I still have a hard time to getting in all my protein........... I am just not hungry............ I am lucky to get my fluid in for the day! I have to force myself to take little bites here and there.......... It is hard to do that when I go to work for 16 hours in a day! Good luck to you hun!

YES YES YES! I am getting a little discouraged. My surgery was on 1/5. I gained half a pound last week. UGH! Carolyn

Hi Christine, Yes I get stuck too, especially at that lovely time of the month! But I have noticed that when I am stuck pound wise that I seem to lose the inches a lot faster! So now when I am stuck I just say to myself over and over "1 more inch lost" and I don't seem to get so bummed. I am also an every day hop on the scales person. This last week I cut out the last of my BP meds, which have a slight diuretic in them, so I have been gaining about .5# every day since then, but I know it will plateau out eventually. Hopefully tomorrow!!!! But in the meantime I am saying 1 more inch, one more inch, and tonight I put on size 14 jeans a friend gave me just to try - and I can zip them up and sit down and not turn blue!!!!!!!! Big change from size 22/24! Hang in there! SArah

huggggggggggggggsssssssssssssssss thank you everyone who has replied, it is so refreshing knowing im not alone with this slooooooowwwwwwwwwww weight loss, but your all right we can sit here and support each other and help when we are getting to that uhhhhhhhhggggggg point chrissy

Hi everyone!!! I was reading through the posts and came across Catherine's post about the hair we are losing. I too am losing hair and have lost alot right around my forhead. Earlier this week my dietician and I were emailing and she explained what is happening. The hair loss is normally a transient phase that all weight loss patients go through. But for extreme hair los, like i'm having, she diagnosed it as "Protein Deficiency Malnutrition". I fall into this category because I am having a hard time getting in 50mg of protein a day let alone eating normal meals. The solution to this is to push the protein to 50mg - 80mg a day. I'm also on prenatal vitamins that are prescribed by the surgeon. So we have to push the protein to the max and the hair loss will eventually stop. I'm looking at getting a haircut but my husband does not want me too...