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I know the battle. I would consult with your doctor. If not your surgeon, with your regular doctor and have a full blood panel run - including Thyroid and all of it's parts T4 and all that. Also check vitamin levels. Your body will hold on to nutrition if you are lacking in key resources. Having said that, for me who is 10 years out and had a 40 pound (out of 140 pounds) re gain, psychologically and physically and everything else I needed to (at age 64) go slow and steady and figure out exactly what I need to eat to feel healthy, and what I need to do to lose weight and to keep it off. I can't look at huge poundage goals. It was/is too overwhelming for me. I made a goal of losing 20 pounds in a year, and secretly would have been thrilled to lose 10 ! I have just started month 14 and have lost 43 pounds. About 3 pounds a month. Some months 4, some 2. Our bodies change and we have to change our eating too.
I also really can relate to feeling like I didn't know what to eat or how, or what would work for ME. Spend some time getting to yourself again ! Much luck !!!
High Wt 300 lbs. Pre-op Wt loss 34 lbs. 
There are people who think it is a waste of money, but I had very good results with Nioxin. My hair was still thin and straight two years after surgery. My hairstylist recommended the Nioxin and it did help a lot.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
no - I just waited it out. I didn't lose all that much, though. I'm sure I was the only one who noticed...
That's good! Thanks! Did you start doing something different before your hair returned?
if you're not tracking your food intake anymore, start doing it again. You need to figure out what your current calorie range is and then cut back from there. White Dove is right - a 3500 deficit equals one pound - so you'd have to cut 500 calories a day to lose one lb a week. I personally can't sustain that low a level of calories (for me to cut 500 calories would be around 1000 a day, which I can't (or won't?) do for more than a few days), so I have to be content with losing a lot slower - like 1-2 lbs a MONTH. But you're starting at a higher weight that I am, so you may be able to cut 500 or more a day. But you first have to see where you're at NOW by tracking your food intake...
I worried about the same thing. I stalled for a few weeks, then started losing.
I had sleeve surgery in late October 2019. About six months after the surgery, my hair started thinning. It has always been fine, but the curl and natural body made it look thicker. Now it is completely straight and looks dead. I thought this would be a short-term thing, but now it's been 4-5 months. Any suggestions?
You may already be doing this, but I drink water throughout the day (sometimes 12 glasses). It keeps me from getting hungry and adds steps for bathroom breaks. It's very simplistic.... I know.
surgeons are truly all across the board when it comes to coffee - either decaf or caffeinated. Some don't want you to ever drink it, some are OK with decaf, some are OK with decaf at first but to wait on caffeinated, so are OK with you drinking either as soon as you get home from the hospital. So yes - ask yours.
I think I may have had to wait a couple of weeks before drinking decaf (it'd be due to the acid in it, I would guess). I know I had to wait six months before drinking caffeinated.
