Is there anyone having these problems?

Hi Sheila! Sounds like you are doing great! Way to go! ... and YES, I'm going through many of the same things (and I see others are too). Yes, my hair is coming out in bunches, and as others have said, it supposedly slows down - and all the post ops at my support group say the hair comes back, so I'm not too worried about it. I do use Nioxin shampoo (doesn't seem to help, but smells nice and does a good job - so I'm using it). I take biotin supplements (don't seem to help too much, LOL - but maybe things would be worse) I also take a flax oil supplement and try to eat fish. This maybe is helping since my skin and hair is not too dry - so those good omega-3 fatty acids may be helping. Protein shakes - ah, that's another sore point. I could not tolerate them after surgery and so concentrated on eating tuna, cottage cheese and meat for protein. I can drink them now - and the ones that work well for me are: Nectar - fuzzy navel (I can't stop raving about it, it's the only one that doesn't have a yucky fake taste), Designer Whey (choc and strawberry - only mildly gross and NOT sickeningly sweet!) I try to drink these for breakfast. They help curb my apetite and help me boost my protein. I too worry about the weight loss ending and the gain starting. Every day I stress about this and hope it doesn't happen. I've lost weight before, and the WORST thing was one day, when the diet "ended" or something clicked in my brain, that the weight piled on like gangbusters and I seemed powerless to stop it. Looking back, I know what happened - I ate more, probably a lot more, out of some type of backlash and the weight flew on - probably as fast as it flew OFF now. The good thing is that now with the surgery, food intake is limited. This is not to say that I couldn't go "around" the surgery and mess it all up. But why would I do that?!!? Well, anything is possible, but in my mind I try and really think with an awareness about what I'm eating and what I'm doing to my body. That's the difference now. It's like now all of a sudden I "see" the connection. Hopefully my "fear" will keep me vigalent and on top of things so I can keep all this weight off. Some days I feel like I can eat a lot - too much! I worry, it freaks me out. Then again, other days I can't eat. More and more I see that the surgery solved part of the problem - but not all those pesky problems in my head regarding food issues, etc. I take it a day at a time and try and think about what drives me to eat and what has driven me to eat all these years.... but that's a whole other saga. Just wanted to share my experiences. It was so nice that you posted this and that all the others responded, because reading everyone's experiences are helping me come to terms and understand my own. Great job! Hugs!

Hi Shella, Just getting in from work early tonite so thought I'd drop in to see what was happening. I had open rny Sept 30, 03. I have lost 118 lb and 60 in. I also find it hard not to try some of the things I had before. Especially chocolate at that time of the month also. I am bad, I have been drinking my soda for about 4 months now, only diet 7up or caf free diet pepsi, i pour it over a glass full of ice and let it sit for a few min to flatten out, doesn't taste as good being watered down, but, I do it as a treat after I finish the house work or the laundry on Sat. I haven't done much by way of exercising either. I work graveyard and sllep days while hubby and kid in school, then cook and clean, time to go back to work. Although we have ventured out on the bikes a few times, so we put new bikes and a carrier for my car in layaway, hope to have them out this weekend, planning on riding at the local park, it has miles of trails, we got lost there the first time and very tired after 9 miles. LOL i don't really dump I could say, things all go down, nothing comes back up, but if it was wrong I feel it all the way thru to the end for hours, then i know not to try it again for a long time. Congrats on your lose, and keep up the good work. Patricia 314/196/185ish?