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Short answer is most likely yes. Your body is going through a massive change, very quickly and it's going to take some time to adjust. ALSO, I'm not sure how long you were under, but anesthesia causes depression, mood swings and the like. It's stored in fat cells. For my surgery I was under for 8.5 hours and my body had…

Keep all of the above in mind, and also know that once you get to your goal and your body re-adjusts to the dramatic body change, it should start to compensate and put some of those nutrients back to hair growth. Most people I know who went through this after surgery stopped having this problem after they hit their goal…

Elgin, IL. Chicagoland :) Feel free to add me as a friend! The more the merrier!

Awesome, welcome back to your program! I think we all fall off the band wagon at some point, that's why having this place to remind us of our goals makes it that much more important. :) Good luck!

My hair was already thinning when I had the surgery, turns out I had a hormone problem (an AMAZINGLY low testerone count) that didn't show up on blood work until AFTER my surgery. The doc put me on HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) and my hair started to thicken up again. Other than that, I've had no hair loss related to…

I am a former Weight Loss Surgery patient and have about 30-35lbs of that that will never go away. A lot of skin rebounded, but a large portion of it cannot be filled out by muscle or any skin treatment that you may see or someone may try to sell you. Sadly, if you've lost the weight, and it's been at least a year, you are…

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Thanks for all the great feedback! I may try to do a 30 day challenge of getting up early to workout. I do the 30 minute Kettlebell workouts and I'm thinking that's easier to squeeze in. It means giving up my morning news, but frankly I could do with less depressing news sitting on the couch and more with positive energy…

What kind of calories are you taking in? Upping your protein intake, say using a shake or supplement, can help kick start and overdrive your metabolism. Even adding 300-400 cal/day with a 30-40gm Protein uptake can help. Watch out for sugar content in what you choose though. Overall though, keep it up, and start taking…

I'm starting to face this issue as well and I haven't had any plastic surgery. My knees are shot though, so I have to avoid impact exercise anyway. I skip the jumping jacks and will do squats or something in place of those in a workout routine. A compression sleeve or girdle is probably the only solution if you want to…

Flintstones (get the regular ones, they actually have more iron in them than the "Iron" branded ones). 2 a day and I'm good. I've always personally felt like the bariatric specific vitamins were/are just marketing materials. Vitamins are vitamins and I've never had bad labs.

Awesome job! Consider me inspired today! :)

Nope, not a regret one, in fact, it probably saved my life. I say this though it was tough... I knew what I was getting into, I did what you're doing now, asking questions. I tried to get the best handle on what to expect from the surgery and how I was going to have to change to help myself. All of this made it easier for…

If that's your idea of "Cool Kids", I'll keep to my circle of friends and support. Sure everyone needs a kick in the *kitten* once in awhile, but snarky, assish, and in some cases childish poking at people is stupid and doesn't help. I started at 450lbs and it sure as hell wasn't someone making condescending comments that…

Congrats on bringing it up. When my doctor first found out that my T levels were in the tank it was by accident and was a shock to me at 32. After I came to terms with the fact that I had levels that were half that of a 70 year old, the doc put me on HRT (Hormone replacement therapy). Within two months I felt like I was 21…

I've got two bad knees, one's had surgery and the other hasn't yet. Both are a problem.... Swimming is great, but I don't have access to a pool, so I started working out at home. I found out that if I wanted to follow a routine like a Kettlebell workout or using my Xbox and Your Shape 2012 that rather than hunt around for…

I keep a couple of shirts that are just out of my range hanging on the wall in my office/workout room. It helps remind me why I'm on that damn treadmill. :)

I had my RNY surgery in 2001 and had a similar issue to yours when I started working out again last year. I found some muscle building information that really enlightened me to what my issue was, and it comes down to my protein intake. I'm concerned that your doctor is recommending 1000 cal/day. That seems low even for…

Awesomeness!

I'm always willing to add some new friends to keep me motivated. :)

Welcome! This is a great community of people I must say. You found the right place. :) Good luck on your journey!

I've gotten better at just saying thank you and trying to move on, it still makes me uncomfortable 10 years later... I've only recently really started to embrace the change in my body and started to stop looking at the mirror and seeing a 450lb dude from my past looking back at me. I think my recent exercise and weight…

I just started this yesterday. Thanks to bad knees I needed something intense but low impact... this kicked my butt! I love it though, taking today off to recover and getting back to it tomorrow!

I took them for the first 3 years and then tapered off (Simple Flintstones vitamins). I've been able to adjust my diet to get what I need into my system properly. The ONLY thing I have an issue with is Iron intake. I could take an extra vitamin a day but I just keep an eye out for signs that my iron levels are dropping and…

Tracy, there are soooo many brands out there and everyone has different tastes. I'd poke around and see if you can find a site that will send you samples before you buy a big tub of it. :)

Everybody has you covered here. You should increase your protein intake, shakes are a good thing right after surgery. Your body needs the nutrition so that it doesn't go into complete starvation mode, you want to burn off fat, not muscle. Not getting enough protein kills that whole process. The other thing is that scale...…

Welcome! I had mine in 2001 and am in the process of bringing myself back down after bouncing up a little too high. :) Again, welcome! I'm finding this to be a great tool and wish it would have been around when I had my surgery in the first place! JD

Thanks for the feedback. Where you ultimately happy with the trade off of pain, cost, and time? For me it's probably just the lower body lift that I'd be looking for. I'm kinda OK with my arms, especially as I start to fill them with some muscle mass from this. As far as when this all might go down, it's WAY off, I've just…

Welcome! I was only 21 when I got mine and had a similar trajectory. I started at 450, dropped to low to 230 and leveled off at 250 which is where I should be. Fast forward to about a year ago and I was getting sick of buying new clothes when I had all these clothes that I had just bought that were too small again... When…

I think everyone's pretty much covered the bases. You have to be ready before you do this surgery or it won't take and it'll all be for nothing. If your doctor is being pushy about it, tell them to back off and that if you feel it's an option you want to explore, you'll tell them when. If they don't like that, find a new…