noises. 

I would never have believed I would willingly take a picture of myself in a bathing suit, much less post it on the internet. Wow.  I know I'm not perfect but I am ok with it, and I'm still losing!


 

 The weight limit was 180. See my video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-8lKME7ynw

P.S. I hit my doctor's goal today. (175)



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 Glad I could give some encouragement. These boards helped me a lot during the first few months especially. Sounds like youa re doing awesome with the treadmill! Keep that up along with your protein and fluid and you will not fail.

--I'm 1 year and 4 months out from my surgery.

-- I started at 320.6lbs and at the time of this post I am at 182.

--I am on pace to hit my doctor's goal at the right time. (175)

--I have never stalled except for one month when I switched to Actos over Metformin. (I have PCOS.) Switched back and lost steadily again. (Actos causes water retention.)

--The surgery is seriously a miracle of modern science. It works.

--Sometimes I'm scared I'll get anorexic, though I know this is irrational. I love to eat.

--I eat junk.

--Often.

--I just don't eat much junk at a time.

--After 6 months of HARDCORE journaling, I freed myself. I doubt I have gotten all my protein in since that time.

--I don't pee as much, which probably means I'm dehydrated a little bit. But I do try to drink a lot.

-- I sometimes drink carbonated beverages, but not often. It's a total novelty now.

-- I don't desire sugar, whereas before, I CRAVED it constantly. Now I couldn't care much less.

-- Most of my bad eating habits are fixed, because most of them revolved around eating TOO MUCH. 

--Now I eat exactly what I want, but it's such a small amount.

--I do try to make sure I chose protein items first in my  meals.

-- I don't usually order things or eat things without protein in them unless it's my day off. (Sunday - I have one day off and usually allow myself a treat or two. With a stomach this small though, the treat becomes the whole meal.  I try to make up for those with protein shakes.)

-- I am SO happy with my weight loss. I never imagined I would be so successful so quickly.

-- I still feel obese even though I know I am not. I believe this is due to the saggy belly skin. The body shape looks the same to me in the mirror, so it's hard to realize sometimes how much smaller I actually am.

-- My husband picks me up all the time now, especially during intimate moments.

--Sometimes I miss eating large amounts of food. But I know it's all in my head.

-- My life has started over.

-- I feel like I am living the teen years I never got to experience: 
    -I'm flirting with guys (hubby's cool)
   -Guys flirt with me constantly
   -I got drunk for the first time in my life (was always too big before to really feel any effects of alcohol)
  
-- I still get light headed occasionally when I stand up. The doc says it's probably b/c of the weight loss and my legs sometimes have trouble pushing the blood up that quickly. It used to be worse, so it has definitely improved.

-- I was on a running program but then had some lower back pain so the doctor advised me to do low impact until they can give me a steriod shot for a bulging disc!!! Can you believe that? So now I'm about to join the gym so I can do spinning.

-- I got dehydrated one time during a stressful week where my cat almost died and was in and out of the vet. He's ok. But I didn't realize how behind I had gotten on my eating/drinking until I felt nauseous every day.  I learned after talking to my surgeon assistant that you just have to eat/drink though the nausea and soon you'll catch up, but it's harder for us than for people with normal stomachs obviously.

-- People still tell me every day that I look like I'm losing weight. It's been over a year. It never gets old.

-- I no longer have a butt.

-- I do want a tummy tuck and arm tucks eventually.

-- If you're thinking about having the surgery, just do it. But do follow the rules. And if you break them, make sure you do them at least 90% of the time. At least UNDERSTAND them.  We're all different. You'll find what works for you.

--This totally worked for me.

 Nothing. I was really good during that time. It's after month 6 that I sort of became lax, but I'm still losing. I've had a gread experience.

Good luck!

 I am so happy for you. I feel the same as you! I am 14 lbs away from my doctor's goal after being 320lbs, and obese my whole life. I have never had success related to weight loss until now. It is so strange and new. Thanks for sharing your progress with me!

 Yeah it feels tender to the touch, almost like if you were wearing your hair in a pony tail for a long time and then changed it to a different direction...that kind of pain, only out of nowhere. I think you might be right. i may have just lost some hair again, because I got the pain, and I found more hairs on my pillow this week. It's not a whole lot, but definitely more than usual. Argh!  I know I didn't get enough protein over the holidays because I had some stressful things happen with my pet being at the vet for a week and being very sick. Maybe that's what happened. Thanks for the insight!

 The light headedness may be from your weight loss, from your blood pressure dropping when you stand. I had that too. Fortunately, it's a lot better now...Unfortunately, it took almost a year to get better!  But I drank coffee every week day for several months. (Just one cup - not a total addict or anything - never got the withdrawal headaches.) I'm doing great. Just try to watch your weight loss and know what your body is telling you.

My hair fell out a couple times, but not to the point of baldness at all, but basically in one spot (that is easily hidden at the left corner of my forehead) it fell out more than other spots, so I have tiny soft hairs growing back there. They are about an inch long now. I call them my baby chick hairs. Anyway, my scalp seems to hurt there. Has anyone had this? It seems like it's the main place I had hair loss. Does it have to do with it growing back or what? Any ideas?