Angel Yes!!! This has been happening to me for the past 2 - 3 months, but I haven't seen my doctor for it (bad me, I know!). If I get up out of a chair too quickly, or bend over to get something out of the cupboard and then stand upright I FREQUENTLY get very dizzy, and have blacked out on several occasions. Once, at church, the black out lasted a few seconds and I had to grab ahold of my boyfriend because I was afraid I was actually going to pass out and hit the floor! I think it is blood pressure related......mine is quite low now, too. I am lousy about taking my iron pill sometimes, and have been thinking that might be my problem. The weird thing is that there are days when I don't have this problem at all, and then others when it happens several times a day. I don't know if its technically WLS related....although it could have to do with our bodies adjusting to our quick loss of weight (I'm 10 1/2 months post-op, down 134 lbs.). It certainly isn't age...I'm 36! I would be exploring it with your PCP instead of your surgeon. Perhaps I should do the same, huh?! Kathy 294/160/155

HI GUYS LETS COMPARE OUR REGIMENS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT 11MO.POST. I AM 120 NOW DONE AND EVEN COULD GAIN A LITTLE BACK. DOC SAID: 8 OZ NOW THE REST OF LIFE PLAN 2-3 HEALTHY SNACKS A DAY AIR POPCORN, NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER,GRANOLA,100%JUICES, NUTS MINE ARE HIGH CALORIE SNACKS TO TRY TO PUT WT. ON OR ATLEAST MAINTAIN. MEDS ARE: 2 VIACTIVE,2 FLINSTONE,1 FLAXCEED OIL,STOOL SOFTENER,1 BIOTIN,1 B-12 INJECTION 1XMO. I DONT EXCERCISE MUCH I LOOSE MORE WT. W/ANY INCREASE IN ACTIVITY. THE ONLY THING I DO REGUARLY IS CUT GRASS. I DONT EAT BREAD, RED MEAT,HARDLY NO POTATOES OR PASTA OR RICE. I MAILY EAT ONLY MEAT MOSTLY CARL BUDDING TURKEY,VEG.,AND FRUITS. I AM NOT DRINKING ANY WATER OR PROTEIN DRINKS ALTHOUGH I KNOW I SHOULD. MY WORST HABBIT IS COFFEE ALL DAY, BECAUSE IM SO COLD AND IT WARMS ME UP. I DO SIP COOLAID W/MEALS. ENERGY LEVEL-THRU THE ROOF HEALTH-GREAT EXCEPT DIZZINESS OH AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN DEHYDRATED EVEN W/THE COFFEE I HAD THAT CHECKED OFTER TO MAKE SURE. HOW ABOUT U GUYS. ANGEL

CONGRATS TO ALL. YOU KNOW I WAS 8 MONTHS POST-OP AND NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN MY MOUTH THAT THEY SAID NOT TOO. I THOUGHT OF IT AS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. ODDLY ENOUGH AT 8 MONTHS I JOINED A SUPPORT GROUP IN MY TOWN, NOW I WAS AT MY IDEAL BODY WEIGHT, WELL ANY WAY AT THAT MEETING I HEARD PEOPLE EATING CANDY, RED MEAT, BREAD, ALCOHOL, ALL THE STUFF THEY WERNT SUPPOSE TO BE HAVING YET AND SOME THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE. I CAME HOME THINKING AND THIS IS SUPPOSE TO HELP ME? I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND HE SAID NOT TO GO BACK. AT THE MEETING I WAS THE THINEST AND I SAID WHY WOULD U EAT THINGS THAT U R NOT SUPPOSED TO, I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT OF MY SELF AS A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC AND U CERTAINLY WOULDNT TELL THEM THEY COULD HAVE A BEER. THEY WERE LIKE U HAVE ALL YOUR WEIGHT OFF AND YOUR EVEN HAVING A HARD TIME NOT LOOSING ANY MORE WHY WOULD U NOT TRY IT. I FELT LIKE I DIDNT BELONG THERE. I HADNT EVEN BEEN IN A RESTARAUNT SINCE MY SURGERY. BUT THEY WERE STRUGGLING, I HAD SUCCEEDED I HADNT EVEN EXCERCISED TO DO IT. I NEVER CARED FOR SWEETS IM A MEAT AND TATERS GIRL. ANY WAY A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THAT I DID TRY A SWEET AND I DIDNT GET SICK EITHER EXCEPT MENTALLY I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED IN MY SELF, I HAD TO GO TO BED I WAS SO DEPRESSED. MY FAVORITE FOODS BEFORE SURGERY,THE FOODS THAT GOT ME TO 236 I WILL NEVER EAT AGAIN. I DONT WANT THOSE CRAVINGS TO COME BACK. AND IF SOMETHING TAISTES REALLY GOOD U DONT WANT TO STOP. U EVENTUALLY AQUIRE A TAISTE FOR HEALTHY FOOD THEY ARE EASY TO STOP EATING WHEN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH BECAUSE NO THEY ARE NOT YOUR FAVORITES. IM JUST SAYING BECAREFUL GIRLS. WHEN PEOPLE START SMOKING THEY START OUT SMOKING A FEW A DAY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THEY ARE UP TO 3 PACKS. OUR BODIES BECOME USE TO WHAT WE PUT IN THEM AND THEN THEY WANT MORE OF IT. IT MAY BE O.K NOW BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY ARE HAVING HUNGER 2 YEARS OUT. THEY REPORT 5 YEARS POST-OP U R EXPECTED TO PUT 10% OF YOUR WT. BACK ON. SOME ARE PUTTING ON A GREAT DEAL MORE. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A DIET. EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE WE CHOOSE TO GAIN OR MAINTAIN OUR WT. 4/EVER. ANGEL

GOOD JOB GIRLS. SORRY I HAVE NO WAY TO POST A PIC. YET. MINE WAS 10/15/03, I WAS 236. NOW I AM 120,IM 5'4. LOST MOST OF MINE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. NOW LETS KEEP MOTIVATED. ANGEL

hi, i may get on everyones nerves cause i am just so thrilled with the south beach diet.....i have had a very bad time with really strong cravings...and also a bad time barely losing any weighty for the last apst months...so i heard from a few others on this site that the south beach diet helped break their plauteus..i read the book and the first two weeks on the diet phase one its called gets u to eat in a way that helps get rid of carb cravings..i though ya right what ever..but i tried it...not only are the cravings gone but i have lost 4 pounds in a week...hugs Dawn