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Sorry but the last thing I would advise you to do for a regain is to use protein powder.
It is fine to use protein powder after surgery when you cannot eat real food, but using it when you can eat real food is just making it easy for the body to take in more calories than you need.
The way to treat a regain is by reducing calories. Stick to dense protein that will keep you full.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Hi, have a regain esp since Rona. Looking for a protein powder without sugar or artificial sugar, give me a bad headache
Is anyone else out there having problems with their Food Tracker? I have created My foods and favorites and it won't show me anything past the 1st page. It's a bear to find my foods either by search or going through each catagory to find my foods....
Suggestions?
Desari
Barbara McKeown 
You have a responsible surgeon who is giving you good advice. After they remove the lapband they often give your body time to heal from the damage the lapband causes. The sleeve has a tendency to cause GERD in people who never had it and to make it worse in those who already have it. The GERD might go away once the band is gone.
You do not have to gain weight when the band is removed. Weight gain is because of eating more food. You can make up your mind to follow a diet that keeps the weight off while you wait for the RNY.
Weigh****chers might be the right place to go.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Thank you much the support means the world ??
SW - 223 CW- 130 GW- 140 Start Sz 18 Current Sz 4 Ht. 5'6"
BA- LBL/TT 11/3/09
You're probably retaining water and dealing with swelling right now, I would guess.
I had all kinds of anxiety that "this isn't working" or "well, I'm done losing" throughout this process. No matter how many times I prove myself wrong, I still get that anxiety. It just shows how much we invest in this, in our new selves and our new lives. You're going to be fine, don't worry even if you go 10+ days without losing. We all have stalls, we all lose it differently, but it's simply calories in vs. calories out at this point. And it's impossible to eat more than you're burning right now. Just stick with the plan, don't drink calories (unless it has protein in it) and try not to step on the scale multiple times a day (I was bad at that myself). You've got this 
I'm sending good vibes, and also reminding you how far they've come with the surgeries in recent years. Your son and husband are going to have an even better opportunity to lose the weight now that the surgery has become better (I'll stop short of saying perfected)
Has anyone here had lapband to sleeve revision? I have to have my band removed due to it slipping and causing severe GERD related issues. The bariatric dr I saw today doesn't recommend a revision to a sleeve b/c of the GERD and said it would make it worse. But since I lost the weight with lapband I can't get a bypass. He said once the band is removed i will most likely gain my weight back and then we could talk about bypass (right now he does not ethically feel it would be right). So did anyone have the band removed due to GERD related issues and revise to a sleeve without issues?
thanks for your help!
Good Morning!
I wrote this blog post explaining in detail how to work with the last few pounds you'll lose after your Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Regards
Dr. Alvarez
